1960 – 1969

Production History

By 1961 the society had grown to sufficient strength to produce its first musical, Wild Violets. This year saw the first attempt of several to find a home for itself. Land on what is now Western Reserve was considered, but the cost of a small concrete block building was beyond the resources of the society at the time The Sea Scout den was looked at in 1967, and the same year the Broady family made their joinery building in Pohutukawa Avenue, Orewa, this became available for the club’s use.

YEAR SHOW DIRECTOR
1960 Down Came A Blackbird Norton Hammond
1 Act Plays- Alice where art thou / Life with Alfredo Charles Prebble
Rookery Nook Norton Hammond
1961 Wild Violets Charles Prebble
1 Act Plays – Storm Music/ Gilbert and Solomon Norton Hammond
The Whole Truth Vera Fausett
1962 Lilac Time Charles Prebble
1963 Aladdin Joy Dredge
Night Must Fall Evelyn Cannon & Rose Maire
1964 Oklahoma Evelyn Cannon
Summer Of The Seventeenth Doll Maureen Warburton
1965 Chu Chin Chow Garth Clark
1966 Koastal Kapers Charles Prebble
1967 Rats and April Dawn Norman Keesing, Gladys Wood
1968 Salad Days Charles Prebble
Revue 1968 – Music Hall Sylvia Hornby
Brush With A Body Gwen Jones-Prichard
Sailor Beware Phillip King and Falkland Carey
Little Mary Sunshine Aileen Linstrom
1969 Goodnight Mrs. Puffin Eve Cannon
The Reluctant Debutante Francis Martin
The Heiress Vera Fausett
Blithe Spirit Glad Wood