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“a stunning space for art, film and theatre, and hanging out in the cafébar with Cardiff’s finest bohemian types” — The Guardian (A reason to move to South Wales) “If there is a better municipal arts centre than Chapter anywhere in Europe, I would like to see it… The new, new Chapter looks stunning and is one of Cardiff’s gems on the arts scene.” — First Minister, Rhodri Morgan (Nov 2009) “Chapter is unique: a vibrant arts centre that’s got a well deserved wide reputation for exciting and innovative work and also a fantastic community resource.” — Nicola Heywood Thomas, BBC Wales “Roedd Chapter eisoes yn ganolfan gelfyddydol ragorol, ond mae’r gwaith ailwampio wedi’i droi yn lle sy’n gweddu i’r 21ain ganrif ar gyfer y cynulleidfaoedd a’r artistiaid.” — Alun Ffred Jones, Gweinidog Treftadaeth y Cynulliad
Chapter photos: Jon Pountney
“Chapter is not only a much-loved community venue but is also one of Europe’s leading art centres... This imaginative refurbishment will greatly enhance the experience of Chapter for all of its many users” — Nick Capaldi, chief executive, Arts Council of Wales “The new Chapter is stunning” — Mr and Mrs Lewis “Llongyfarchiadau mawr i bawb. Dyma wedd newidiad gwych iawn.” — Marc Evans “Excellent feel to the new Chapter — very spacious both mentally and physically.” — Elaine Kennedy “Fantastic space for meeting, greeting and eating! Well Done!” — Helen Wilkins “I think it’s just FAB! It’s the hub of art in Wales — Love it!” — Madhvi Dalal “I think you should hide the cakes and cookies because if you don’t I’ll get really fat” — Alisha
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Delaine Le Bas: Witch Hunt Fri 5 Feb — Sun 14 March Gwe 5 Chwef — Sul 14 Mawrth “He looked so odd that farm labourers would go some way to avoid meeting him, and children would call out after him ‘Witch’. And some would call ‘Gypsy’, and to these he would sometimes stop and speak and give them a penny.” Brian Seymour Vesey-FitzGerald, George Borrow, 1953 As part of the UK Romany community (Roma being the largest ethnic minority in Europe), Delaine Le Bas explores many of the experiences of intolerance, misrepresentation, transitional displacement and homelessness that the community continues to face. Witch Hunt is a multimedia project comprising installation, performance and new music. For Chapter, Delaine has created new ecclesial structures reflecting the religious dimension of the ‘Witch Hunt’, weaving within them new work which explores the role of language in identifying the ‘other’. Witchcraft was built around words, as much dependent on lost ways of speaking as on particular incantations. Witches, like Gypsies, have provoked unmatched levels of hysteria, excitement and persecution. Their tongues may not be forked, but they threaten invisible borders as outsiders camped within. Linguistic difference has long been a source of conflict and suspicion, as well as pride, in the British Isles. Welsh children were made to wear shaming knots if they spoke their ancestral tongue at school and, to date, the language of Britain’s hundreds of thousands of Romanies gets no mention on the National Curriculum. The Gypsies, often tried for witchcraft, fared better at preserving their language in Wales than in England. But the grim accusations of witchcraft were made in all of Britain’s languages: “Witch wyti, a myfi a’th profia di yn witch” or “You are a witch, and I will prove you a witch”. Political scapegoating may be today’s equivalent of the spiritually bigoted finger-pointing once reserved for those suspected of dark magic. Witch Hunt was originally shown at aspex Gallery, Portsmouth (www.aspex.org.uk) and has been developed for exhibition at Chapter. Le Bas’ work was also included in Paradise Lost, The First Roma Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2007; Refusing Exclusion, Prague Biennale 3, Prague 2007; Living Together, Museo De Arte Contmeporanea De Vigo, Spain 2009 (curated by Emma Dexter and Xabier Arakistan) and has been shown with Damian Le Bas in an exhibition at D’Vir Gallery, Tel Aviv, in November 2009 (curated by Claire Fontaine). She is included in ‘Sixty Innovators Shaping Our Creative Future’ by Thames & Hudson. Delaine Le Bas is represented by Galleria Sonia Rosso, Turin and Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch, Berlin. She lives and works in Worthing, West Sussex.
+ Thu 4 Feb • 6-8pm • Iau 4 Chwef A special preview night performance featuring Delaine, Damien Le Bas and Mike Rogers.
Images: Delaine Le Bas, Witch Hunt installation at aspex Gallery, Portsmouth. Image copyright Tara Darby; courtesy the artist and aspex Gallery.
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Assembly: Art in the Bar Fiona Curran
Fri 5 Feb — Sun 14 March • Gwe 5 Chwef — Sul 14 Mawrth Fiona Curran's paintings, collages and installations utilise colour, pattern and landscape imagery to conjure up imagined spaces that play with notions of the natural and the artificial, utopia and dystopia. Curran is interested in the effect of advances in technology on our sense of perception, as we increasingly encounter the world through the screen images of the television, computer, mobile phone, cinema and advertising. These media not only offer ‘action-at-a-distance’ but they inundate us with saturated colour due to light behind and within the screen. Curran’s recent works engage with the utopian impulse within Modernism referencing geometric forms from this period in our recent history. Her geometries, in contrast to this, explode outwards in fractured bursts of colour; the forms folded over one another; the colours layered in order to ‘contaminate’ their purity through an embrace of heightened (artificial) colour. For Chapter, Curran is working directly on the Caffi Bar walls to produce a site specific piece that is shown alongside her recent paintings and veneered panels. Fiona Curran studied for a degree in Philosophy at the University of Manchester before completing a BA and MA in the School of Art at Manchester Metropolitan University. Recent projects include the essay ‘The Space of Language’ in the exhibition catalogue Anne Charnock: Certainty Suspended published by Castlefield Gallery (2008); a site-specific commission for Vital Arts at the Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel (2009); a one-year international artist's residency at The Florence Trust, London (2008-09) and a collaborative work with the Finnish sound artist, Marko Timlin. Forthcoming projects include a site-specific work for the Tatton Park Biennial 2010. www.fionacurran.co.uk
Images from L to R: Someone Stole My Record Player, 2009, Acrylic on Veneered Wooden Panel with Collage. The Insecurity of Territory, 2009, Acrylic on Veneered Wooden Panel with Collage. Photos: Peter Hope Images courtesy of the artist
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The first stage of our redevelopment may now be complete but we still need your help in planning towards a healthy future: whether maintaining and developing the building, or putting together an exciting and varied programme in our theatre, cinemas and gallery. There are a number of ways you can help Chapter and stay involved… Adopt
Top up Fund
£250 Adopt a Seat Why not adopt one of our lovely new cinema or theatre chairs? For £250 your name (or a name of your choice) is engraved on a plaque which will adorn the seat for 10 years.
£25 Top up a Scissor Lift Save our hardy technicians from carrying heavy equipment up stairs and through narrow doorways. We have our eye on a rather swanky scissor lift which will benefit productions in the theatre and make access to the backstage far easier. The lift costs £8,000 and we’ve already raised half the amount. So we now need 160 generous individuals to donate just £25 to get us up to our target.
£50 Adopting Inspiration Support Chapter and you’ll be offering a helping hand to the next generation of artists who contribute to our eclectic mix of theatre, film and visual arts. Artists like Holly Davey (see image below) whose work will feature as the next installation in our lightbox. Your £50 will help one of our artists to find inspiration and realise their vision; to create, entertain and involve. You’ll receive a signed thank you card from the artist who benefits from your donation. To begin the adoption process please contact our Fundraising Officer, Elaina by emailing elaina.gray@chapter.org; phoning 029 2035 5662 or visit www.chapter.org.
Holly Davey, Mary Ann St_17, 2007
If you help us to top up our Scissor Lift fund you’ll be invited to the grand unveiling of the lift, and you may even be allowed a ride! You can adopt or top up for yourself or a friend (the perfect pressie) and we’ll send you a personalised adoption certificate and keep you up to date with developments and special events at Chapter. Legacies Leaving a legacy will help to ensure a healthy future for Chapter. In the first instance you should contact your solicitor for advice and, if you have already mentioned Chapter in your Will, please let us know so that we can recognise your donation in the most appropriate way. Limited Edition Prints Our limited edition prints by celebrated artists James Aldridge, Pete Fowler, Heather and Ivan Morison and Joanna Quinn make an excellent gift. Each print costs just £100 and we offer an easy payment system allowing you to spread the cost. Postcard versions of the prints are available from the Shop, priced at £3.50 for a set of four. If you have any questions relating to the above schemes please contact Elaina Gray, Fundraising Officer on 02920 355662 or email elaina.gray@chapter.org
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q&a
Scrabble Sundays
Behind the scenes with us Chapter folk.
Sun 14 Feb • 6pm • Sul 14 Chwef The boards are supplied (lovely vintage, spinny twirly, junior and even giant are amongst the array), as is a referee (with Scrabble dictionary, of course) to rule on any arguments. Favourite words are collected and congratulated with surprise confectionary treats. There’s no tournament: score, don’t score, gamble, strip — play it however you like. It’s free and it’s full of nice people. So whether it’s your first time or you’re a pro, come and get involved with some Valentine’s Day wordplay, tea and cake. Be there and be square...
