We in Sligo Drama Circle were saddened to hear of the passing of Joe Meehan last Friday. Joe was a long-standing member of Sligo Drama Circle and was active in many roles within the group over many decades. Joe’s involvement with Sligo Drama Circle probably dates back to the 1960s and from then on, Joe […]
We have recently come across some video footage of an interview from 1966 with the then Chairman of Sligo Drama Circle, Eddie Fitzpatrick. The footage appears to take place in the Town Hall as the group are in rehearsal for a production of John Millington Synge’s “The Playboy of the Western World” in which Eddie […]
We are currently in the process of compiling a book on the history of Sligo Drama Circle. We have a fairly extensive archive of articles, photos and programmes from throughout our history. So, we decided that the time was right to try to gather all of this material together into book format. As part of […]
June 13th is earmarked each year as a day of celebration of the works of W.B.Yeats and Sligo, Ireland, the place most associated with the poet and playwright, is the centre of those celebrations. This year also marks the 100th Anniversary of his Nobel Prize for Literature. Again this year, Sligo Drama Circle is marking […]
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Sligo Drama Circle took place on Monday May 15th in the Drama Centre, Market Yard Sligo. Many thanks to all who took the trouble to attend the meeting and support the Drama Circle in its work. Both the outgoing Chairperson Ursula Smullen and Secretary Máire Hynes outlined the activities […]
We are looking for some help from a local Architect/Draftsman to help us realise our plans to extend our building in the Market Yard for some much needed storage space. We need the extra space for storage of sets, furniture, props and costumes, all of which are necessary to keep producing shows which the Sligo […]
It was great to see so many new faces at our recent Information Meeting in the Market Yard for new Members as part of our “Do Drama” campaign. This is an initiative to get new people involved in Sligo Drama Circle as actors, directors or working backstage. The evening showed us that there is lots […]
The Annual General Meeting of Sligo Drama Circle took place in our Market Yard premises on Tuesday May 17th at 7pm. A small gathering attended and new officers and a new committee was elected for the coming year. A review of our activities over the past few years took place and plans for future projects […]
When the cast of Sligo Drama Circle took to the stage with their production of “A Streetcar Named Desire” by Tennessee Williams on the final night of the All-Ireland Amateur Drama finals in the Dean Crowe Theatre in Athlone on April 18th 1970, they had high hopes of taking the All-Ireland trophy. Expectations were high […]
Cathaoirleach of Sligo County Council, Cllr. Tom Mac Sharry welcomed the return of Sligo Drama Circle to the Town Hall, on an occasion of historic significance for the Drama Circle. Marking the opening performance of our “Yeats By Candlelight” production in Sligo Town Hall, the Cathaoirleach recalled how it was in this building that the […]
Over the years Sligo Drama Circle has used many places for the rehearsal of plays and making of sets and costumes. Sligo Columban Club, Sligo Social Services, Scoil Ursula. For
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As part of the Launch Day event for Vintage Glamour Day, a fund-raising collaboration between North-West Hospice and Sligo Races, our resident costumier, Máire Hynes, was challenged to create a vintage costume from old curtains! Máire selected a pair of curtains donated to the North-West Hospice shop and reimagined, recycled and reused them to create […]
We were delighted to support North-West Hospice in their fund-raising venture, Vintage Glamour Day, in association with Sligo Races. We attended a Launch Day in vintage costume at Sligo Racecourse to promote the special fund-raising day. A promo video and some photographs were taken on the day to raise awareness of the upcoming race meet. […]
We are delighted to announce and acknowledge Sligo Credit Union for their generous support of Sligo Drama Circle through their Community Fund. Their contribution will go toward our commemorative historical book celebrating our 70th anniversary, which will be published next year. Sligo Credit Union’s Community Fund was set up to support projects in the Sligo/Leitrim […]
Sligo Drama Circle is an amateur drama group formed in 1956 to provide live theatre to the Sligo public. With the disappearance of the professional theatre companies from the Irish scene at the time, and the reluctance of the National Theatre to undertake provincial tours, the amateur movement across the
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As part of the Launch Day event for Vintage Glamour Day, a fund-raising collaboration between North-West Hospice and Sligo Races, our resident costumier, Máire Hynes, was challenged to create a vintage costume from old curtains! Máire selected a pair of curtains donated to the North-West Hospice shop and reimagined, recycled and reused them to create […]
We were delighted to support North-West Hospice in their fund-raising venture, Vintage Glamour Day, in association with Sligo Races. We attended a Launch Day in vintage costume at Sligo Racecourse to promote the special fund-raising day. A promo video and some photographs were taken on the day to raise awareness of the upcoming race meet. […]
We are delighted to announce and acknowledge Sligo Credit Union for their generous support of Sligo Drama Circle through their Community Fund. Their contribution will go toward our commemorative historical book celebrating our 70th anniversary, which will be published next year. Sligo Credit Union’s Community Fund was set up to support projects in the Sligo/Leitrim […]