[1] Actor John Watson remembered one menu as "Mushroom sautéed in white wine and garlic served on Vogel's bread with mozzarella with crusty rolls; Main, savoury vegetarian samosas or marinated skewered and grilled lamb; dessert, date, rum and raisin pie.

The 13-production season included Christopher Hampton’s The Philanthropist, Terrence McNally's Sweet Eros, Emanuel Peluso's Good Day, René de Obaldia's Wind in the Branches of the Sassafras Tree, Peter Nichols's A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, Richard Hugget's The First Night of Pygmalion, Harold Pinter's Old Times, Bruce Mason's The End of the Golden Weather, Tom Stoppard's The Real Inspector Hound, Eduardo Manet's The Nuns, Moore's An Infinite Number of Monkeys, Terence Feely's Don’t Let Summer Come, Gateway Theatre's The Nobodies From Nowhere, and Noel Coward's Private Lives.

The theatre survived through charity, appearances from big names such as Ray Henwood, directors including Simon Phillips, Richard Mudford, George Webby and David Copeland, and fundraising activities such a benefit concert from the cast of Downstage's Hamlet on their night off.

In 1976, four New Zealand plays were produced: Meeting Place by Robert Lord, Mothers and Fathers by Joseph Musaphia, Not Christmas But Guy Fawkes by Bruce Mason, and The Robbie Horror Show by John Banas.

[1] In 1993 Centrepoint was the first theatre to put on an entire season of New Zealand plays: Stretchmarks by Sarah Delahunty, Joyful and Triumphant by Robert Lord, starring Norman Forsey, Kate Harcourt, and Dorothy McKegg, He Repo Haka – Swamp Dance commissioned from Jeff Addison, Let’s Spend the Night Together by Anthony McCarten, starring Tim Balme, Lovelock’s Dream Run by David Geary, By Degrees by Roger Hall, and Ladies Night by Stephen Sinclair and Anthony McCarten.

By the time of 40th anniversary in 2013, Peter Hawes wrote:“We have produced more than 300 main bill productions, employed more than 2500 actors, directors and designers and injected more than six million dollars into the Palmerston North economy.