Name: Beverley Permintella Job title: Finance Officer So you’re a numbers geek? Yes How long have you worked at Chapter? Nearly 9 years. What is your favourite thing about working at Chapter? My Boss!! And of course the friends I’ve made here. What’s the most memorable thing that’s happened to you at Chapter? Being on “Pub Quiz” on TV with Nicky from the Box Office and another Bev who used to work here. We were against a team of celebs and we won! Apparently we weren’t supposed to. What was the last cultural thing you did? Over Christmas I visited the Dr Who exhibition down the bay while I was waiting to see Avatar 3D. Saved my unused bread for 2 weeks before and over Christmas and went and fed the swans and ducks on Cosmeston lakes on New Years day! Who are your heroes? I have been in Love with George Michael since I was 13. But my Mum is also my hero, she gave me a happy, memorable childhood despite bringing up four of us singlehanded. What do you get up to in your spare time? I’m currently studying for my Certificate in Counselling. Other than that I love a game of skittles and I read autobiographies.
Hires and Classes We have a number of spaces and facilities for hire at Chapter, many of which are booked regularly by a wonderful mix of day and evening classes. So if you fancy taking up yoga or flamenco, learning Welsh or a martial art, or if your kids are expressing an interest in ballet, then go to our website or pick up a leaflet at the box office to see what’s on offer. And if you’re looking for a room for a party, meeting, video shoot, rehearsal or team building extravaganza then give our hires manager a ring on 029 2031 1058 or email nicky.keeping@chapter.org. Our café manager Lex is also able to supply scrumptious catering for your event — please ask for details or go to www.chapter.org.
Tell us a joke… What do you call a fly with no wings? ….A Walk! Tang so doo (photo: Neil Bennet)
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Win a Night for Two at The Big Sleep Chapter has teamed up with the Big Sleep to offer one lucky reader the chance to win a night for two in an executive suite at this sleek, stylish and very modern Cardiff hotel. The Big Sleep is known for delivering big value at small prices and has been described by Elle Decoration as “super cheap but sexy chic.” So all you have to do is answer this simple question:
Win a Fairtrade ‘Food from Around the World’ Hamper Fair Do’s Siopa Teg is a great little Fairtrade shop just around the corner from Chapter at 10 Llandaff Road. Here’s your chance to win a hamper full of products including sundried tomatoes from Palestine, marmalade from Swaziland, and wild blossom honey from Chile — a truly international selection for food lovers. And, of course, everything from the hamper itself to the all the goodies packed inside is fairly traded and directly benefits the producers.
Win 10 Cinema Tickets This year the Academy Award nominations are announced on Tue 2 Feb and the award ceremony is on Sun 7 March.
Q: Which A-list Hollywood actor is a pro-active partner in The Big Sleep Hotel? www.thebigsleephotel.com
To win 10 cinema tickets just send us your predictions for 2010’s Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress. All correct answers will be put in a hat and the winner picked at random.
Q: Who is the author of Fast Food Nation who appears in the film Food, Inc.? See details of films and events as part of Fairtrade Fortnight on p32 www.fairdos.com www.foodincmovie.com
To enter any of these competitions, email prizes@chapter.org with your answer(s) by noon on Fri 26 Feb.
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Mr & Mrs Clark Bezerkus — Trial at Twilight Thu 11 + Fri 12 Feb • 8pm • Iau 11 + Gwe 12 Chwef This new show is a touching and absurd celebration of the human spirit, loosely based on our fascination with those who refuse to stay out of the spotlight despite their questionable talent. Bezerkus is a piece of physical theatre based around entertainment in its primitive human form. Mr & Mrs Clark have taken inspiration from the sideshows of the early part of the twentieth century but they also reference the modern ‘freak shows’ broadcast on multiple television stations and consider a future vision of entertainment based on the bleak post apocalyptic representations of Russell Hoban in his novel ‘Riddley Walker’. £10/£8/£6
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“We are not attempting to promote a deeper meaning of the human condition, there are no answers here, you may say there are no questions, but in a further dehumanised society, that builds new libraries using machines rather than people to log the books out, Bezerkus may well be considered either a paean to past human endeavour or a prelude to a future starved of energy, aborted globalisation and spent.” Mr & Mrs Clark “A short, sharp, mind-battering dream draped in disorder hovering on the edge of nightmare waiting to fall. This spectacle is impossible to define and indisputably bizarre, but call this pickled mind sadistic, I enjoyed it!” Amy Stackhouse, Theatre Wales
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Marcia Farquhar 12 Shooters Tue 16 Feb • 8.30pm • Maw 16 Chwef This fascinating and innovative project features 13 short-films by 13 different filmmakers: Zoë Brown, Bruce + Marshall, Jem Finer, Judith Goddard, Dryden Goodwin, Andrew Kötting, Trine Lise Nedreaas, Saskia Olde Wolbers, Uriel Orlow, Tom Paine, Sarah Pucill, Tal Sterngast and Gary Stevens. Each film is a reconfiguration of a once-live work from the last 12 years of Farquhar’s performance practice. In each case, Farquhar and the respective ‘shooter’ chose which work was to be revisited, and in what manner. Farquhar then performed for the camera, handing all directorial and editorial control to the filmmaker. The result is an inspired and continually surprising series of short films, wildly disparate in tone and form. Part conceptual artwork, part retrospective and part group show, 12 Shooters sheds a bright light on the nature of collaboration. Marcia Farquhar is an extraordinary performer and artist whose conceptual works find a precarious and enchanting balance between the prescribed and the unpredictable. Her works have been staged and exhibited internationally in museums and galleries as well as in lecture theatres, kitchen showrooms, pubs, parks and leisure centres. She makes subversive use of popular cultural forms such as TV cookery, poppsychology, the Punch & Judy show, the fashion catwalk and the guided tour. Several of these works are revisited here in 12 Shooters, which visits Chapter as part of a series of screenings across the UK. £5 Supported by Arts Council England
Image credits: Below: from ‘That’s the Way to Do It’ by Andrew Kötting, Opposite page: from ‘Ophelia’ by Zoe Brown (top), from ‘Just Like all the Rest’ by Sarah Pucill (bottom)
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Told by the Wind by Kaite O’Reilly, Jo Shapland & Phillip Zarrilli Fri 29 + Sat 30 Jan • 8pm • Gwe 29 + Sat 30 Ion + Thu 4 – Sat 6 Feb • 8pm • Iau 4 – Sad 6 Chwef A new performance of movement and text that ‘dances’ an inner landscape. Inspired by East Asian and ‘post-dramatic’ aesthetics, stories are evoked and told by embodied silences. Identity, memory and remembrance haunt transformation. Told by the Wind is created by an award-winning team of Wales-based artists: Kaite O’Reilly (Peeling and The Almond and the Seahorse); Jo Shapland (recently at Chapter with (in)scape and Dance Bytes); and director and performer Phillip Zarrilli (The Beckett Project, The Almond and the Seahorse). Lighting design by Ace McCarron. £12/£10/£8 Supported by the Arts Council of Wales and the Arts and Humanities Research Council
On the Edge Paying the Full Whack Tue 9 Feb • 8pm • Maw 9 Chwef Michael Kelligan opens his season of plays by women writers and directors with this play by actor, singer, comedian, writer and linguist, Gwenno Dafydd. Written shortly after the Falklands war, the play is a sad but timely reminder of human conflict and futility. The global picture is seen through the eyes of two young Welsh Families. The play came second in the Main Drama Competition in the National Eisteddfod in 2002. £4 (on the door)
Told by the Wind
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at Ten Feet Tall
Give it a Name Heart of Darkness Wed 10 — Fri 12 Feb • 8pm • Mer 10 — Gwe 12 Chwef + Tue 16 — Sat 20 Feb • 8pm • Maw 16 — Sad 20 The producers of A Bucket Rider (2005) and Utah Blue (2008) present a thrilling interpretation of Joseph Conrad’s seminal novel which tells of a journey beneath the skin of colonial madness: to wipe out frightful wrongs, perform deeds of high surprise and further the cause of progress. The show features an extraordinary, specially commissioned soundtrack from Branwen Munn aka Somatik (collaborator with 4Hero and Talvin Singh). Directed by James Williams. Design by Ryan Andrews, Mary Drummond and Matthew Wright. Performed by John Norton, Dean Rehman and Sule Rimi. £12/£8/£6 Please make your own way to Ten Feet Tall, 12 Church Street, Cardiff City Centre. Supported by Arts Council Wales, Chapter and Sherman Cymru. www.giveitaname.net
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The Importance of Being Earnest Tue 16 — Sat 20 Feb • 7.30pm Maw 16 — Sad 20 Chwef + Sat 20 Feb • 2pm • Sad 20 Chwef Almost 115 years to the day since it premiered in London, Cardiff University’s drama society presents Oscar Wilde’s most famous play which satirizes the foibles and hypocrisy of late Victorian society. £7/£6
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In Chapters Cafés
Cardiff Shakespeare Readers Othello
Thu 18 Feb • 8pm • Iau 18 Chwef This new monthly event features unique collaborations between writers and musicians. A revolving cast of established and up-andcoming artists perform new work based around a particular theme (this month’s theme is ‘cafés’). In Chapters has evolved out of the successful Laugharne Weekend festival in west Wales. The festival’s literary director John Williams (The Cardiff Trilogy) and musical curator Richard James (Gorkys Zygotic Mynci) decided to bring the collaborative spirit of Laugharne to Cardiff.
Sun 28 Feb • 6.30pm • Sul 28 Chwef Cardiff Shakespeare Readers get together every month to experience the great playwright’s works spoken aloud. Anyone is welcome to attend and read no matter what experience you have. On Sun 28 Feb Othello gets the CSR treatment — please bring a copy of the script if you have one.
