40 years of Events

THE HAVEN AMPHITHEATRE COMMITTEE                  (formerly The Castlecrag Haven Theatre 530A Committee)                                   A MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE OF WILLOUGHBY CITY COUNCIL sINCE 1976 tHIS COMMITTEE HAS PRODUCED HUNDREDS OF SHOWS                          these are but a few we have recorded

1982  March Back to the bush concert

Australian traditional songs, dance, music, folklore and recitation.

1983 JANUARY  The Magic pudding band

Australian Bush band

1984 August Death defying theatre

Mind's eye theatre in primordia.  Illusion, dance theatre, trapeze, stilt walking, computerised projections.

    1985 february Banksia dreams        Play commissioned for                    the Haven Amphitheatre by michael bates produced by a sub committee                 including ella young,  sue randle,  joyce batterham

1985 december carols by CANDLELIGHT

Patricia Sheldon and howard rubie

1986 DECEMBER CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT

Patricia Sheldon And Howard Rubie

1987 DECEMBER CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT

Patricia Sheldon And Howard Rubie,  Sydney north training orchestra                           nativity play  + columbine

1988 Spring festival 4 weekends of performance         september 24 - 25  Urban myths                                                                          October 22 - 23 soundjata - an african story    November 19 uncovering the voice,   midsummer night's dream excerpts,  Glenaeon 

1988 November 20  HMAS Pinafore,  

Mosman Gilbert &Sullivan Society

1988 DECEMBER CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT

Patricia Sheldon and Howard Rubie with Rev allen wilson

1989 june pirates of penzance

Mosman Gilbert &Sullivan Society

1989 october yeoman of the guard

Mosman Gilbert &Sullivan Society

1989 october meditation group

Liz Tremain

1989 october  sunday morning yoga

Lee Carmody  Classes continued until 1996

1989 DECEMBER CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT

Patricia Sheldon And Howard Rubie

1991 JANUARY DANCIN' IN THE HAVeN                            Tea Dance                             

Willoughby Brass Band With The Griffin Puppets

1991 march poetry by candlelight                           kominos, anne fairburn,  

1991  june  afternoon light                                        cONCERT WILLOUGHBY WIND QUINTET

1991 september  find me a play                                                                      rep theatre co of ensemble graduates 

 1991 october  jazz in the afternoon light              Sue Cruikshank + Willoughby Big Band                                               

1991 antony and cleopatra                                        haven committee

1991  DECEMBER CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT

Patricia Sheldon And Howard Rubie

1992 march sbs youth orchestra

1992 april muses at the haven                                          live poets society plus blues point acappella choir                                            

1992 september  sbs Youth orchestra                    mathew krel

1992 DECEMBER CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT

Patricia Sheldon And Howard Rubie

  1993 November  Marions gift                                                                          Lindy Batterham   writer,director 

1993 december handel's messiah                               willoughby symphony orchestra and choir

1993 DECEMBER CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT

Patricia Sheldon And Howard Rubie

1994 november  Under milkwood                                Haven play readers

1994 DECEMBER  summertime rap                                walkabout CHILDREN'S theatre celebration of solstice                 lindy batterham director

1994 DECEMBER  CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT

Patricia Sheldon And Howard Rubie

1995 september  musical misbeHAVEN                      elizabeth connell (aust opera) with willoughby symphony choir  

1995 DECEMBER  CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT

Patricia Sheldon And Howard Rubie

1996 FEBRUARY   primordia   mind's eye theatre             multimedia, Physical theatre. 2nd,3rd,4th Feb.

 1996 june  compression  butoh dance                            tess de quincy & stuart lynch, with xu feng shun                            peking opera michael dale and performing artists

1996 April  red hot lovers                               Mosman theatre company   26 and 27 april

1996 december  tai chi at tHE HAVEN AMPHITHEATRE                8 week course with john fryer 6.45 to 7.45 am

1996 DECEMBER  CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT

Patricia Sheldon And Howard Rubie

1997            The sydney welsh choir

1997  DECEMBER  CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT

 andrew frazer  And Howard Rubie

1998 july  PRESENTATION by  prof. James Weirick    seminar for 30 visiting architects 

