Index to Productions 1947 to 2007
This list was published in our 60th anniversary booklet. We are currently working to update this list in preparation for our 75th anniversary celebrations.
| Androcles and the Lion (George Bernard Shaw) | 1966, 1973 |
| The Annunciation (Dance drama) | 1979, 1981 |
| Antigone (Sophocles) | 1966, 1971, 1991 |
| Arsenic and Old Lace (Joseph Kesselring) | 2002 |
| Back to the Land (Do Shaw) | 2005 |
| Beginning from Moses (Dramatised biblical excerpts) | 1967 |
| The Betrayers (Tim Priestley) | 1953 |
| Billy Budd (Benjamin Britten) | 1965 |
| The Boy with a Cart (Christopher Fry) | 1960 |
| The Business of Good Government (John Arden) | 1966, 1975, 1981, 1990 |
| Captain Noah & His Floating Zoo (Michael Flanders & Joseph Horovitz) | 1979, 1981 |
| The Castle of Perseverance (Morality play) | 1961 |
| The Caucasian Chalk Circle (Bertolt Brecht) | 1999 |
| Celebration Christmas 1971 | 1971 |
| Celebration Dance (Based on J. S. Bach’s music) | 1993 |
| Century 21 (Multi-media presentation) | 1970, 1971 |
| Check to the Devil (Tim Priestley) | 1951 |
| The Chosen People | 1977 |
| Christ in the Concrete City (Philip Turner) | 1963, 1965 |
| Christ in Wellington (Tim Priestley) | 1949 |
| Christmas 1965 | 1965 |
| Christmas 1967 | 1967 |
| A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens, adapted by Tim Priestley) | 1994, 2002 |
| A Christmas Celebration | 1993 |
| Christmas Collage | 1984, 1988, 1989 |
| A Christmas Cracker | 1996 |
| Christmas in the Market Place (Henri Gheon) | 1958, 1992 |
| A Christmas Medley | 1997 |
| The Coming of the King (‘The Annunciation’ and ‘The First Crib’) | 1979 |
| Construction (Ralph Stone) | 2002 |
| The Crucible (Arthur Miller) | 1993 |
| The Dance of the Servant Song (Dance sequence) | 1989 |
| The Daniel Jazz | 1977, 1981 |
| The Dear Departed (Stanley Houghton) | 2006 |
| Death Shall Have No Dominion (A Celebration of Easter) | 1972 |
| A Different Drummer (Gene McKinney) | 1967 |
| Door Ajar (Jenny Barlow) | 1968 |
| Downtown Minestrone (Revue) | 1975 |
| The Emperor Constantine (Dorothy Sayers) | 1961, 1964 |
| Everyman (Morality play) | 1959, 1969 |
| Exercise Conflict (Donald FitzJohn) | 1988 |
| Falstaff and the Recruits (William Shakespeare) | 1972, 1986 |
| The Farnsdale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen’s Guild Dramatic Society’s Production of A Christmas Carol (D. McGillivray & W. Zerlin) | 2005 |
| The Fire Raisers (Max Frisch) | 1964, 1965, 1986 |
| The First and the Latest | 1980 |
| The First Christmas | 1999 |
| The First Crib (Evelyn Hart) | 1947, 1979, 1987 |
| The First Night (James Stuckey) | 1996 |
| Florence Nightingale (John Bowen) | 1996 |
| The Fortieth Man (Freda Collins) | 2004 |
| The Fourth Wise Man (Henry Van Dyke) | 2004 |
| The Gift (Mime) | 1957, 1958 |
| Gifts in a Stable (Daphne Rands) | 2001 |
| The Glorious Whitewasher (Mark Twain, adapted by Vince Jennings) | 2006 |
| The Government Inspector (Nikolay Gogol) | 2004 |
| The Great Piratical Rumbustification (Margaret Mahy) | 1991 |
| The Happiest Days of Your Life (John Dighton) | 2007 |
| Hate Is My Inheritance (Tim Priestley) | 1956, 1958 |
| Headline News | 1995 |
| Heaven Can Wait (Harry Segall) | 1998 |
| The House By the Stable (Charles Williams) | 1959 |
| How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Dr. Seuss) | 1988, 1996 |
| In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Heinar Kipphardt) | 1972, 1986 |
| The Instruments of the Crucifixion | 1976, 1978, 1982, 1987, 1991, 1995 |
| J. B. (Archibald MacLeish) | 1966 |
| Jesus’ Christmas Party (Nicholas Allan) | 2000 |
| Johnson Over Jordan (J. B. Priestley) | 1976 |
| Joseph & the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat | 1971, 1972, 1973, 1985 |