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Theatr Bara Caws Croesi’r Rubicon gan Valmai Jones
Fri 26 + Sat 27 Feb • 8pm • Gwe 26 + Sad 27 Chwef Gwraig weddw dlawd yw Esme sy’n chwilio am ddechrau newydd ac wedi derbyn swydd fel gofalwr bwthyn unig yn y wlad tra bod ei berchennog i ffwrdd. Mae’r ty, fel ei berchennog, yn llawn cyfrinachau ac ofnau Esme’n cynyddu wrth i ymwelydd diarth gyrraedd i ddwysau’r hunllef. Ai dechrau newydd oedd croesi’r Rubicon, ynteu dechrau’r diwedd…? Y Cast: Valmai Jones a Christine Pritchard. Cyfarwyddwr: Bryn Fon Cynllunydd: Emyr Morris-Jones £12/£10/£8
Croesi’r Rubicon
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Moving Being Theatre Shoot/Get Treasure/Repeat by Mark Ravenhill
Mon 1 — Sat 6 March • 7.30pm Llun 1 — Sad 6 Mawrth This epic collage of short plays explores the personal and political effect of war on modern life. The plays were written and performed in 2008 in numerous contexts and venues such as the Edinburgh Traverse, Royal Court, National Theatre Studio, The Gate, and on Radio 3. This production is not only the Welsh premiere, but Mark Ravenhill has also contributed a new concluding epilogue, which is performed for the first time. Geoff Moore directs a large-cast, multimedia production, which incorporates the Illuminations Chorus under the direction of Matthew Bailey. Please note: the performance is unsuitable for children or persons of a nervous disposition. £12/£10/£8 Special preview performances on Mon and Tue: tickets £9/£8/£7.
Shoot/Get Treasure/Repeat
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Notes by Alyson McEvoy “Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge” — Kahlil Gibran Having arrived with the end of summer, green to Cardiff and the Chapter space, I am no longer as new-a-comer as I once was. But even with the advantage of time, familiarity is hard to come by amidst the ever changingness of all things always. My introduction to the Chapter space was as a work-in-progress. Temporary this and thats comfortably cluttered its entrance and exit; portaloos and smoker’s hut. More recently Chapter has been renovated, restored and reopened, yet a sense of completion is something that continually evades it even as the solid, bounded structure that it is. Out of doors it is the continuous revolving of the earth perhaps, which propels the constant becoming we sense around us with the changing of the seasons. Inside the doors of Chapter another propeller of change keeps this space as alive and in creative motion as the revolving earth on which it stands. Words are hard to come by when it comes to that which enlivens the being of each individual. The fuel which sparks the querying, experimentation and expression with which Chapter is laden week upon week and day upon day. These sparks fill the various stages and spaces where individuals perform, dance, exhibit, teach and interact. There to be experienced and stirred within. Perhaps that is Chapter’s offering? A temple of inspiration. It makes space for people-in-progress, works-in-the-making. Provides a platform for individuals to explore, share and experiment with their own material. It houses this creative flame of sorts which all who pass through its doors add wood to and from which all witnesses may take flame. During the festival-like event entitled Experimentica this flame flickered and soared. Creative sparks flew. I found myself at the show-rather-than-tell story-table of one bright spark, Sian Robinson Davies. Substituting object for word representations I was prompted to tell her story myself, to myself, in This is the Word for Fisherman. An odd, happy confusion soon set in. My own personal story line began to gap, overlap and cross tracks with the drama itself of the showing. I found myself telling the story of Sian rubbing her belly with the satisfaction of a seagull, belly-full of fish. One does not leave a space such as Chapter even momentarily satisfied by rounded and complete artistic visions or polished answers to creative querying. It has been a dizzying experience at times to regularly attend Chapter. Indeed, the rain seems to fall more slowly and the leaves move less swiftly than do the performances which are ever-streaming through its doors. Notes is a monthly column that encourages writers to review/discuss our performing arts programme. If you would like to write for the column or submit a response, please email enquiry@chapter.org
SWDFAS Lectures Thu 11 Feb • 2pm • Iau 11 Chwef South Wales Decorative and Fine Arts Society continue their series of lectures. February’s lecture, by Peter Dewar, is entitled Right Royal Bastards — The Fruits of Passion. Peter takes a new, genuinely fresh approach to British Kings and Queens, examining their lives and times through the unfamiliar perspective of their illegitimate children. He sheds light on the links between politics, power and patronage; the class system, scandal and celebrity; and the different expectations we have of men and women. £4 (on the door)
Drones Comedy Club Fri 5 + Fri 19 Feb • 8.30pm Gwe 5 + Gwe 19 Chwef Resident hosts Clint Edwards and Dan Thomas showcase the very best in new stand up comedy. £3 (on the door)
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Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll Fri 29 Jan — Thu 4 Feb • Gwe 29 Ion — Iau 4 Chwef UK/2009/115 mins/15. Dir: Mat Whitecross. With Andy Serkis, Ray Winstone, Olivia Williams, Mackenzie Crook.
Named after his classic song from 1977, this is a lovingly made biography of Ian Dury, one of the founders of the British punk-rock scene, which captures both the fun and the agony of his life. The film explores his personal battle with polio and how he defied expectations, together with The Blockheads, to become one of the best-loved iconoclasts of the indie music world. With a track list that you can’t help but love, this powerful story certainly leaves you with many reasons to be cheerful.
“Serkis will soon be recognised, without resorting to hyperbole, as one of the greatest actors of his generation” — The Times
Nowhere Boy Fri 29 Jan — Thu 4 Feb • Gwe 29 Ion — Iau 4 Chwef UK/2009/95 mins/15. Dir: Sam Taylor Wood. With Kristin Scott Thomas, Aaron Johnson, Anne-Marie Duff, David Morrisey.
This highly anticipated feature debut from artist Sam Taylor Wood is a sensitive and witty look at the formative years of a preBeatles John Lennon. It’s 1955 and 15-year-old John is caught between his stern and traditional aunt Mimi who raised him and his wayward mum Julia. Escaping from this battleground, he finds a friend and musical ally in Paul McCartney and together they form a band. More a tale of friendship and love than a straight biopic, Taylor Wood’s collaboration with cinematographer Seamus McGarvey (Atonement, The Soloist) gives the film a visual beauty which suitably underscores its emotional heart.
“A handsome film made with real flair.” — The Guardian
I’m Gonna Explode (Voy a explotar) Fri 29 Jan — Thu 4 Feb • Gwe 29 Ion — Iau 4 Chwef Mexico/2008/106 mins/subtitled/15. Dir: Gerardo Naranjo. With Juan Pablo de Santiago, Maria Deschamps.
If there was a button to make everything disappear, would you push it? Sick of their scripted and alienated teenage existence, Roman and Maru break away to experience life on their own terms. The son of a rich, right-wing politico, Roman abducts Maru from school at gunpoint and the pair disappear into a rooftop tent just a few floors away from home. Uncertain of what to do next, the couple steal a car to drive to Mexico City and it’s here that their adventure really starts. Told with energy and real teenage angst, director Gerardo Naranjo seems to be conjuring a mixture of Nicholas Ray and Jean-Luc Godard in this powerful, Bonnie and Clyde-style adventure.
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A Prophet Fri 5 — Thu 11 Feb • Gwe 5 — Iau 11 Chwef
Oscar? Chapter hot tip
France/2009/154 mins/subtitled/18. Dir: Jacques Audiard. With Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif.
Winning the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes, the director of The Beat That My Heart Skipped returns with this brutal look at the life of Malik, a young French Arab who finds himself in prison with no allies. Drawn into the dominant Corsican mafia after being forced into murdering a fellow prisoner, his apparent naivety allows him the freedom to build his own criminal underworld while passing through the thick network of racially divided gangs. Audiard regular Niels Arestrup is chilling as the Corsican crime boss while Tahar Rahim revels in an intense performance as the complex and irrepressible Malik.
“…it’s not too much of a stretch to place A Prophet in the same league as The Godfather series. It’s that good.” — The Times
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Mugabe and the White African Fri 29 Jan — Thu 4 Feb • Gwe 29 Ion — Iau 4 Chwef UK/2009/90 mins/ctba. Dir: Lucy Bailey, Andrew Thompson. With Michael Campbell, Ben Freeth, Laura Campbell, Angela Campbell.
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Michael Campbell is one of the few hundred white farmers left in Zimbabwe since President Mugabe began his violent land seizure programme in 2000, re-allocating formerly white-owned farms to ZAN U-PF friends and officials. Battling to get their case against Mugabe heard in court, the Campbell family stand up to the thugs who are threatening to take their land, and possibly even their lives. This is an intimate and moving document of one family’s extraordinary courage in the face of overwhelming injustice and brutality. We’re joined at one of the screenings by a member of the production team — please check our website for details. “...masterfully using cinematic expression to allow all of us to engage in an incredible and historic struggle.” — The SilverDocs Grand Jury
An Education Fri 5 — Thu 11 Feb • Gwe 5 — Iau 11 Chwef UK/2009/100 mins/12A. Dir: Lone Scherfig. With Peter Sarsgaard, Carey Mulligan, Rosamund Pike, Sally Hawkins, Alfred Molina.
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Its 1961 and Jenny, a witty and precocious 16-year-old living a sheltered life in the suburbs of London, has her eyes on a place at Oxford until a dashingly handsome and maybe slightly shady businessman, David, whisks her away and introduces her to London’s ‘university of life’. Based on the humorous and moving memoirs of journalist Lynn Barber, and adapted for screen by Nick Hornby, An Education shows a post war sixties which was yet to swing, but which had opportunities a plenty for fun, culture and the high life. ”a wonderful film, emotionally pulsing, culturally observant, simply bursts with life” — Variety
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Mon 1 Feb • Llun 1 Chwef Screenings of short films by independent filmmakers. If you’d like more information, or have a film you’d like to show, please email chaptermoviemaker@hotmail.com or call Chapter Cinema on 029 2031 1050. Admission is free but it’s wise to reserve your tickets in advance.
