Situated on Dominion Road in Mount Eden, Auckland, the Capitol Theatre is registered as a category 2 building with Heritage New Zealand.

[1][2][3] The Capitol Theatre's interior is decorated in an art deco style with a purple and gold pallet.

[4][2] The Capitol Theatre was designed by Hugh Grierson and Kenneth Aimer and built by Noel Cole for Messrs Hardley and de Luen.

[1] Hardley and de Luen were property developers and leased the theatre to be run by others with John Quinn being the first.

You’d climb the steps to the theatre and enter a shabby, slightly eccentric environment where real film lovers could tell at once they were understood and appreciated.The building has a category A registration with Auckland Council.