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James Richards, Study for a Portrait, production still. Image courtesy The Schwules Museum*, Berlin
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Cymru Yn Fenis Wales In Venice: James Richards This month we head out to the 57th International Exhibition — the Venice Biennale of Art to present Wales in Venice Cymru yn Fenis — a solo exhibition by leading Welsh artist James Richards. Cardiff-born Richards’ interest lies in the possibility of the personal amidst the chaos of mass media. He combines video, sound and still images to create installations, live and curated events. His work makes use of an ever-growing bank of material that includes fragments of cinema, works by other artists, stray camcorder footage, murky late night TV and archive research. Carefully constructed installations involve sculptural, cinematic, acoustic, musical and curatorial considerations to create works of extraordinary intensity. Richards’ presentation for Wales in Venice Cymru yn Fenis is his first major commission at an international biennale and he has been in residence at Chapter for two months, developing works in his studio and also in collaboration with students from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. The new work consists of a site responsive sound installation that moves across a wide range of genres and musical languages — from rhythmic scores through sequences built up from field recordings to incidental sound. The resultant work is a cinematic and multi-sensory experience. A suite of additional works containing overlapping archival samples and musical extracts repeated and reworked into different, collaged forms is also exhibited here for the first time, alongside a new video work made in collaboration with the artist Steve
Reinke. Drawing on the cultural and emotional resonance of his materials, Richards creates striking, elliptical interplays of sound, moving and still image that create reflective space for the viewer to find personal and intuitive connections. You can keep up to date with Venice activity from the visual arts team by following us @chaptergallery on Twitter and Instagram or visit the website www.experiencewalesinvenice.org for all the latest news. Wales’s presence at the Venice Biennale of Art has been a vital part of the artistic calendar ever since the country first burst onto the International Biennale’s scene in 2003. The Biennale has provided a superb platform for visual art from Wales, strengthening its international profile and reflecting back into Wales through exhibition tours and related initiatives such as the Invigilator Plus programme, educational resources and talks. Cymru yn Fenis Wales in Venice is commissioned by the Arts Council of Wales with support and collaboration from the Welsh Government, Wales Arts International and the British Council. James Richards is curated by Hannah Firth and managed by Chapter, Cardiff. Our partners in 2017 are G39, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and the National Library of Wales.
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These Rotten Words Until Sun 11 June
Rebecca Ackroyd, David Austen, Johann Arens, Anna Barham, Marie-Michelle Deschamps, Foundation Press, Anneke Kampman, Joanna Piotrowska and Devlin Shea Curated by George Vasey
Encompassing photography, painting, sculpture, sound and moving image works, ‘These Rotten Words’ focuses on the physicality of textual, gestural and vocal forms of communication. Rottenness is defined as both bad and decayed and, in a world where public discourse has become increasingly dominated by divisive polemics, the exhibition embraces language that is more contingent and intimate. The artists call attention to the physical properties of communication: the mouth and the hand are inextricably linked and while the hand enables us to shape materials, the
voice — and our use of language — offers a further tool to manipulate the world around us. Words become disentangled from the author’s intention. Limbs float freely. Bodies are scaled up and down. The familiar and at hand becomes estranged and unknown. To rot is to decompose, offering an opportunity for reassembly. The artists in the exhibition suggest a form of renewal, probing the possibilities and limits of the body and its voice. Text can be a vehicle for melody as much as meaning. We may talk before we know exactly what we want to
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say. Speech is slippery, and intention is as much about inflection as content — all languages carry inefficiencies and lacuna. GEORGE VASEY is a curator and writer based in Newcastle. He is currently a curatorial fellow at Newcastle University. His writing has appeared in Art Review, Art Monthly, Apollo, Frieze and Kaleidoscope magazine.
Talks at Four
Saturday 6 + 20 May 4pm Our ‘Talks at 4’ are exhibition tours hosted by our live guides, artists Richard Higlett and Thomas Williams. They provide an opportunity to discover more about the current exhibition and the artists’ approach to their work. No two talks are the same, while we hope they’re always insightful and open. ‘Talks at 4’ are free of charge and there’s no need to book in advance — just turn up at the Gallery and join in!