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Treeless Mountain Fri 5 — Thu 11 Feb • Gwe 5 — Iau 11 Chwef South Korea/2009/89 mins/subtitled/PG. Dir: So Yong Kim. With Hee Yeon Kim, Song Hee Kim.
Double CL1C card points
When their mother leaves to find their estranged father, seven-yearold Jin and her younger sister Bin are left in the care of their cranky Aunt, with only a small piggy bank and their mother’s promise to return when it’s full. The girls count the days, and coins, in eager anticipation of their mother’s homecoming. But when the bank fills up and there’s no sign of her return, the children are sent to live on their grandparent’s farm and it is here that Jin comes to learn the true importance of family bonds.
“Kim once again has a distinct way of letting her camera observe her characters with kind thoughtfulness, allowing for a quiet mood to wash over the scenes” — Variety
Bad Film Club: Raptor Sun 7 Feb • Sul 7 Chwef USA/2001/82 mins/18. Dir: Jim Wynorski. With Eric Roberts, Corbin Bernsen, Melissa Brasselle.
Nicko and Joe are back with another terrible movie from their collection. This month they’re lending their irreverent DVD-style commentary to a stinker that has scored a mighty 2.4 out of 10 on the Internet Movie Database rating system. A series of brutal animal attacks are hitting a small community and it’s up to the sheriff and his assistant to get to the bottom of it. Does the former military researcher Dr Hyde (yes, you heard us) have anything to do with it? Could it be revenge for the government closing down his Dinosaur cloning project?
“A shocking example of how not to make a film.” Popcorn Pictures
British Animation Awards: Public Choice Mon 8 + Mon 15 + Mon 22 Feb • Llun 8 + Llun 15 + Llun 22 Chwef UK/90 mins/ctba
Your chance to choose the winners in the British Animation Awards 2010! Vote for winners in three categories by using voting-forms supplied at the screenings. Each programme contains a mix of short films, animated commercials and music videos, including several international festival award winners. In response to popular demand, this year’s tour visits 26 cities across the UK. BAA 2010 is supported by Glassworks, UK Film Council and C4 Digital Shorts.
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Classic Films at Chapter Citizen Kane
Breakfast At Tiffany’s
Sun 31 Jan — Tue 2 Feb • Sul 31 Ion — Maw 2 Chwef
Sun 14 + Tue 16 Feb • Sul 14 + Maw 16 Chwef
USA/1941/119 mins/U. Dir: Orson Welles. With Orson Welles, Joseph Cotton, Dorthy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead.
USA/1961/115 mins/PG. Dir: Blake Edwards. With Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard.
Rightly regarded as a groundbreaking masterpiece, Orson Welles’ witty and gripping debut draws on the controversial life of William Randolph Hearst — a media tycoon who was as well known to the public as the people his papers reported on.
A welcome reissue of this classic romantic comedy-drama which is based on the novel by Truman Capote and stars Audrey Hepburn in one of her most iconic roles. Holly Golightly is a wild and apparently morally free spirit until she meets her match in the shape of a young writer who ultimately helps her to face up to her true self. See p36 for a special Valentine’s wine offer.
From Gregg Toland’s cinematography and Bernard Herrmann’s score, to the editing and brave direction, this is an exhilarating exploration of the artistic possibilities of film and a rich meditation on self-knowledge, memory and mortality.
The Proud Valley Sun 7 + Tue 9 Feb • Sul 7 + Maw 9 Chwef 1940/UK/76 mins/PG. Dir: Pen Tennyson. With Paul Robeson, Edward Chapman, Simon Lack, Rachel Thomas
In a South Wales coal mining valley, David Goliath, a young African-American with a beautiful singing voice, is ‘adopted’ by a mining community in the year leading up to the outbreak of World War Two. But he is called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice when a pit disaster threatens. On Sun 7 Feb we will be screening material from the National Screen and Sound Archive of Wales followed by a panel discussion hosted by film historian Dave Berry. Please see www.chapter.org for details of other guest speakers. www.screenandsound.llgc.org.uk
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King Coal — A Century of Coal Mining on Film Sun 21 + Tue 23 Feb • Sul 21 + Maw 23 Chwef UK/74 mins/no cert.
Returning after a sell-out screening in November, this collection is launched in conjunction with the BFI’s Britain’s Industrial Heritage project and offers a remarkable insight into an industry which came to define 20th century Britain. The selection features precious early films such as A Day in the Life of a Coal Miner (1910) to 1940s animation and 1980s documentary footage shot during the turmoil of the Miners’ Strike. This film is presented in partnership with the National Screen and Sound Archive of Wales and Unison.
Breakfast At Tiffany’s
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Federico Fellini We’re shamelessly using the release of Nine to bring together a short season of some of Fellini’s finest films — although with such an illustrious track record, it was difficult to choose between them. The Italian director was nominated 12 times at the Academy Awards, winning Best Director for 8½ in 1963 and Amarcord winning Best Foreign Language Film in 1975.
Nine Fri 5 — Thu 11 Feb • Gwe 5 — Iau 11 Chwef USA/2009/120 mins/12A. Dir: Rob Marshall. With Daniel Day-Lewis, Penelope Cruz, Marion Cotillard, Nicole Kidman, Judy Dench, Sophia Loren, Kate Hudson.
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A truly extravagant musical adaptation of Fellini’s 8½, Nine tells the tale of Guido Contini, a director confronting his mid-life crisis while trying to find harmony with the various women in his life including his wife, his mistress, his muse, his agent and his mother. From the director of Chicago and co-written by the late Anthony Minghella, Nine features lavish musical turns from a host of A-listers like Sophia Loren and Penelope Cruz and beautifully captures the excitement and agonies of the fictional director.
“frequently dazzling... a hot-blooded musical fantasia full of song, dance, raging emotion and simmering sexuality” — Rolling Stone
Roma Wed 10 + Thur 11 Feb • Mer 10 + Iau 11 Chwef Italy/1972/128 mins/subtitled/15. Dir: Federico Fellini. With Federico Fellini, Peter Gonzales Falcon, Fiona Florence.
Fellini’s Roma gives us a very personal and rambling essay on the many faces of his vibrant and every changing city. With the slightest of narrative threads, we join a young man named Fellini as he leaves his small town of Rimini for the great city and becomes overwhelmed by its spiritual and very physical pleasures. Moving into a boarding house he dines with neighbours in great outdoor feasts, attends raucous vaudeville shows and finds a liking for the city’s bordellos. Criticised by some for leaving behind a more traditional narrative structure, this riot of a film offers Rome as the central character and includes a number of pseudodocumentary scenes of the Director himself.
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8½ Wed 17 + Thu 18 Feb Mer 17 + Iau 18 Chwef Italy/1963/138 mins/15. Dir: Federico Fellini. With Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Anouk Aimee.
Trying to relax after his last big hit, Guido, a famous film director can’t get a moment’s peace as his past collaborators pester him for more work. Wrestling with his conscience, he’s unable to come up with a new idea as his mind wanders to all the major happenings in his life and all the women he has loved and left. Referring to the amount of films Fellini had directed, this Oscarwinning, semi-autobiographical film continually features in top ten lists the world over. And don’t forget, while watching you should do as the director instructed himself “ricordati che e un film comico” (remember, this is a comedy).
La Dolce Vita Wed 24 + Thu 25 Feb • Mer 24 + Iau 25 Chwef Italy/1961/174 mins/subtitled/15. Dir: Federico Fellini. With Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg, Anouk Aimee.
Once seen, it’s hard to forget former Miss Sweden, Anita Ekberg, nearly wearing a dress as she frolics in the Trevi fountain. Fellini picked up yet another Oscar for this tale of Marcello, a society journalist covering events and personalities in Via Veneto circles, ultimately giving the paparazzi its name. Becoming disillusioned with an existence as flighty and superficial as his subjects, Marcello toys with marriage and settling down when he encounters a young woman who causes him to look at his life through new eyes.
Amarcord Sun 28 Feb + Tue 2 March • Sul 28 Chwef + Maw 2 Mawrth Italy/1973/127 mins/subtitled/15. Dir: Federico Fellini. With Pupella Maggio, Magali Noel, Bruno Zanin.
This well-loved semi-autobiographical drama examines the life of a small Adriatic village just before Mussolini’s reign in the 1930s. As spring arrives and the village holds a festival in which a symbolic bonfire is burned, the community gathers, showing a bizarre and disjointed town with a host of chaotic and colourful characters. Including Fellini’s favourite themes of passion and grotesquery, the film is awash with conflict as the family, politics and community clash.
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Visible Secrets: Hong Kong Women Filmmakers Hong Kong cinema has a strong tradition of women behind the camera but their work is rarely seen in the UK. This unique selection of films has been chosen to celebrate the imagination and vibrancy of these directors. Supported by the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office.
Ming Ming
Visible Secret
Mon 8 Feb • Llun 8 Chwef
Mon 15 Feb • Llun 15 Chwef
Hong Kong/2007/105 mins/subtitled/suggested 15. Dir: Susie Au. With Zhou Xun, Tony Yang, Daniel Wu.
Hong Kong/2001/98 mins/subtitled/ suggested 18. Dir: Ann Hui. With Eason Chan, Qi Shu, Anthony Wong, Sam Lee.
