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Big Visit to a Little City

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 programmes creative team constructed Funington from cardboard boxes, transforming the free play space into a mini metropolis that nods to its capital surroundings. In Funington […]

Minds Over Media

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 commissioned for their first paid film job. Capital E has long been a connector for children and young people and the ever-growing film, digital and […]

Odd One Out Pre-Production Update

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 team have been working hard in creating the show. The set and costumes have been designed and signed off by Director Jo Randerson and Creative […]

Meet the Capital E Team! Hana

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 cool stuff that they need us to be doing. What’s the best thing about Capital E? Working with such a colourful team, and seeing the […]

Behind the Scenes – Thomas LaHood from Odd One Out!

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 more about Odd One Out and making theatre for children. When did you first become interested in theatre? I first became interested in theatre early […]

That’s a wrap for Roxy5 2017!

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 under the guidance of professional industry mentors and Capital E Digital Tutors. Wellington High School and Ōtaki College made us so proud with their incredible […]

Summer Outdoor Crafts

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 fun, creative, and meaningful ways. Making and creating doesn’t require investment in expensive art materials. Make the most of summer and explore and find materials […]

Meet Meredith from the Capital E Team!

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, working hard to bring all our amazing experiences out to our different communities. What’s the best thing about Capital E? He tāngata, he tāngata, he […]

Behind the Scenes of Odd One Out

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 Theatre for Children junior show – Odd One Out! As we walk through Avalon Studios to our temporary home of Studio 9, we get a […]

Creativity NZ – Creativity an even more essential skill for the future

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, and fully alert to the fact that BF was a genius, I feel this quotation would have been even more famous if he had said “…death and taxes and change”. Salient to this is the fact that in 1789 the French revolution was underway so change was a big topic of conversation.