Gallery Opening Times: Tue, Wed, Sat, Sun: 12–6pm, Thu, Fri: 12–8pm, Mon: Closed
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ART CAR BOOTIQUE 2017 Chapter and Something Creatives are pleased to announce this year’s Art Car Bootique — REVOLUTION! Sun 28 May 11am–6pm (outside in the car park) 6–11.30pm (in the Caffi Bar) This year’s Art Car Bootique theme is REVOLUTION! reflecting on 100 years since the Russian Revolution, one of the most radical moments in history. As part of the Russia 17 Festival across the city, this year we are asking artists and makers what REVOLUTION looks like for them, in these uncertain times. Established in 2011, the Art Car Bootique is an eclectic and eccentric mix of artist projects and performances, live music, delicious street food and vintage fashion, celebrating the very best of South Wales’ creative community. From 11am until 6pm our car park is transformed into a psychedelic village fete, jam-packed with over 70 pitches for you to explore and enjoy and live music and performances on stage. With support from Chapter Friends.
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Liz Agiss
Chapter Theatres are supported by the David Seligman donation in memory of Philippa Seligman
Everyman — Top Girls
Tue 2 — Sat 6 May 7.30pm Sat matinee 2.30pm
Top Girls opens with a hilarious, dark and fantastical dinner party with women guests from culture and history who are celebrating the achievements of Marlene, as she is promoted to be the Director of the Top Girls Employment Agency. We then watch the reality of Marlene’s shrewd and calculating existence and the women who inhabit her world. We see how her life and those around her have been impacted by her decisions, and find out what women are having to give up or are gaining through the liberation of being able to act like a man, and what Marlene has given up in order to become the Top Girl. Set in the early years of Thatcher’s Britain the play examines what it takes for a woman to succeed, asking whether the uncompromising strive for personal achievement is to be held above a form of feminism which celebrates their instinct to care for, and want the best for, those around them. £12/£10 (concessions on Thu and Sat matinee only)
FLUX COLLECTIVE PRESENTS:
CSM Graduate Show Sat 13 May 3pm
Come explore the flux of music. Flux Collective is a group of creative artists who are based in Cardiff. Concluding three years of in-depth study at the University of South Wales on the Creative Sound and Music course, this is an exciting new group of musicians who are coming together to showcase their insights. This will be a coming together of unique individuals who look to challenge, to question and to express their ideas about this constantly-changing flow – this flux – at the heart of music. Free
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A BATTERSEA ARTS CENTRE AND THEATR IOLO CO-PRODUCTION
Liz Aggiss Slap and Tickle
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Dark Corners by Polarbear Mon 8 May 7pm
I’m messy. Always have been. Scattered ideas. Scribbled thoughts. My ideas aren’t neat. My ideas laugh and argue. They shout and fight. And sometimes they hide. What happens when the past and the future collide? A new storytelling performance for young people from Polarbear about the places in your brain where things hide and what happens when they come out to play. Polarbear, AKA Steve Camden, is one of the UK’s most acclaimed spoken-word artists and is author of young adult novels Tape and It’s About Love. £10. Under 18s: £6 Aimed at 11-16 year olds
THE VOICES OF EVE THEATRE COMPANY
Reduced Womanhood
Tue 9 — Sat 13 May 7.30pm Sat matinee 2.30pm
Six women each tell of a jig-saw piece in their own life-scapes. Six magnified moments in six lives. Six concentrated, reduced moments. They each tell their stories across years of being and decades of existing. They share so many things — massive moments in human existence. The entire spectrum from joy to grief, love to hate and life to death. Three monologues will be performed each evening — see website for details. £10. £16 for two shows and see all 6 monologues! Age guidance 16+ Contains adult content. This event supports Dementia month at Chapter.
Thu 18 May 7.30pm
Liz Aggiss has been in a dark room decoding a disorientating display of contradictions and interpretations on girls, ladies, women, mothers, pensioners and senior citizens. Unpicking mythologies, platitudes, refrains and old wives tales, this dark and ribald physical commentary considers cultural mores, forays and sexual taboos. SLAP AND TICKLE navigates Liz Aggiss and the audience into a feminist soup; with push and pull, punishment and reward, slap and tickle… all the way home. £12/£10 Age guidance 15+
Stuart Goldsmith — Compared to What Tue 16 May 8pm
Fresh from appearances on ‘Russell Howard’s Stand Up Central’ (Comedy Central), ‘As Yet Untitled’ (Dave) and a month of packed houses at the Edinburgh Fringe, Stuart Goldsmith presents a new hour of funny, not entirely about becoming a parent. The host of the ‘Comedian’s Comedian Podcast’ (over 6 million downloads) finally shakes off an invigoratingly misspent youth. Finding himself uprooted from his adoptive city and press-ganged into a pastoral existence by a cunning girl, Stu considers the big questions and wonders: how much compromise is too much? £10/£9/£8 Age guidance 14+
“A charming, expert stand-up” — Sunday Times “Endlessly riveting” — Guardian “ Makes it look easy” — Chortle
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From Now On Fri 19 + Sat 20 May
Gruff Rhys & Roger Paez, Islet, Flamingods, Yama Warashi, Yeah You, Twinfield, Deej Dhariwal + more From Now On returns for two nights of left field music, sound and performance, curated by Welsh band Islet. Gruff Rhys and Roger Paez present: Breaking and Entry. The creation of a sonic environment relating to the microcosmos of Mas d’Enric Penitentiary — a soundtrack to a Catalan prison. In 2014 Catalan architect Roger Paez i Blanch invited Welsh musician Gruff Rhys to respond sonically to his innovative prison design. The result is a score based on a map of the prison that registers the emergent life that also occupies the building. This will be the first performance of the piece — played by an invited ensemble primed for harmonic improvisation, and armed with heartbeat monitors.