The renowned commercial and music video director Susie Au puts her visual mastery to great use in this, her debut feature. The film follows Ming Ming (played by top ‘mainland’ actress Xun) as she steals from Underworld boss, Cat, hoping to use her ill gotten gains to flee with D (Hong Kong heart-throb Daniel Wu), a maverick boxer she has fallen in love with. While escaping from Cat's henchmen, Ming Ming runs into Nana, her doppelganger.
This visually inventive combination of traditional ghost story and comedy proved something of a surprise box office hit for director Ann Hui. When Peter falls for June, a woman who can see ghosts with just her left eye, he is drawn into an inexplicable world of dark goings on and supernatural intrigue.
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Wonder Women Mon 22 Feb • Llun 22 Chwef Hong Kong/2007/108 mins/subtitled/suggested 15. Dir: Barbara Wong. With Gigi Leung, Fiona Sit, George Lam.
Timed to correspond with the 10th anniversary of Hong Kong's handover, Wonder Women follows Joy through the major events of the decade including the Asian financial crisis, rising unemployment and the SARS epidemic. Drawing mainly on the female perspective of these events, actor/writer/director Barbara Wong tackles the issues head on, as Joy and other female characters deal with the changing face of Hong Kong.
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The Sea Wall Fri 12 — Thu 18 Feb • Gwe 12 — Iau 18 Chwef France/2009/115 mins/subtitled/12A. Dir: Rithy Panh. With Isabelle Huppert, Gaspard Ulliel, Astrid Berges-Frisbey.
Rithy Panh’s celebrated period epic set in the rich landscape of French colonial Indochine is a successful adaptation of Marguerite Duras’ acclaimed and semi-autobiographical novel Un barrage contre le Pacifique. Deceived into investing all of her savings in worthless, regularly flooded farmland, a mother must fight to protect her family from destitution at the hands of a corrupt administration. Battling both the colonial bureaucrats and nature itself, she enlists the help of the local villagers to put into place an elaborate scheme: building a dam against the sea to secure both her family’s and the community’s future.
“Lush and steamy... worth watching just for Huppert’s captivatingly complex performance...” — Metro
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Awen: Charulata — The Lonely Wife Tue 9 Feb • Maw 9 Chwef India/1964/117 mins/subtitled/U. Dir: Satyajit Ray. With Soumitra Chatterjee, Madhabi Mukherjee, Shailen Mukherjee.
Charu lives a lonely and idle life as her husband devotes more time to his newspaper than to their marriage. Realising that his wife needs companionship, he asks his brother-in-law and cousin to keep her company. However, after several months, the pair’s feelings for each other move beyond friendship. Satyajit Ray evokes 1870s India with unhurried storytelling and striking imagery. Screened as part of our ongoing collaboration with Atrium, exploring poetry and film. http://cci.glam.ac.uk/awen
Up In the Air Fri 12 — Thu 18 Feb • Gwe 12 — Iau 18 Chwef USA/2009/104 mins/15. Dir: Jason Reitman. With George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Jason Bateman.
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After a successful sojourn in romantic comedy with Juno, Jason Reitman returns to the world of corporate America (Thank You For Smoking) in this sharp and witty comedy. Ryan Bingham (George Clooney at his sardonic best) is a management consultant who travels the country, hiring and firing for downsizing companies. His personal goal is to achieve ten million frequent flyer miles and enter an elite club. When young recruit Natalie introduces video links which could ground his high-flyer existence and new romance with the frequent-flyer woman of his dreams, Bingham persuades his boss to allow him to show her the ropes on one last trip…
Brothers Fri 12 — Thu 18 Feb • Gwe 12 — Iau 18 Chwef USA/2009/105mins/15. Dir: Jim Sheridan. With Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman, Tobey Maguire.
When decorated Marine Captain Sam Cahill goes missing in Afghanistan, his drifter younger brother steps in and takes the role of stand-in husband and father for his childhood sweetheart and children. But when Sam returns, traumatised from his time as a Taliban hostage and the acts of war he himself committed, he must find a way to comprehend the shame-filled and burgeoning attraction between his wife and younger brother while rebuilding his own sense of self. Jim Sheridan (In The Name Of The Father) allows the leads space to inhabit the characters and to explore wider notions of love, guilt, responsibility and, hopefully, forgiveness.
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Great Music Films at Chapter There’s a long history of films which focus on music and musicians or just have evocative, lovingly chosen soundtracks. We’ve already had 2 biopics this month in the shape of Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll (Ian Dury) and Nowhere Boy (John Lennon) — see p19 — and here a couple of cracking rock docs to add to the mix. Classic tracks, musical heroes, cutting edge sounds, mock docs — let us know if there’s anything you’d like us to screen in the coming months and we’ll see what we can do… sally.griffith@chapter.org
It Might Get Loud
Died Young, Stayed Pretty
Fri 12 — Sun 14 Feb • Gwe 12 — Sul 14 Chwef
Thu 18 — Thu 25 Feb • Iau 18 — Iau 25 Chwef
USA/2009/97 mins/PG. Dir: Davis Guggenheim. With Jack White, Jimmy Page, The Edge.
A real celebration of electric guitars and the people who play them, It Might Get Loud brings together three masters in their field, White Stripes’ Jack White, Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page and U2’s The Edge to tell how they each developed their unique sound and style. We travel with them to influential places from their lives, hear brand new music and see that no matter how big you get, you can still get star struck. The film revolves around the day when the three first met, as they sit down together to share stories, teach each other techniques and play some new music.
“Does this sound like rock heaven? It is.” Rolling Stone
Canada/2009/95mins/15. Dir: Eileen Yaghoobian.
This smart and entertaining documentary delves into the booming underground network of music gig poster artists in the US, skipping though a spectrum of artistic styles which have helped to promote the smallest indie bands through to Sonic Youth and Radiohead. The film looks into the many concerns of a poster artist, such as using too much pink or the plethora of octopus images being used by rival designers! Debut director Eileen Yaghoobian allows the natural humour of the artists to shine through and, as you would hope for, animates it with a top-notch indie soundtrack.
“Delivers the goods in a non-linear, slam-bang fashion that’s stimulating and refreshingly raw” — Bizarre
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Schools’ Modern Foreign Language screening:
The Edukators Wed 10 Feb • 11am • Mer 10 Chwef Germany/2004/127 mins/subtitled/15. Dir: Hans Weingartner. With Daniel Bruhl, Julia Jentsch, Stipe Erceg.
This study of contemporary political activism is wrapped up in a high octane kidnapping plot as three young idealists encounter a wealthy businessman in his home as they break in to daub their protest slogans. These schools’ modern foreign language screenings and post screening discussions are in partnership with Cardiff County Council. Regular matinee ticket prices apply — please book in advance to avoid disappointment.
Precious Fri 19 — Thu 25 Feb • Gwe 19 — Iau 25 Chwef USA/2009/109 mins/15. Dir: Lee Daniels. With Gabourey Sidibe, Mo’nique, Lenny Kravitz, Mariah Carey.
Based on the novel Push by Sapphire and famously produced by Oprah Winfrey, this is one of the most distinctive and surprisingly uplifting films of the year. Clareece ‘Precious’ Jones is an obese and impoverished African American teenager living in Harlem who is emotionally and physically abused by her mother and systematically raped by her father. Expecting her second child, she is expelled from school and recommended to an alternative education centre. Finding friendship and a desire to learn for the first time, Precious begins to find her strength and dignity. Pulling no punches and clearing up at festivals around the world, this is a harsh, funny and wonderfully inspiring film.
Precious
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Chapter Choices Chapter Choices offers you the chance to mastermind your very own cinema event. For £180 you can choose a film and get 30 tickets for your own gang. For further details please contact Sally on sally.griffith@chapter.org or 029 2031 1057.
The Lovely Bones Fri 19 Feb — Thu 4 March Gwe 19 Chwef — Iau 4 Mawrth USA/2009/135 mins/12A. Dir: Peter Jackson. With Saoirse Ronan, Rachel Weisz, Mark Wahlberg, Susan Sarandon.
Based on the best-selling novel by Alice Sebold, Jackson’s long-awaited feature tells the story of Suzie Salmon, a young teenage girl who has been brutally murdered. Unable to let go of her Earth life, she watches over her family as they gradually fall apart and tries to influence her father as he fights to find her killer and avenge her death. Jackson beautifully combines his proven dexterity in creating alternative worlds (Lord Of The Rings) with his ability to explore painful and fractured existences (Heavenly Creatures).
“it is doubtful we’ll see a more imaginative, courageous film in 2010” Empire
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Fairtrade Fortnight As part of this year’s Fairtrade Fortnight (22 February — 7 March) we’re screening two activist documentaries that have made a real impact on how and what we think about the things we eat and drink. Keep an eye on our website (www.chapter.org) and our next magazine for details of extra events as diverse as talks from olive growers and ‘flask mobs’. See p36 to find out what our café are doing for the Big Swap and go to p9 for details of how you can win a Fairtrade hamper!
Food, Inc
Black Gold
Fri 19 — Thu 25 Feb • Gwe 19 — Iau 25 Chwef
Tue 23 Feb • Maw 23 Chwef
USA/94 mins/2009/PG. Dir: Robert Kenner. With Michael Pollan, Eric Schlosser.
