Older Past Productions
Kapiti Playhouse, originally The Community Playhouse and then Kapiti Players, has been presenting plays in the Kapiti area since 1948. This list, though incomplete for some of the earlier years, illustrates the wide range of productions presented over the years. For November 2016 onwards, see Past Productions.
| YEAR | MONTH | PRODUCTION | DIRECTOR |
| 1952 | A Lady Mislaid (comedy) | L.H.Herd | |
| Dear Ruth (comedy) (with Raumati South Women’s Institute) | |||
| 1955 | August | Count Your Blessings (comedy) | Phyllis Dryden |
| 1956 | May | Chiltern Hundreds (comedy) | Phyllis Dryden |
| November | Jane Steps Out (comedy) | Ian Galloway & Stan Willson | |
| 1957 | May | The Hollow (mystery thriller) | Phyllis Dryden |
| November | Loves a Luxury (comedy) | Phyllis Dryden | |
| 1958 | June | My Wife’s Lodger (farce) | Phyllis Dryden |
| August | One Act Plays: Roundabout; Rockbottom; Fumed Oak | ||
| November | Book of the Month (comedy) | Phyllis Dryden | |
| 1959 | May | One Wild Oat (farce) | Phyllis Dryden |
| October | Love From a Stranger (drama) | Phyllis Dryden | |
| Phoenix Too Frequent | |||
| 1960 | May | See How They Run (comedy) | Phyllis Dryden |
| 1961 | May | Fools Rush In (comedy) | Edith Petersen |
| November | Quiet Weekend (comedy) | Phyllis Dryden | |
| 1962 | June | Breath of Spring (comedy) | Phyllis Dryden |
| 1963 | March | The More The Merrier (comedy) | Phyllis Dryden |
| October | Don’t Tell Father (comedy) | Phyllis Dryden | |
| 1964 | April | The Reluctant Debutante (comedy) | Phyllis Dryden & Betty Fry |
| 1965 | April | The Rape of the Belt (comedy) | Joyce Bringans |
| 1966 | April | An Inspector Calls (drama mystery) | Betty Fry |
| June | One Act Plays: Missing From Home; The Rose and the Crown; Fumed Oak | Wal Usher Phyllis Dryden | |
| November | Present Laughter (comedy) | Phyllis Dryden | |
| 1967 | May | The Secret Tent (drama) | Betty Fry |
| July | One Act Play Festival: Resounding Tinkle (Kapiti Players); Mary Lye (Raumati South Drama group); Crock’s Cove (Pukerua Bay Drama Club); The Bridge over the Hills (Otaki Players); The Happy Journey (Kapiti Players); When the Bough Breaks(Raumati South Drama group); Little Brother, Little Sister (Raumati South Drama group) | Daphne Hunt; Nan Watson; Susan Renner; Bernice Hosie; Joyce Bringans; Alastair Campbell; Kathleen Houston | |
| 1968 | April | Elephants to Ride Upon | Betty Fry |
| July | One Act Play: Incident (entry in drama festival) | ||
| October | Barefoot in the Park (drama) | Phyllis Dryden | |
| 1969 | April | The Diary of Anne Frank (drama) | Ranald McDonald |
| October | The Crucible (drama) | Betty Fry | |
| 1970 | May | One Act Plays: Under Milk Wood (Kapiti College); I SpyThe Birds Sang | Ranald McDonald; John Joliffe; Linda Power |
| June | Snow White | Des Pennington | |
| August | Something to Hide; Double Yoke | Des Pennington; Celia Harlen | |
| November | Laughter in the Dark (ghostly comedy) | Betty Fry | |
| 1971 | July | One Act Plays: Togetherness; Mutatis Mutandis | Marshall Marsden, Graham Scarf |
| November | Boeing Boeing (comedy) | Joe McIlroy | |
| 1972 | April | One Act Plays: Lithuania With It (junior members); A Dead Liberty (Paekakariki Drama Club) | Betty Fry; Barbara Howell; Penny Wells |
| December | Toad of Toad Hall | Enid Honiss | |
| 1973 | April | Dangerous Corner (drama) | Betty Fry |
