The classic comedy “Blithe Spirit” continues at the Hawk’s Well for four nights, from Thursday 18th to Sunday 21st inclusive. But theatre-goers take note, there’s no performance tonight (Wednesday 17th). Instead Jack and the Lads hold centre stage elsewhere! For an evening of fun and all round dramatic entertainment, “Blithe Spirit” qualifies admirably. This light-hearted […]
“Blithe Spirit”, which makes its first ever appearance at the Hawk’s Well on Tuesday, November 16th, represents one of Noel Coward’s brightest, and most popular dramas. Billed as an improbable farce, this light-hearted romantic comedy achieved instant classic status on its first West End appearance in 1941. Now the Sligo Drama Circle, with the experienced […]
The Sligo Drama Circle production of ‘The Plough and the Stars’ returns to the Hawks Well Theatre for eight nights only from Monday 3rd to Monday 10th August, inclusively. This great O’ Casey classic, colourful and one-time controversial, had a spectacularly successful spring run, so any patrons unable to gain a seat then, have a […]
Sligo Drama Circle return to the Hawk’s Well next week with “The Plough and the Stars” . Under the experienced hand of director Frank Brannigan and this ever-popular O’ Casey classic, runs from Wednesday 26th February to Saturday 7th March, excluding Sunday. Frank Brannigan’s name is synonymous with the Profile Theatre Company with whom he […]
The Sligo Drama Circle returns to the Hawk’s Well Theatre with eight consecutive performances of the Seán O’ Casey classic “The Shadow of a Gunman”. (August 5th to August 12th inclusive) This entertaining and satirical play is the first of the famous “Dublin Trilogy”, the others “Juno” and “The Plough” also had successful productions in […]
‘Summertime and the living is easy’ – isn’t exactly what you’ll hear S.D.C. Director, Walter Mc Donagh, chirping during this holiday season. Living indeed is easy if you’re lazing languidly on the sun drenched decks of the ‘St. Louis Princess’ as you glide down by the ‘Gateway Arch’, swept on by mighty Mississippi, a mega-sized […]
Sligo Drama Circle members have just returned from the United States following a much acclaimed performance in St. Louis, Missouri, of the Seán O’ Casey classic “Juno and the Paycock”. The St Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper, in a review, described the Sligo group’s production as “good – often very good”. The newspaper’s theatre critic, Joe Pollack, […]
Sligo Drama Circle’s “Juno and the Paycock” currently playing to packed houses at Sligo’s Hawk’s Well Theatre, is to play in St. Louis Missouri, on St. Patrick’s weekend. Walter Mc Donagh’s production has won a new place in the history of Sligo theatre by being invited to play in the 740 seater St. Louis venue […]
“It revolutionised the whole amateur drama scene”, a comment made about J. B. Keane’s “Sive”. Like all revolutions it had its growing pains having been initially rejected by the Abbey but engendering so much excitement in the Limerick audience of 1959, the year of its first performance, that the Gardaí had to be called out. […]
The Sligo Drama Circle will celebrate their thirtieth anniversary in true style this month with an adventurous birthday production of Agatha Christie’s “Ten Little Indians”. Originally staged under the title “Ten Little Niggers”, British Race Relations Laws enforced a name change, and despite the absence of race relations laws in the Republic, Sligo Drama Circle […]
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 […]