The Candle Wasters

23/03/2024

A cheeky lil celebration of 10 Years of NMTD

Nostalgic for early tumblr? Craving that Dracula Daily mineral? Perhaps obsessed with a certain enemies-to-lovers Shakespeare play?

Look no further, NMTD(Taylor's Version) starts today: https://thecandlewasters.substack.com

- MG xx

This is my first video! The first of many to come hopefully. Be sure to come back next Wednesday for more fun times with me, Beatrice Duke. Okay. Bea out. CH...

28/01/2024

Set in a New Zealand High School, told by teenage vloggers at the height of . It’s ’s for the nostalgic and curious.

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- MG xx

The trailer for ‘Nothing Much To Do’, a New Zealand vlogseries based on William Shakespeare’s ‘Much Ado About Nothing’.Watch NMTD from the beginning: https:/...

18/01/2024

NMTDaily kicks off on 24 March 💌

Those of you subscribed to the substack will have received the first email - a look behind the scenes from the end of each filming day.

Set in a New Zealand High School, told by teenage vloggers at the height of . ‘Nothing Much To Do’ is ’s for the nostalgic and curious.

Thee 2014 transmedia experience; with videos, tweets, insta and tumblr posts direct from the characters to your email inbox.

Don’t miss it: https://thecandlewasters.substack.com

- MG xx

25/12/2023

A cheeky lil celebration of 10 Years of NMTD 🥳

Set in a New Zealand High School, told by teenage vloggers at the height of superwholock. It’s Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing for the nostalgic and curious.

Thee 2014 transmedia experience; with videos, tweets, insta and tumblr posts direct from the characters to your email inbox.

Learn more or sign up: https://thecandlewasters.substack.com/about

Emails arriving from 24 March - 5 November 2024
- MG xx

25/10/2023

Kia ora koutou,

After 4 years of being on hiatus we wanted to officially acknowledge that our filmmaking collective has disbanded.

We are so proud of all the work we made, and we loved sharing it with you all. Your gifs, analysis, letters, writing, art, and comments made us feel so lucky. Creating these stories was such a special time in our lives and we can’t thank you enough for being a part of it. We could not have made our 5 webseries in 5 years without your awhi, love, and support. We will be forever grateful for the support of our Kickstarters which allowed us to continue making series, and never forget our fandles or flamangoes.

While as a collective we have gone our separate ways, we are all continuing to be creative folks and if you follow our various social media you will see what we get up to next.

Claris - @/clariskate on instagram
Elsie - @/littlebollinger on instagram
Minnie - @/minniegraced in most places
Robbie - @/robbienicol on instagram
Sally - @/salazar.bollinger on instagram

We will continue to post as The Candle Wasters from time to time — NMTD turns 10 next year and we’ll be sure to acknowledge that!

Finally, we are releasing several videos from our YouTube Drafts as part of the final updates to the Kickstarters for Lovely Little Losers and Bright Summer Night. You will see these on your feed. After that, we will not be releasing any further original content on YouTube as The Candle Wasters, though there will be other updates from us as individuals from time to time. For more details on the Kickstarter, please see the Final Updates on each Kickstarter.

Thank you all for joining us on this journey!

Lots of love, ngā mihi,
Claris, Elsie, Minnie, Robbie, and Sally

26/06/2023

✨🌙 It’s out!! 🌈🔮 Little Apocalypse can now be streamed on TVNZ+. Sally, Elsie and Thomas have been working on Aotearoa's first q***r kids drama - by, for, and about rainbow people - for the last couple of years, and we’re so glad we can finally share it with you. - EB 👻

01/04/2023

Happy for exactly a week ago! Turns out when anti-trans activists turn up in your country, you rather forget to celebrate fun anniversaries. Bigger fish to fry (or perhaps 🍅). Here’s Robbie and Jake in Tāmaki Makaurau 🏳️‍⚧️💛💜 - MG

26/03/2021

Happy , everyone! Please enjoy this very silly promo pic of Bea and Ben - MG


📷: Lane Francis Worrall 2014