Sligo Drama Circle will be attempting to lift the winter gloom with its pre-Christmas offering of “Peg O’ My Heart”. The Circle returns to the City Hall for one week’s run from Tuesday November 18th with J. Hartley Manners’ famous romantic comedy under the direction of Walter Mc Donagh. “Peg” is an ideal choice for […]
The thought of a Samuel Beckett play in Sligo is a rather daunting one. Even the most straight-forward productions by Sligo Drama Circle in the past have met with very poor audience response so it is difficult to imagine Beckett having any more attraction. That is the reality of the situation in Sligo, although the […]
Congregations at weekend masses in Sligo’s Holy Cross Church may have felt slightly out of place. For with the days ticking away to the opening night of the eagerly awaited “Triumph of Calvary” production, the church is gradually taking the appearance of a first class theatre. And according to some of the top people connected […]
After months of preliminary work and rehearsals the stage is now set for the grand opening of “The Triumph of Calvary” at the Holy Cross Friary on tomorrow night at 8.30pm. In the early part of the last decade Sligo Drama Circle held a Passion Play, also at the Friary, and it was such an […]
In the early 1970’s A Passion Play was performed in the Holy Cross Church, Sligo which is still remembered with admiration by those who were privileged to see it. This year, the year of the Oberammagau, at the start of the 1980’s, Sligo Choral Society and Sligo Drama Circle will stage a presentation of the […]
There are no shortage of superlatives to describe a fascinating stage show but choosing the right one to fit Sligo Drama Circle’s presentation of “Fiddler on the Roof”, which begins an eleven night run at the Town Hall on Sunday night is a little difficult. Quite frankly, the show is the most spectacular stage production […]
Sligo Drama Circle’s Summer theatre season opens on a highly unusual note this year – for the first time in over twenty years audiences are to be treated to outdoor theatre. The venue for this event will be the Retreat House Gardens alongside the Cathedral car park. These grounds have been recently restored and at […]
Sligo people have been without the most important timepiece in town – the clock on the Cathedral – in recent days because of a play. The Cathedral clock, which rings out fifteen minute time chimes, has been silenced because of the play “A Man For All Seasons”, on the life of Thomas Moore is being […]
Twenty one years at the top is a long time for a theatre company by Sligo Drama Circle has been right up there since its foundation in 1956. To celebrate its coming of age and to open the 1977 Summer Season, the Circle has chosen Brendan Behan’s “The Hostage” which goes on in the Town […]
Sligo Drama Circle is twenty years old this year. The United States of America is just ten times that age, celebrating its 200th birthday in 1976. To mark both anniversaries Sligo’s resident Theatre Company has selected Richard Rogers’ and Oscar Hammerstein’s classic musical “Oklahoma 9by arrangement with Chappell & Co. Ltd.) The US in return […]
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
... Read More
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
... Read More
“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 […]