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Capital E’s National Theatre for Children proudly presents Story Studio Live Aotearoa 2022, a high-energy, multi-genre, TV broadcast, performed in a Te Whanganui-a-Tara studio, live-streamed exclusively to your school hall!

This year, we’re introducing a new way to bring theatre to schools and interact with ākonga through the power of digital technology. This year’s theme is all about Aotearoa and discovering where ākonga come from through our history and embracing te reo Māori via a huge live interactive screen.

Surf the TV channels and travel back in time. Explore the history of your town / region’s name and other places across Aotearoa, learning the meanings behind their names.

Ākonga will be able to interact exclusively through the live screen with our studio performers from your school hall during the performance. All the equipment for the live-stream performance will be supplied, along with our friendly technician, who will set it up before the performance starts and be there to assist with interaction between ākonga and the studio performers.

This experience has strong links to the New Zealand Curriculum through The Arts, English and Social Sciences e.g., New Zealand Aotearoa Histories curriculum.

This theatre project features professional actors and technicians and highlights the history of our home and what it means to ākonga. Story Studio Live will show your ākonga how the creative ideas of the past helped shape their current world, encouraging them to offer their ideas and stories, inspiring our upcoming generation of creative thinkers.