Capital E Live, National Theatre for Children is holding auditions for professional adult actors for roles in their 2019 national touring production Mr McGee and the Biting Flea for audience…
What’s your role at Capital E? I’m the Marketing and Communications Manager. Lots of things fall into my ‘To Do’ list including shouting about all the awesome things we do…
Some of Wellington’s youngest creative children had a special visit on Tuesday when Mayor Justin Lester stopped into Funington, Capital E’s crazy cardboard city of fun. The Capital E public…
If cousins Finn and Grace aren’t already familiar to you, they will be soon! These two young filmmakers were winners in the 2017 Roxy5 Short Film competition and were just…
Just one week out from starting rehearsals for Odd One Out and we are busy getting everything ready! The actors join us when rehearsals start but the design and production…
What’s your role at Capital E? I’m the Relationship Development Coordinator, so I’m always chatting to teachers making sure they know what we’re up to, and that we’re doing the…
Thomas LaHood is one of the writers of our upcoming junior theatre show, Odd One Out and is the Marketing Manager of Barbarian Productions. We asked Thomas to tell us…
The Roxy5 Short Film Competition 2017 has just had it’s Before and After screening! The winners from this year’s competition won the amazing opportunity to have their already brilliant original films re-made…
Summer holidays are almost here and it’s a great time to engage in some open-ended art activities that support your children in creating, experimenting and exploring ideas and materials in…
What’s your role at Capital E? I’m Head of Business and Development. I have an amazing team and we are super passionate about what we do here at Capital E,…
The carpark at Avalon Studios is already full as the cast, crew and Capital E team meet in the foyer for the first day of development of the 2018 National…
Benjamin Franklin, in 1789 wrote to his friend Jean-Baptiste Leroy that “in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes”. This is a famous line,…
You might have met Cara in the play space at Capital E, she’s always got a smile on her face and lots of fun activities for the kids to do! What’s your…
This was presented by Peter Graham and Sam Phillips, Capital E’s digital tutors, at the uLearn conference in Hamilton, October 2017. At Capital E we strongly believe in the power of the…
With the power of imagination, an egg carton can become a turtle, a shower cap transforms into a jellyfish and sheepskin into colourful coral! This all happened at Capital E…
Looking for a quick activity for the kids? Try this imaginative shoe scribbling! We tried this in a Capital E staff meeting and ended up with a hot air balloon,…
The Capital E Digital team like to keep an ear to the Matrix when it comes to new and interesting things in the world of technology. Two of our intrepid…
Our National Arts Festival is in full swing, and week one has been amazing! It has featured daring acrobatics, squirting milk jets, cheeky taniwha, gigantic sculptures, beached whales, evil…
Capital E is lucky enough to have the hilarious and talented White Face Crew joining us to perform La Vie Dans Une Marionette in our National Arts Festival. This charming and melodramatic show tells the…
Access is hugely important to us at Capital E. That’s why we want to make it as easy as possible for you to attend these National Arts Festival shows. Photo by David…
Tim Sneddon in Sticks Stones Broken Bones – Photo by Andrew Wuttke Capital E is excited to present Sticks Stones Broken Bones as part of our National Arts Festival 2017! In this…
Sacha Copland, founder and artistic director of Java Dance Theatre, has been living in the wonderful world of cheese since last year, developing her newest show. Sacha, who grew up…
Is it a dinosaur, a spaceship, a chandelier, a cloud? Find out at the Waitangi Day Festival of the Elements in Porirua this weekend, when you and Capital E bring Bloom to life.…
