FIRST TIME ACTORS TAKE TO THE STAGE
FORTY Sligo actors took the Hawk’s Well stage last Sunday evening as part of ‘Sligo Acts’ - a new project at the theatre.
Participants of the theatre’s acting classes, those who dabble in a bit of theatre, and some who had taken a break from acting all came together under the stewardship of Jean Marie Perinetti, Julie Sharkey, Isabel Claffey and Patrick Curley to put on a stunning performance.
With the theme ‘Husbands and wives’ the audience was treated to a night of great entertainment, from how to flirt in the stone age through mime, to Sybil and Basil’s divorce, a spin-off of the popular Fawlty Towers.
The Sligo Acts programme was inspired by the great success of the Sligo Sings programme at the theatre and the positive feedback from the ongoing Acting for Adults courses which have been running at the theatre over the last three years (hosted by theatre artist-in-residence, Bob Kelly and more recently, by Sligo Youth Theatre director, Jean Marie Perinetti).
The Sligo Sings programme has encouraged singers of all abilities and levels to come together in a non-competitive environment and focuses on participation, inclusiveness and, most of all enjoyment. In the same vein, Sligo Acts is a fun acting programme suitable for all levels of experience - those with plenty of performances under their belt and those just starting to tread the boards.
With the first ever ‘Sligo Acts’ proving to be such a success, it is likely that the event will be run again soon.