This eye-opening documentary, featuring Fast Food Nation’s Eric Schlosser, will convince you to never look at the food on your plate in the same way again. Our UK Chefs have recently been warning us of the pitfalls of modern meat farming but Food, Inc goes much further. It looks at how the international food industry puts profit before the safety of workers, the livelihood of the farmers, the environment and consumer health. Exploring the bigger-breasted chicken, the perfect pork chop, insecticide-resistant soybean and tomatoes that won’t go bad, this is one of the US’ highest grossing independent films of the year. + Introduction by Morgan Stacey, the Global Ambassador for Raleigh International. (date tbc)
UK/USA/2007/78 mins/U. Dir: Marc Francis/Nick Francis.
This hard-hitting documentary provides an in-depth look at the injustices within the multibillion dollar coffee industry. We join Tadesse Meskela on his mission to save 74,000 struggling Ethiopian coffee farmers from bankruptcy. He travels the world in an attempt to find buyers willing to pay a fair price for high quality beans, and experiencing New York commodity traders, the international coffee exchanges and the double dealings of ministers at the World Trade Organisation. In association with Morgan Stacey, Global Ambassador for Raleigh International. Morgan.Stacey@norwest.co.uk + Post screening discussion and opportunity to sample some fair-trade products.
RCMA Social Enterprise (Riverside Market) makes locally-produced food available in Cardiff and provides all sectors of the community with information about, and access to, a healthy environmentally-friendly diet and with opportunities to grow their own food. RCMA will have an information table installed at Chapter during the week of the screenings. www.riversidemarket.org.uk
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Llygaid Sgwâr Gan Philip Wyn Jones Special Premiere Screening
I Know You Know Fri 26 Feb — Thu 4 March Gwe 26 Chwef — Iau 4 Mawrth UK/2008/81 mins/ctba. Dir: Justin Kerrigan. With Robert Carlyle, Arron Fuller, David Bradley.
Wales-based filmmaker Justin Kerrigan follows his hugely successful indie debut Human Traffic with this story of Jamie, a young boy in the 80s who discovers that his dad is working undercover for MI6. He begins to live every boy’s dream in a double life of secret meetings, shaking off tails and helping with ‘package drops’ but when their final mission doesn’t go to plan, Jamie has some difficult decisions to make for both his sake and his father’s. Filmed in Bridgend and Cardiff, and not on general release in the UK until April, this funny and often tense drama features powerful performances by Carlyle and newcomer Arron Fuller.
Elfen bwysig yn Ngŵyl Ffilm Ryngwladol Cymru oedd Gwobr D.M.Davies am y ffilm fer orau. Roedd D.M.Davies yn rheolwr sinema a fu’n gweithio i gwmni Rank. Teithiodd i’r Eidal yn ystod yr Ail Ryfel Byd i ddangos ffilmiau i’r milwyr Prydeinig oedd yno. Ym 1996 enillwyd y wobr gan fyfyriwr ifanc o’r enw Justin Kerrigan am ei ffilm Life in the Bus Lane a saethwyd yng Nghlwb Ifor Bach, Caerdydd. Roedd nifer o ffilmiau byrion Justin wedi cael eu teledu gan HTV a’r BBC ac roedd yn awyddus nawr i wneud ei ffilm nodwedd gyntaf. Cafodd ganiatâd yr ŵyl ffilm i ddefnyddio’r wobr ariannol at y diben hwnnw. Cynigiodd tiwtor Justin yn y coleg, Allan Niblo, ei hun fel cynhyrchydd . Human Traffic (1999) oedd y canlyniad, ffilm a gostiodd £340,000 i’w gwneud ond a ddaeth â £2.5 miliwn i mewn. Yr actorion ifanc disglair John Simm (Jip), Shaun Parkes (Koop) a Danny Dyer (Moff) sy’n arwain y cast wrth i bum cyfaill fwynhau penwythnos sy’n gyforiog o ryw, cerddoriaeth a chyffuriau yng nghlybiau Caerdydd. Ffilmiwyd ar leoliad ac er bod ymdrech i baentio darlun real o’r sefyllfa, mae elfennau ffantasïol yma hefyd ac enghreifftiau o gymeriadau yn cyfarch y camera yn uniongyrchol. Mae’r ffilm fel petai’n rhagweld rhai o themâu ffilm ddiweddaraf Justin, I Know You Know; mae Jip yn gwbl baranoid, ac mae tad Koop yn byw mewn byd o ffantasi lle mae’n frwydr barhaol rhyngom ‘ni’ a ‘nhw’. Enillodd y ffilm wobrau gan BAFTA Cymru am y gwaith camera, y cyfarwyddo ac fel y ddrama orau, ac o wyliau ffilmiau Bermuda, Brwsel, Dinard a Thessaloniki. Dirywiodd perthynas Justin ac Allan Niblo i’r graddau bod Niblo wedi cynhyrchu ail-bobiad aflwyddiannus o’r ffilm yn 2004, dan y teitl Human Traffic Remixed, heb ymgynghori â Justin o gwbl. Newidiodd lawer o’r gerddoriaeth ar y trac sain a dileu rhai golygfeydd oedd yn gwbl allweddol yng ngolwg Justin. Mae Justin wedi nodi, hefyd, er i’r ffilm wreiddiol wneud llawer iawn o arian, dim ond dyled sylweddol gafodd ef ei hun yn y diwedd. Ymddangosodd I Know You Know yn 2008. Bu farw tad Justin yn fuan wedi cwblhau Human Traffic a phenderfynodd wneud ffilm fyddai’n ceisio cyfleu’r berthynas agos fu rhyngddynt. Gallai Robert Carlyle, sy’n portreadu’r tad yn I Know You Know, uniaethu â’r stori gan fod ei dad yntau wedi marw deunaw mis cyn dechrau ffilmio a’r ddau wedi bod yn agos iawn. I bortreadu’r mab un ar ddeg oed, sef Justin ei hun, dewiswyd disgybl yn Ysgol Lady Mary, Caerdydd, Arron Fuller. Adroddir y stori trwy lygaid y bachgen ac mae’r gynulleidfa yn dod i ddeall beth sy’n digwydd mewn gwirionedd wrth i’r bachgen wneud hynny. Mae’r elfennau o baranoia a ffantasi gafodd eu crybwyll yn Human Traffic yn gwbl allweddol a chanolog yn y ffilm hon ac yma eto mae cyfuniad o ffilmio realistig a chyffyrddiadau cwbl afreal, er enghraifft golwg gyfnewidiol cartref y ddau wrth i salwch y tad waethygu. Yn gyfuniad o gomedi, drama a stori antur, mae I Know You Know yn ffilm ac iddi gryn ddwyster yr oedd yn werth aros amdani. Philip Wyn Jones — Golygydd ac adolygydd ar ei liwt ei hun. philip@philipwyn.wanadoo.co.uk Philip’s column is available to read in English at www.chapter.org
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A Bit of Tom Jones Fri 19 — Sun 21 Feb • Gwe 19 — Sul 21 Chwef Wales/2009/90 mins/15. Dir: Peter Watkins-Hughes. With Jonathan Owen, Roger Evans, Margaret John, Denise Welch, Eve Myles, Matt Berry.
With a cast list reading like a who’s who of Welsh comedy talent (Torchwood, Gavin & Stacey, IT Crowd and Shameless), we’re delighted to bring back this farcical, rollicking adventure. In a late night bar, Henry is approached by a mysterious woman who offers to sell him the severed manhood of Wales’ greatest vocal entertainer. Believing he can make a fortune selling the infamous appendage, he teams up with his dodgy best friend for a journey deep into the secret world of celebrity body part trading. With guest introduction from members of the film — please check our website for details.
Invictus Fri 26 Feb — Thu 4 Mar • Gwe 26 Chwef — Iau 4 Mawrth USA/2009/134 mins/12A. Dir: Clint Eastwood. With Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon.
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In his first term as South African President, Nelson Mandela initiated a unique venture to unite the apartheid-torn land by enlisting the captain of the national rugby team, Francois Pienaar on a mission to win the 1995 Rugby World Cup. While the headlines are stuff of recorded history, Eastwood takes the opportunity to explore the personal relationship between Mandela and Pienaar, the Afrikaner son of racist parents transformed by meeting this extraordinary figure.
“a movie that hits you squarely with its visceral impact and stays in your mind for a long time after” New York Times
Still Walking (Aruitemo aruitemo) Fri 26 Feb — Thu 4 March • Gwe 26 Chwef — Iau 4 Mawrth Japan/2009/114 mins/subtitled/U. Dir: Hirokazu Kore-eda. With Hiroshi Abe, Yui Natsukawa.
Double CL1C card points
Winning a host of awards in Japan, Still Walking is a family drama about grown children visiting their elderly parents. Unfolding over one summer day, a son and daughter return with their own families for a rare reunion to commemorate the tragic death of the eldest son who drowned in an accident fifteen years ago. Although the family home is as comforting and unchanging as the mother’s homemade feast, everyone in the family has subtly changed. With a balance of gentle humour and wistful sorrow, Kore-eda portrays just how precious and exactly how annoying family can be.
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Family Features Every Saturday at 3pm UP (2D)
Avatar (2D)
Sat 6 Feb • Sad 6 Feb
Fri 19 + Sat 20 Feb • Gwe 19 + Sad 20
USA /2009/96 mins/U. Dir: Pete Docter. With the voices of Edward Asner, Christopher Plummer, Bob Peterson.
USA/2009/162 mins/12A. Dir: James Cameron. With Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver, Michel Rodriguez.
78 year old Carl Fredricksen sets off to fulfil his lifelong dream of seeing the wilds of South America. He releases thousands of multi-coloured balloons to lift his house and take him on the journey but he hadn’t counted on Russell, an 8-year-old stowaway, coming along for the ride.