| Journey Without Dimension (Tim Priestley) | 1952 |
| The Just Vengeance (Dorothy Sayers) | 1959 |
| Lady Precious Stream (S. I. Hsiung) | 1983, 2000 |
| A Lion in the Meadow (Margaret Mahy) | 1991 |
| The Little Clay Cart (King Sudraka) | 1974, 1990 |
| The Long Noon (Patricia Chown) | 2003 |
| The Lorax (Dr. Seuss, adapted by Bill Thomas) | 2006 |
| Man’s Inhumanity to Man (John A. Lee, adapted by Helen Viggers) | 2006 |
| Martha & Mary | 1949 |
| Mass for the Theatre (Leonard Bernstein) | 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1997 |
| Maxie (Mildred Kantrowitz) | 1992 |
| The Mechanicals (William Shakespeare – excerpt from ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’) | 2006 |
| Meditation for Good Friday (Based on Stravinsky’s ‘Symphony of Psalms’) | 1988, 1994 |
| Michael | 1948 |
| A Midsummer Night’s Dream (William Shakespeare) | 1982, 2006 |
| Much Ado About Nothing (William Shakespeare) | 1984 |
| Nativity 1950 (Tim Priestley) | 1950 |
| Nativity 1954 (Tim Priestley) | 1954 |
| Navidad Nuestra (Dance drama) | 1970, 1972, 1974, 1982, 1998 |
| The Night Before Christmas | 2003 |
| 1984 (George Orwell) | 2001 |
| No Name in the Street (Edward Murch) | 2007 |
| No One Will Ever Know | 1995 |
| Noah (Andrew Obey) | 1995 |
| Oklahoma (Adapted from Rodgers & Hammerstein) | 1961 |
| Our Town (Thornton Wilder) | 1989 |
| Papa Panov’s Magic Christmas (Paul Thain) | 2006 |
| Pavlova and Presents (John Parker) | 2000, 2001 |
| Pilgrim (Adapted from John Bunyan) | 1976 |
| Pilgrim People (Wesley Centennial play) | 1980 |
| The Pirates of Penzance (Adapted from Gilbert & Sullivan) | 1961 |
| The Plant Sitter (Dramatised story for children) | 1981 |
| A Pocketful of Plays | 2006 |
| The Prayer Dance (Adapted from Leonard Bernstein) | 1989 |
| Psalm 150 (Dance sequence) | 1976, 1977, 1981, 1989 |
| A Pukeko in a Ponga Tree (Kingi Ihaka) | 2000 |
| Reflection for Good Friday | 2000 |
| Reflections from the Upper Room to the Crucifixion | 1999 |
| Reflections on Easter (Dance drama) | 1996 |
| Rejoice with Me (Tim Priestley) | 1958 |
| Report from Jerusalem (Tim Priestley) | 1961 |
| Revue 21 | 1970 |
| Reynard the Fox (Dance drama) | 1975, 1986 |
| Room with a Closed Door (Tim Priestley) | 1957 |
| Rooms to Let (Margaret Mahy) | 1992 |
| Saint Joan (George Bernard Shaw) | 1987 |
| Say No and Die (Extracts from ‘Androcles and the Lion’, ‘Antigone’ and ‘Thor With Angels’) | 1966 |
| The Sign of Jonah (Guenter Rubenborn) | 1963, 1977 |
| The Skin of Our Teeth (Thornton Wilder) | 1965, 1978 |
| Song of the People (Dance drama) | 1983, 1984, 1995 |
| The Square | 1964 |
| Study War No More | 1972, 1986 |
| Thor With Angels (Christopher Fry) | 1966, 1968 |
| Thursday Night and Friday Morning | 2003 |
| The Trial (John Ferguson) | 2007 |
| The Trojan Women (Euripides) | 1972, 1986 |
| Tryst (Colin Crowther) | 2004 |
| The Unexpected Guest (Agatha Christie) | 2006 |
| The Unknown Soldier & His Wife (Peter Ustinov) | 1975 |
| Upside Down Christmas | 2000 |
| Us and Them (David Campton) | 2005 |
| The Visit (Friedrich Durrenmatt) | 1994 |
| Wesley Passion Play | 1951, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1985, 1993 |
| Whanautanga (Multi-ethnic presentation) | 1982 |
| The White Liars (Peter Shaffer) | 1988 |
| Whose Life Is It Anyway? (Brian Clark) | 2003 |
| The Winter’s Tale (William Shakespeare) | 1985 |
| The Witnesses (Clive Sansom) | 1963, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1976, 1982, 1983, 1992, 1995, 1998 |
| Wombat Divine (Mem Fox) | 2001 |
| The World and the Child (Morality play) | 1950 |
| The World Turned Upside Down (Clive Sansom) | 1978, 1991 |
| You Can’t Take It with You (Moss Hart & G. S. Kaufman) | 1997 |
| The Zeal of Thy House (Dorothy Sayers) | 1951, 1961 |