| July | One Act Plays: On Stage; This Isn’t My Scene Man; After Margritte (Raumati South Drama group)(winner of the Wellington area Federation Competition) | Betty Fry; Barry Holmes; Beryl Wakelin | |
| September | And So To Bed (comedy) | Ralph Hogg | |
| 1974 | April | Wanted One Body (farce) | Elsie Lloyd |
| July | One Act Plays: The Plant (Wellington Boys College); Togetherness (entry in Wellington Drama Festival); Mutatis Mutandis (entry in Wellington Drama Festival) | Stephen Tozier; Marshall Marsden; Graham Scarf | |
| December | The Three Little Pigs (presented to kindergartens and schools in Raumati) | Elsie Lloyd | |
| 1975 | March | The Seven Year Itch (comedy) | Ralph Hogg |
| August | Not Now Darling (comedy) (first production in Ruahine Street theatre) | Elsie Lloyd | |
| October | The effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (drama) | Marshall Marsden | |
| December | Beauty and the Beast | Charles Ellis | |
| 1976 | April | Relatively Speaking (comedy) | Elsie Lloyd |
| May | One Act Plays (in conjunction with Bats Theatre): Table d’hote; Mariana Kassu | ||
| June | What The Butler Saw (comedy) | Marshall Marsden | |
| August | An Evening With Noel Coward (revue) | Ralph Hogg | |
| November | Cinderella (pantomime) | Celia Harlen | |
| 1977 | March | Bonaventure (mystery drama) | Barry Holmes |
| June | My Three Angels (comedy) | Elsie Lloyd | |
| August | Brief Suspicion (mystery drama) | Molly Rose | |
| November | Red Riding Hood (pantomime) | Celia Harlen | |
| 1978 | April | Champagne for Breakfast (entry in NZ Play of the Year) | Marshall Marsden |
| July | Skin of our Teeth (farce) | Ralph Hogg | |
| August | One Act Plays: Out She Goes; A Slight Accident | Vivienne Easton; Ian Gentleman | |
| November | Jack and the Beanstalk (pantomime) | Celia Harlen | |
| 1979 | March | Darling I’m Home (comedy) | Olga Harding |
| June | Under Milk Wood (play for voices) | Victor Webb | |
| August | Thriller of the Year (mystery) | Elsie Lloyd | |
| November | Once Upon a Christmas (pantomime) | Celia Harlen | |
| 1980 | March | Bitter Sanctuary (drama) | Olga Harding |
| June | Roger’s Last Stand (comedy) | Victor Webb | |
| September | The Enquiry (drama) | Molly Rose | |
| December | Peter Pan (fantasy) | Ian Gentleman | |
| 1981 | March | Absurd Person Singular (comedy) | Victor Webb |
| June | The Late Christopher Bean (comedy) | Ralph Hogg | |
| August | The Lion in Winter (period drama) | Molly Rose | |
| November | Aladdin (pantomime) | Celia Harlen | |
| 1982 | March | The Caretaker (drama) (winner of NZ best play of the year) | Victor Webb |
| September | How the Other Half Loves (comedy) | Victor Webb | |
| December | Rumplestiltzkin (pantomime) | Celia Harlen | |
| 1983 | March | Why Not Stay for Breakfast (comedy) (entry in Wellington Federation competition) | Vivienne Easton |
| June | Blithe Spirit (farce) | Ralph Hogg | |
| August | Aurelia (mystery) | Mike Gilkison | |
| November | Pinocchio (pantomime) | Celia Harlen | |
| 1984 | March | Hotel Paradiso (farce) | Murray Nicholson |
| May | Vive la France (revue) | Celia Harlen | |
| June | Double Edge (thriller) (NZ premiere) | Molly Rose | |
| September | Fools Paradise (farce) | Elsie Lloyd & Dilys Forrest | |
| November | Hickory Dickory Dock (pantomime) | Celia Harlen | |
| 1985 | March | Middle Age Spread (comedy) | Dale Hendry |