This long awaited adventure from the director of Titanic mixes live action with state of the art animation techniques. Jake Sully is a former marine who is sent away to Pandora, a magical world where corporations are mining a rare mineral which could solve the Earth’s energy crisis.
Planet 51
Alvin And The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
Sat 13 — Thu 18 Feb • Sad 13 — Iau 18 Chwef USA/2009/91 mins/U. Dir: Jorge Blanco, Javier Abad. With the voices of Dwayne Johnson, Jessica Biel, Gary Oldman, John Cleese.
When American astronaut Captain Charles ‘Chuck’ Baker lands on Planet 51 he thinks he’s the first person to step foot on it, until he finds that its inhabited by happy little green people. Their only fear is that it will be overrun by alien invaders... like Chuck.
Young Person’s Film Academy Are you aged between 9 and 12 years old? Are you interested in learning about film and how film works? There are still places available in a seven month programme of lectures and screenings at Chapter. The action happens on 2 Saturday mornings each month until July and covers the main aspects of filmmaking — from editing to cinematography, film language to film history. Young people can sign up to the full programme or attend individual lectures. For more information please contact matt.beere@chapter.org 02920 311056.
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Sat 27 Feb • Sad 27 Chwef USA/2009/89 mins/U. Dir: Betty Thomas. With Jason Lee, Zachary Levi, David Cross.
The world famous, singing, pre-teen chipmunk trio return to contend with the pressures of school, celebrity, and a rival female music group known as The Chipettes. + Sat 27 Feb • 11am • Sad 27 Chwef Supportive environment screening of Alvin And The Chipmunks for children with disabilities. We will help to ensure maximum comfort for this screening: the lights will be slightly raised, sound lowered and there’ll be no ads or trailers before the film. Please contact us on enquiry@chapter.org or 029 2030 4400 for information about access. For more information about the work of Contact A Family, please visit www.cafamily.org.uk or call 01248 670965 or email fr.team@cafamily.org.uk
Carry on screaming! Check out the calendars for details of our special screenings aimed at people with babies under one year old. Every Friday at 11am.
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Shop open: Tue — Sat 10am-8pm, Sun 2-8pm. Closed Monday.
We’re pulling on your heart-strings this month with the most romantic, original and downright cheeky Valentine’s cards you’ve ever seen. Woo your loved one with our delicious range of heavenly scented candles or serve them breakfast in bed on a divine scrollwork tea tray from the ‘Design My World’ company. Say it with jewels from our all time favourite maker, Buddug Wyn Humphreys, whose covetable new range includes poetic quotes, hand-scripted on enamelled metals. Her brooches and necklaces are a hit with the actor Keira Knightly. For something a little racier try ‘Vice Slang’ by Terry Victor: a source book of those guilty pleasures that only the morally stringent disdain. Not playing the love game? Then why not spoil yourself with a little treat to chase away those winter blues?
Eat • Bwyta If you need warming up during these winter months pop into Chapter and get involved with some tasty homemade soup. Our ever-changing vegan soup is a soul-soothing bargain at only £3, and is also available to takeaway if you’re in a rush. How about celebrating Valentine’s Day at Chapter? Buy 2 main meals and get a bottle of house wine for just £7.
Café open: Mon — Sat 8.30am-9.30pm Sun 9.30am-9.30pm Breakfast: 9-11.30am Lunch: 11.30-3pm Main Menu: 12-9pm
During Fairtrade fortnight (see p9 and p32) we’re highlighting an issue that’s always been important to us. Many of our hot drinks, sugars and juices are Fairtrade but as part of this year’s Big Swap we’re also making a commitment to change our bananas and honey to fairtrade producers. Children’s competition: Design your own pancake filling — forms are available in the café — and the winning entry will be on sale on Pancake Day, Tue 16 Feb.
“Had gnocchi for first time ever yest in Chapter. RIDICULOUSLY delicious. Mmm.” — Emma R (via Twitter)
Drink • Yfed Our world-famous bar is the perfect place for a pre or post show beverage. Whose round is it? Beer of the month: Lindeboom, 5%ABV A high quality, very drinkable, fruity pilsner with a dry finish, Lindeboom comes from a small family brewer in the southern Netherlands. Another fine addition to our splendid selection of draft beers. Bar open: Sat 12pm-12am, Sun 12-10.30pm, Mon-Thu 12-11pm, Fri 12pm-12.30am. Free wireless internet is available in Caffi Bar Chapter.
From the fridge: Max L Joseph, 5.2%ABV Our fridges are always well-stocked with bottles of weird and mostly wonderful imported brews. Fancy a light, crisp lager or a wheaty brew with a hint of that banana taste? Maybe a darker, fruitier affair or something meaner, stronger and more full bodied? Our bar staff are pretty knowledgeable (lots of tasting practice... in their spare time of course) so make sure you ask for a recommendation.
cinema 1 • sinema 1
Citizen Kane (U) p23 6.00 Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll (15) p19 8.30 tue • maw 2 Citizen Kane (U) p23 2.30 Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll (15) p19 6.00 Nowhere Boy (15) p19 8.30 wed • mer 3 Nowhere Boy (15) p19 6.00 Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll (15) p19 8.30 thu • iau 4 Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll (15) p19 2.30+6.00 Nowhere Boy (15) p19 8.30 fri • gwe 5 A Prophet (18) p20 2.30+8.30 Nine (12A) p24 6.00 sat • sad 6 Film Academy 11.00 Up (U) p35 3.00 A Prophet (18) p20 5.30 Nine (12A) p24 8.45 sun • sul 7 Nine (12A) p24 2.30 The Proud Valley (PG) + discussion p23 5.00 A Prophet (18) p20 8.30 mon • llun 8 A Prophet (18) p20 5.30 Nine (12A) p24 8.45 tue • maw 9 The Proud Valley (PG) p23 2.30 Nine (12A) p24 6.00 A Prophet (18) p20 8.30 wed • mer 10 The Edukators (15) p31 11.00 Nine (12A) p24 2.30+8.45 A Prophet (18) p20 5.30 thu • iau 11 SWDFAS lecture p16 2.00 Nine (12A) p24 6.00 A Prophet (18) p20 8.30 fri • gwe 12 Carry on Screaming: The Sea Wall (12A) p27 11.00 Up In the Air (15) p29 6.00 Brothers (15) p29 8.30 sat • sad 13 Planet 51(U) p35 3.00 Brothers (15) p29 6.00 Up In the Air (15) p29 8.30 sun • sul 14 Up In the Air (15) p29 2.30 Breakfast at Tiffany’s (PG) p23 5.00
mon • llun 1
6.00 8.15 6.15 8.15 2.30+8.30 6.15 6.15 8.15 11.00 6.15 8.30 6.00 8.00
6.15 8.45 2.30 6.00 8.00 6.00 8.45 6.00 8.45 2.30 6.15 8.30 2.30+6.15 8.45 6.00 8.15 6.15 8.45
Mugabe and the White African (ctba) p21 I’m Gonna Explode (15) p19 Mugabe and the White African (ctba) p21 I’m Gonna Explode (15) p19 Carry on Screaming: An Education (12A) p21 An Education (12A) p21 Treeless Mountain (PG) p22 Treeless Mountain (PG) p22 An Education (12A) p21
An Education (12A) p21 Bad Film Club: Raptor (18) p22 British Animation Awards p22 Treeless Mountain (PG) p22 Ming Ming (15) p26 Awen: Charulata — The Lonely Wife (U) p29 Treeless Mountain (PG) p22 Fellini’s Roma (15) p24 Treeless Mountain (PG) p22 Fellini’s Roma (15) p24 An Education (12A) p21 Treeless Mountain (PG) p22 The Sea Wall (12A) p27 It Might Get Loud (PG) p30 It Might Get Loud (PG) p30 The Sea Wall (12A) p27 The Sea Wall (12A) p27 It Might Get Loud (PG) p30
Chapter Moviemaker p21 I’m Gonna Explode (15) p19 Mugabe and the White African (ctba) p21 I’m Gonna Explode (15) p19
cinema 2 • sinema 2
6.00
8.00 8.00
Mr & Mrs Clark: Bezerkus p11 Heart of Darkness p14
Scrabble Sunday p8
8.00 8.00
Mr & Mrs Clark: Bezerkus p11 Heart of Darkness p14
8.00
Heart of Darkness p14
8.00
Told by the Wind p14
8.00
8.00 8.30
Told by the Wind p14 Drones Comedy Club p16
On The Edge p14
8.00
Told by the Wind p14
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Calendar • Calendr FEBRUARY • CHWEFROR 2010
Gallery Closed Mondays
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37 Art in the Bar: Fiona Curran: p6
Delaine Le Bas: Witch Hunt, pp4+5
Please note: the stated film times represent the start of the adverts and trailers.