1998 september   Jazz in the haven                          Willoughby big band Md- peter walmsley, ruth wilson, michael   harrison 

1998  DECEMBER  CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT

Andrew Frazer  And Howard Rubie

1999  twilight magic   abbotsleigh School

1999  DECEMBER  CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT

Andrew Frazer  And Howard Rubie

2000  tHreE colours of the heart                            georgina andrews 

2000  March  a midsummer night's dream                  Big eye productions 2 performances

2000  DECEMBER  CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT

marlene vaughan  And Howard Rubie

    2001 JANUARY  secret woman's business dinner      adel barnett, debra player

2001 May   meet the neighbours                               a twilight performance

2001  september   tHE stiff gins                                trio the stiff gins  

2001  DECEMBER  CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT

Marlene Vaughan  And Howard Rubie

2002  DECEMBER  CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT

Marlene Vaughan  And Howard Rubie

2003  march  the eggstraordinary magic muddle   marlene vaughan writer director 

2003 April sailors bay concertos bbq.                streets to creek message and poetry 

2003 october   27th anniversary dinner                 Alt venue nth bridge woman's bowling club                           brass   boys in concert

2003  DECEMBER  CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT

Marlene Vaughan  And Howard Rubie

2004 february under milk wood                             the dylan thomas society

 2004 september  a musical journey in three   concerts   graham wardrop and friends                             graham jessie musical director

2004 september  benjamins big band in cabaret

2004 september   tHE kookaburra who stole the moon                                                                        rem theatre co + willoughby symphony orchestra

2004  DECEMBER  CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT

Marlene Vaughan  And Howard Rubie

2005 september   a musical journey                       A weekend of Jazz  Produced by graham jessie              Graham Wardrop and Friends

2005  DECEMBER  CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT

Marlene Vaughan  And Howard Rubie

2006  september  movies at The Haven                      spirited away 

2006  October  James morrison in concert              in black tie and runners

2006  DECEMBER  CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT

Marlene Vaughan  And Howard Rubie

  2007 february    tHE dream                                         a midsummer night dream    RAW eM co.

2007 april    Haven Cabaret Contensions                       sharolyn Kimmorley      Musical Director   Marlene Vaughn Artistic Director

•     2007 September      When Camels Could Fly         bronwyn Vaughan   Lindy Batterham        

2007  DECEMBER  CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT

Marlene Vaughan  And Howard Rubie

2008  March  wind in the willows                              raw em production

     2008  december  a christmas carol                          charles dickens   an epicentre production

2008  DECEMBER  CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT

Marlene Vaughan  And Howard Rubie

2009  march    Cosi                                                       louis nowra    RAW EM production

2009 september   don quixote                                    epicentre production

    2009  DECEMBER  A major CAROLS production        Orchestra, choir, soloists  (see the dVD)

2010  september  travelling the world through music   and stories                                                            bronwyn vaughan

       2010  september   hip hop duende                              

2010  OCTOBER  cabaret   simon in the haven            simon ward

2010 december   Captain Midnight                              randolf stow  produced by lenore robertson                          epicentre production

2010  DECEMBER   CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT

Marlene Vaughan  And Howard Rubie

2011  november   movies in The Haven                                   burlesque

2011 november  cabaret in tHE HAVEN                       george washingmachine and his band

2011  DECEMBER   CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT

Marlene Vaughan  

     2012  april  rickie and her rickshaw                         bronwyn vaughan 

2012  August  Movies in The haven                             babe

2012  september  cabaret in The haven            citadel of song                                                                       bonnie J Jensin

     2012  DECEMBER   CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT

         Marlene Vaughan  

2013  September Comedy and movies                    The castle

2013  DECEMBER   CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT

Marlene Vaughan

2014  DECEMBER   CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT

Marlene Vaughan

      2015  february  Movies in The Haven                          secret theatre    peter pan                                                      

2015  DECEMBER   CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT

Marlene Vaughan      The final performance in the haven amphitheatre