| August | A Bedful of Foreigners (comedy) | Murray Nicholson | |
| November | The Enchanted Waltz (fantasy) | Dilys Forrest | |
| 1986 | May | Way Out West (revue) (with Kapiti Country and Western Club); Bits and Pieces (revue) (Kapiti Players Junior Drama) | Celia Harlen; Vivienne Easton & Jim Gunning |
| September | The Ghost Train (mystery) | Philip Charles | |
| November | Humpty Dumpty (pantomime) | Molly Rose | |
| 1987 | July | Brigadoon (musical) (with St Patrick’s Operatic Society) | Dilys Forrest & Hec Newton |
| August | Murder By Appointment (murder) (NZ premiere) | Philip Charles | |
| November | Jack and the Beanstalk (pantomime) | Kevin Rush | |
| 1988 | March | Bedroom Farce (comedy) | Victor Webb |
| July | Old Time Music Hall (variety) | Molly Rose | |
| August | The Importance of Being Earnest (comedy) | Molly Rose | |
| November | Cinderella (pantomime) | Celia Harlen | |
| 1989 | March | Taking Steps (comedy) | Victor Webb |
| August | A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum(musical farce) | Kevin Rush | |
| November | Wizard of Oz (musical play) | Celia Harlen | |
| 1990 | May | Time and Time Again (comedy) (NZ Drama Federation competition) | Victor Webb |
| June | No Sex Please We’re British (comedy) | Victor Webb | |
| August | Music Hall (variety) | Molly Rose | |
| November | Sleeping Beauty (pantomime) | Kevin Rush | |
| 1991 | March | The Birthday Party (drama) | Victor Webb |
| May | Dead Man’s Hand (thriller) | Ewen Coleman | |
| July | Habeas Corpus (comedy) | Celia Harlen | |
| September | Victorian Entertainment (variety) | Celia Harlen | |
| December | Aladdin (pantomime) | Celia Harlen | |
| 1992 | March | Run For Your Wife (comedy) | Terence Nonweiller |
| May | Suburb of Babylon (trilogy) | Victor Webb | |
| June | One Act Plays: Geraldine Regrets; New Horizons | Terri Bassett; Campbell Simon Boyes | |
| August | The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (musical play) | Kevin Rush | |
| November | Once Upon a Christmas (pantomime) | Celia Harlen | |
| 1993 | March | I’ll Be Back Before Midnight (thriller) | Terence Nonweiller |
| May | Stepping Out (comedy) | Celia Harlen | |
| September | Toad of Toad Hall (musical play) | Mandy Bolton | |
| 1994 | May | 70 Girls 70 (musical play) | Kevin Rush |
| August | The Coarse Acting Show (comedy) | Simon Boyes | |
| November | Puss in Boots (pantomime) | Mandy Bolton | |
| 1995 | June | Noises Off (comedy) | Celia Harlen |
| November | Jack and the Beanstalk (pantomime) | Kevin Rush | |
| 1996 | June | Murder at Rutherford House (murder mystery) (at Dickens Restaurant) | Celia Harlen |
| August | Guys and Dolls (musical) | Kevin Rush | |
| December | Dick Whittington (pantomime) | Annie Robinson | |
| 1997 | February | Chicago (musical) | Kevin Rush |
| April | The Lady’s Not for Burning (period drama) | Barbara Heath | |
| July | One Act Plays: Just Me (Kapiti Players junior group);The Unreality has no Existence (Wellington Repertory junior group) | Brian Turner; Ann Elliot-Smith | |
| September | MMP (More Murder Please) (murder mystery) (at Dickens Restaurant) | Simon Boyes | |
| December | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (children’s play) | Ivy Rutter | |
| 1998 | March | The Ghost Train (mystery) | Barbara Heath |
| July | Birthday Suite (comedy) | Ewen Coleman | |
| December | Santa in Space (children’s play) | Liz Kaye & Colleen Adams | |