Brothers (15) p29 7.30 Brothers (15) p29 6.00 British Animation Awards p22 2.30 Up In the Air (15) p29 8.30 The Sea Wall (12A) p27 6.00 Visible Secret (18) p26 8.30 tue • maw 16 Planet 51(U) p35 11.00 The Sea Wall (12A) p27 6.00 Breakfast at Tiffany’s (PG) p23 2.30 Up In the Air (15) p29 6.00 Brothers (15) p29 8.30 wed • mer 17 Planet 51(U) p35 11.00 The Sea Wall (12A) p27 2.30 Brothers (15) p29 6.00 BAFTA Cymru Screening 6.00 Up In the Air (15) p29 8.30 Fellini’s 8½ (15) p25 8.30 thu • iau 18 Planet 51(U) p35 11.00 Fellini’s 8½ (15) p25 2.30 Up In the Air (15) p29 6.00 Died Young, Stayed Pretty (15) p30 6.00 Brothers (15) p29 8.30 The Sea Wall (12A) p27 8.15 fri • gwe 19 Carry on Screaming: The Lovely... (12A) p31 11.00 A Bit of Tom Jones (15) p34 6.00 Avatar (12A) p35 2.30 Food, Inc (PG) p32 8.15 The Lovely Bones (12A) p31 5.45 Precious (15) p31 8.30 sat • sad 20 Avatar (12A) p35 3.00 Food, Inc (PG) p32 6.00 Precious (15) p31 6.15 A Bit of Tom Jones (15) +Intro p34 8.15 The Lovely Bones (12A) p31 8.30 sun • sul 21 Precious (15) p31 3.30+8.30 King Coal (no cert) p23 5.00 The Lovely Bones (12A) p31 5.45 A Bit of Tom Jones (15) p34 7.30 mon • llun 22 Precious (15) p31 6.00 British Animation Awards p22 2.30 The Lovely Bones (12A) p31 8.30 Wonder Women(15) p26 6.00 Food, Inc (PG) p32 8.30 tue • maw 23 King Coal (no cert) p23 2.30 Black Gold (U) + Intro 6.00 The Lovely Bones (12A) p31 5.45 Died Young, Stayed Pretty (15) p30 8.15 Precious (15) p31 8.30 wed • mer 24 The Lovely Bones (12A) p31 2.30+8.30 Food, Inc (PG) p32 6.00 Precious (15) p31 6.00 La Dolce Vita (15) p25 8.15 thu • iau 25 The Lovely Bones (12A) p31 5.45 La Dolce Vita (15) p25 2.30 Precious (15) p31 8.30 Died Young, Stayed Pretty (15) p30 6.00 Food, Inc (PG) p32 8.15 fri • gwe 26 Carry on Screaming: Invictus (12A) p34 11.00 Still Walking (U) p34 5.45 Invictus (12A) p34 2.30+5.45 The Lovely Bones (12A) p31 8.15 I Know You Know (ctba) p33 8.30 sat • sad 27 Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (U) p35 11.00+3.00 The Lovely Bones (12A) p31 5.45 I Know You Know (ctba) p33 6.00 Still Walking (U) p34 8.30 Invictus (12A) p34 8.00 sun • sul 28 The Lovely Bones (12A) p31 3.00 Amarcord (15) p25 5.00 Invictus (12A) p34 5.45 Still Walking (U) p34 8.00 I Know You Know (ctba) p33 8.30
mon • llun 15
2.00 7.30 8.00
The Importance of Being... p14 The Importance of Being... p14 Heart of Darkness p14
Cardiff Shakespeare Readers p15 6.30
Bara Caws: Croesi’r Rubicon p15 8.00
Bara Caws: Croesi’r Rubicon p15 8.00
7.30 8.00 8.00 7.30 8.00 8.30
The Importance of Being... p14 In Chapters p15 Heart of Darkness p14 The Importance of Being... p14 Heart of Darkness p14 Drones Comedy Club p16
Gallery Closed Mondays
7.30 8.00
The Importance of Being... p14 Heart of Darkness p14
The Importance of Being... p14 7.30 Heart of Darkness p14 8.00 Marcia Farquhar: 12 Shooters p13 8.30
Gallery Closed Mondays
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How to Book
Ar y ffôn galwch ar 029 2030 4400. Rydym yn derbyn y prif gardiau credyd. Galwch heibio mae’n Swyddfa Docynnau ar agor Llun-Sad 11.00am — 8.30pm; Sul 3.00 — 8.30pm Drwy’r post Chapter Rhadbost, RLYX-RTEBKYAL, Caerdydd CF5 1ZZ Danfonwch siec yn daladwy i Chapter gan ddweud pa docynnau rydych eu heisiau. Ar-lein cynigiwn wasanaeth archebu 24/7 ar ein gwefan, sef www.chapter.org Consesiynau: Mae’r prisiau gostyngol ar gael i fyfyrwyr, pobl dros 60 oed, plant, pobl ddi‑waith, pobl anabl, pobl â cherdyn MAX, Aelodau a deiliaid Cardiau Chapter. Bydd angen prawf eich bod yn gymwys. Archebion grŵp: prynwch 8 tocyn a chael y 9fed am ddim. Noder • dim ond un gostyngiad a ganiateir ar yr un achlysur • rydym yn croesawu archebu o flaen llaw ond ni allwn gadw tocynnau • mae’n bosib y gwrthodir mynediad i hwyrddyfodiaid
By phone call us on 029 2030 4400. We accept all major credit cards. In person our Box Office is open Mon-Sat 11.00am — 8.30pm; Sun 3.00 – 8.30pm. By post to Chapter Freepost, RLYX-RTEBKYAL, Cardiff CF5 1ZZ. Send us a cheque made payable to Chapter with details of the tickets you require. Online 24/7 booking at www.chapter.org Concessions: The concessionary rate applies to students, over 60s, children, unemployed, disabled people, MAX card, Chapter Members and Card holders. Proof of concession will be required. Group bookings: buy 8 tickets and get the 9th free. Please Note • only one discount will be given at any one time • we are happy to take advance bookings but cannot reserve tickets • latecomers may be refused entry
Cinema • Sinema Full • Llawn Concs • Cons Card + Conc • Cerdyn + Cons
Before 5pm • Cyn 5pm £3.50 (£3) £2.50 (£2) £2.50 (£2)
From 5pm • O 5pm ymlaen £6.60 (£6) £4.80 (£4.50) £4.30 (£4)
Advanced/online prices in brackets. Prisiau ymlaen llaw/ar-lein mewn cromfachau.
029 2030 4400 Market Road, Canton, Cardiff CF5 1QE Heol y Farchnad, Treganna, Caerdydd, CF5 1QE enquiry@chapter.org • www.chapter.org Mae Chapter yn gwerthfawrogi’r gefnogaeth a dderbynia gan y canlynol Chapter gratefully acknowledges the support it receives from the following
The Foundation for Sport and the Arts
The Community Foundation in Wales Y Sefydliad Cymunedol yng Nghymru
Garfield Weston Foundation, Foyle Foundation, Trusthouse Charitable Foundation, Jane Hodge Foundation, Simon Gibson Charitable Trust, Gibbs Charitable Trust, Oakdale Trust, Coutts Charitable Trust, Bruce Wake Charity, Follett Trust
A’r holl unigolion hynny sydd wedi’n cefnogi’n hael drwy’r ailddatblygiad And all those individuals who have generously supported us through the redevelopment
Registered Charity No. 500813* Rhif Elusen 500813 Designed by Nelmes Design (tel: 029 2064 5777)
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Lleolir Chapter yn Nhreganna, y tu ôl i Cowbridge Road East, rhwng Heol Llandaf a Heol y Farchnad. Mae’n hawdd ein cyrraedd o ganol y ddinas. Ar ôl 6pm mae llefydd parcio ychwanegol ar gael ym maes parcio Gwasanaethau Dysgu Cymunedol Caerdydd sydd yn ymyl maes parcio Chapter. Uchod gwelir meysydd parcio eraill cyfagos. Mae bysus rhif 17 ac 18 yn gadael Canol y Ddinas bob pum munud. Ar yr M4 o’r dwyrain: Dewch oddi ar y draffordd ar gyffordd 29 gan ddilyn yr A48; wedi 6 milltir cymerwch y tro bychan i’r chwith ar yr A4119/ Mill Lane; yna’r chwith ar Ffordd Caerdydd; ewch yn eich blaen ar y B4267/Ffordd Llandaf; wedi 300m trowch i’r dde ar Stryd Caerfyrddin; a’r chwith nesaf ar Heol y Farchnad; mae maes parcio Chapter ar y chwith. Ar yr M4 o’r gorllewin: Dewch oddi ar y draffordd ar gyffordd 33 a dilynwch yr arwyddion ar gyfer yr A4232; wedi 6.3 milltir dewch oddi ar y ffordd ar Ffordd Lecwydd, tuag at Stadiwm newydd Clwb Pêl-Droed Caerdydd; ewch yn eich blaen ac yna trowch i’r chwith ar Cardiff Road East; mae Heol y Farchnad ar y dde; mae maes parcio Chapter ar y dde.
Chapter is situated in Canton, behind Cowbridge Road East, between Llandaff Road and Market Road. We are easily accessible from the city centre. Overflow car parking is available after 6pm at Cardiff Community Learning Services adjacent to the car park at Chapter. Alternative nearby car parks are shown above. Number 17 and 18 buses leave every five minutes from the City Centre. From the east on M4: Take exit 29 onto the A48; after 6 miles turn slight left onto A4119/ Mill Lane; then left onto Cardiff Road; continue straight onto B4267/Llandaff Rd; after 300m turn right onto Carmarthen St; take next left onto Market Road; Chapter car park is on the left. From the west on M4: Take exit 33 and follow signs onto A4232; after 6.3 miles exit onto Leckwith Rd, towards the new Cardiff City Stadium; keep straight until turning left onto Cowbridge Road E; Market Rd is on your right; Chapter car park is on the right.
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Mae Chapter yn croesawu ymwelwyr anabl. Os oes gennych unrhyw anghenion mynediad penodol ffoniwch ein swyddfa docynnau ar 029 2030 4400, minicom 029 2031 3430.
Access for all
Chapter welcomes disabled visitors. If you have any specific access requirements or questions please contact our box office on 029 2030 4400, minicom 029 2031 3430.