Many years ago, Sligo Drama Circle presented a cup to Feis Shligigh, the Hughes Cup, in memory of Charlie and Maggie Hughes. By all accounts, Charlie and Maggie were stalwarts of Sligo Unknown Players, the pre-cursor to the Drama Circle. A 1962 article in The Sligo Champion referred to the couple: “Charlie and Margaret Hughes […]
Over the past number of years we have begun to accumulate a lot of archival material relating to our almost 60 years of treading the boards of Sligo stages. Much of this material, especially photographs, is accessible on this website. However, we wanted to make more of the material available to the public. We have […]
Sligo Drama Circle is delighted to announce that it has been granted permission to perform “Translations” by Brian Friel as we embark on our 60th Anniversary year. To have secured the amateur performance rights for one of the major Irish dramatic works, so soon after the passing of Brian Friel, is a massive achievement. “Translations” can be seen […]
We’re delighted to find out that our new website has made it onto the Short List in the Blog Awards Ireland 2015 in the Best Art and Culture Blog. Having re-launched the site just a year ago, this is the first time we have entered these awards so it’s a thrill to have made it […]
Huge congrats to Patrick Curley and the team behind the play “Beneath the Bone Moon” for making it to the Dublin Theatre Fringe Fest in September. An earlier version of the play was first staged in the Drama Circle space in the Market Yard in October 2013. This updated version is now set for a […]
Yeats Day, June 13th 2015, marked the 150th anniversary of the birth of W. B. Yeats. Many events were held in Sligo to honour the anniversary of the famous poet. On the day, Sligo Drama Circle performed a unique event – a marathon reading of the entire poetic works of W.B. Yeats. The event was […]
Sligo Drama Circle’s Yeats Marathon, planned for Yeats Day on June 13th, will benefit two local charities. As part of this unique venture, we are hoping that the public will support both North West Hospice and Sligo Cancer Support Centre. Both organisations rely heavily on donations to continue doing the great work that they do […]
2015 marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of the poet W.B. Yeats and as part of the celebrations on Yeats Day, June 13th, Sligo Drama Circle is delighted to announce that we are going to do a “Yeats Marathon“. We plan on doing a marathon reading of the entire canon of Yeats poems, 378 […]
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Sligo Drama Circle will take place on Monday night May 18th at 7pm at our premises in the Market Yard, Sligo. Existing members, past members and new members and friends are all welcome to attend. According to our Constitution, only paid up members will be allowed to vote and be […]
Sligo Drama Circle is delighted to announce the return of their huge hit comedy from 2013, MOLL. This John B. Keane classic comedy received hugely positive feedback from audiences when it last played the Hawk’s Well Theatre in November 2013. MOLL is set to return to the Hawk’s Well this July and it should appeal […]
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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Steel Magnolias Supporting Diabetes Ireland
Join us in the Hawk’s Well Theatre on Wednesday November 4th before the curtain rises on Steel Magnolias for Magnolias in Pink, a very special Opening Night Reception celebrating friendship, laughter and community. With all proceeds on the night going to Diabetes Ireland, it’s the perfect way to kick off an unforgettable evening of theatre […]
Treading the Boards – Book Launch
November 18th marks the 70th anniversary of the very first Sligo Drama Circle production, when we appeared on the stage of the Town Hall for our very first performance, “Thy Dear Father” by Gerard Healy. Now, Sligo Drama Circle is marking the occasion of our 70th Anniversary with the launch of a new book detailing […]
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 […]
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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“Treading the Boards – 70 Years of Sligo Drama Circle” will be launched at a special event in Hawk’s Well Theatre, Sligo on November 18th, the actual date of our 70th Anniversary. The book is a limited edition and is the culmination of three years of research. It is a large book with 94 chapters […]
Steel Magnolias Supporting Diabetes Ireland
Join us in the Hawk’s Well Theatre on Wednesday November 4th before the curtain rises on Steel Magnolias for Magnolias in Pink, a very special Opening Night Reception celebrating friendship, laughter and community. With all proceeds on the night going to Diabetes Ireland, it’s the perfect way to kick off an unforgettable evening of theatre […]
Sligo Drama Circle will mark its 70th Anniversary with “Stage Memories”, an exhibition of posters, programmes, photographs, costumes, props and memorabilia for Culture Night 2026. Join us in our Market Yard premises (beside Montmartre restaurant F91 EVK4) on Culture Night, Friday September 18th any time between 7-9pm and take a nostalgic look through our archives charting our dramatic journey […]