| 1999 | April | Bugsy Malone (musical) | Kevin Rush |
| July | Social Climbers (comedy) | Barbara Heath | |
| September | Bone Chiller (murder mystery) | Mary Singleton | |
| December | Robbin’ Hood (pantomime) | Liz Kaye & Colleen Adams | |
| 2000 | April | The Boyfriend (musical) | Mary Singleton |
| July | Out of Order (comedy) | Colleen Adams | |
| September | Joyful and Triumphant (NZ comedy) | Barbara Heath | |
| December | Frankenstein the Panto (pantomime) | Liz Kaye | |
| 2001 | March | Daisy pulls it off (comedy) | Mary Singleton |
| June | ‘Allo ‘Allo (comedy) | Simon Boyes | |
| August | Via Satellite (comedy) | Barbara Heath | |
| November | Season’s Greetings (comedy) | Mary Singleton | |
| 2002 | March | *Romeo and Juliet (tragedy) | Tim Watson |
| July | *Bullshot Crummond (farce) | Barbara Heath | |
| November | Glide Time (comedy) | Kate Spencer-Parsons | |
| 2003 | March | Little Shop of Horrors (musical) | Tim Watson |
| June | Take a Chance On Me (comedy) | Barbara Heath | |
| 2004 | March | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum(musical farce) | John Goddard |
| June | Room Service (comedy) | Renwick Wright | |
| August | Wind in the Branches of the Sassafras (western) | Barbara Heath | |
| November | Aladdin (pantomime) | Andrew Thomson | |
| 2005 | August | *I Hate Hamlet (comedy) | Gennie Barton |
| November | Table Manners (comedy) | Graham Stevens | |
| 2006 | April | Spreading Out (comedy) | Barbara Heath |
| June | Travelling North (drama) | Renwick Wright | |
| November | *The Odd Couple (comedy) | Graham Stevens | |
| 2007 | April | Ladies Who Lunch (comedy) | Barbara Heath |
| July | One Act Plays: *Whodidit? (Youth Drama section); Don’t Blame it on the Boots | Dominique Ware & Erin O’Hagan; Hilary Cunningham | |
| November | Mean Jean the Pirate Queen (pantomime) | Caroline Wallis | |
| 2008 | April | Middle Age Spread (comedy) | Barbara Heath |
| July | *Noises Off (comedy) | Gennie Barton | |
| November | Who Wants to be 100? (comedy) | Simon Boyes | |
| 2009 | March | Birthday Suite (farce) | Graham Stevens |
| June | Bazaar and Rummage (comedy) | Hilary Cunningham | |
| September | *Tomb with a View (Youth Drama section) (comedy) | Dominique Ware & Erin O’Hagan | |
| November | Blithe Spirit (farce) | Barbara Heath | |
| 2010 | April | *Trick of the Light (mystery) | Dominique Ware |
| August | *A Bench in the Sun (comedy) | Gennie Barton | |
| November | *GamePlan (comedy) | Tony Tait | |
| December | *Youth Drama Revue Show | Dominique Ware, David Butterfield, Hannah Gaskin, Heather McCaffrey | |
| 2011 | March | *Steaming (comedy) | Kate Spencer |
| August | Black Comedy (comedy) | Andrew Thomson | |
| December | Glide Time | Barbara Heath | |
| 2012 | April | Arsenic and Old Lace | Adriann Smith |
| August | Whodidit? | James & Dom Weir and David Butterfield | |
| November | Season’s Greetings | Mary-Anne Kindell | |
| 2013 | April | Brilliant Lies | Gennie Barton |
| August | The Shakespeare Revue | Dominique Weir & John Govier | |
| November | Taking Off | Tony Tait | |
| 2014 | April | Happy Birthday Dear Alice | Simon Boyes |
| August | Kiwifruits | Liz Alpine | |
| 2015 | March | Motel | Gennie Barton |
| July | Secret Bridesmaids’ Business | Margaret Brown | |
| December | Book Ends | Tony Tait | |
| 2016 | April | Calendar Girls | Kate Spencer-Parsons |
| July | Forget-Me-Knot | Liz Alpine |