Islet are a visual and musical spectacle: boundary busting, full pelt high energy swerving in different directions. Euphoric music that stretches your mind and your legs at the same time. Other acts include the tropical sounds of LondonBahraini four piece Flamingods, father-daughter noise-pop duo Yeah You; dystopian electronic producer Twinfield; and jazz tinged psych-folk Yama Warashi. Produced by Shape and Chapter fromnowon.wales
Sponsorship Chapter is recognised for its successful working relationship with business. This is due in no small part to the number of sponsorship opportunities available that offer tailored benefits which can include staff involvement, corporate hospitality and brand promotion. Please email elaina.johnson@chapter.org for more information.
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Bennett Arron Worries About…
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Tue 23 May 7.15pm
Bennett Arron returns to Chapter to record the second series of his hugely successful Radio Wales Comedy Show Bennett Arron Worries About… Join him for two special free recordings on Tue 23 May and Thu 1 June and hear him worry about, amongst other things: travelling, relationships and whether or not he’s had an accident that wasn’t his fault… Free
‘Genuinely original and funny’ The Times
Khamira
Wed 24 May 8pm Khamira is a new Indo-Welsh World Music band fusing elements of Welsh folk, Indian Classical, jazz and rock. Four musicians from Wales premiere jazz/folk band Burum, join forces with three of India’s genrebreaking musicians to create Khamira. Suhail Yusuf Khan’s virtuosic Sarangi and vocals dovetails with Tomos Williams’ trumpet, Vishal Nagar’s tabla adds dynamic rhythms to Mark O’Connor’s drumming, while Aditya Balani’s soaring guitar solos are supported by Dave Jones’ keyboard and Aidan Thorne’s bass. Think Miles Davis 1970s grunge-funk crossed with the Pat Metheny group, inter-twinned with passages of melancholic Welsh folk and Indian classical virtuosity. Having toured and headlined major festivals in India in 2015, Khamira have received funding from the British Council and Wales Arts International India/ Wales 2017 fund to tour Wales for the first time. An Official UK/India 2017 Event £12/£10
Wed 31 May 4pm
Lightning Path | Llwybr Mellt combines skilled puppetry with beautiful animated projections and original music, to tell a tale of our times. Ella wonders why her family farm is flooding. Her Grandfather worries about eels not coming up the river anymore. On a magical journey with Harri the flying hare to changing landscapes across the world, Ella meets curious creatures and people that help her learn new ways of understanding and caring. 1pm Workshop: Join Small World Theatre’s expert puppet makers to create simple puppets of animals from the show. Learn to manipulate your creations so you can entertain people at home. Ticket £10 / Workshop £7 / Both £16 Incorporates BSL. Bilingual performance.
RWCMD — Three Days in the Country
Fri 26, Sat 27 + Tues 30 May — Fri 2 June 7.30pm Thu 1 June Matinee 2.30pm The Royal Welsh College’s Richard Burton Company present THREE DAYS IN THE COUNTRY by Patrick Marber, directed by Eleanor Rhode. Russia. A beautiful country estate in the middle of nowhere. Nothing ever happens. But then, the arrival of a new tutor sets hearts aflutter, and over three days the household is turned upside down as young and old learn lessons in love. A passionate and moving comedy about romantic obsession, Patrick Marber’s electric retelling of Turgenev’s classic A Month in the Country premiered at the National Theatre, London, in 2015. £13/ £11
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The Sense of An Ending
Cezanne et Moi
UK/2017/108mins/15. Dir: Ritesh Batra With: Jim Broadbent, Charlotte Rampling, Harriet Walter, Michelle Dockery, Joe Alwyn
France/2017/117mins/15/subs. Dir: Daniele Thompson. With Alexandre Kouchner, Alice Pol
Tony is bequeathed a diary belonging to his best friend Adrian and news of its arrival absorbs him in memories of a love triangle and its consequences over several decades. An intelligent and engrossing story of how we edit our memories in order to protect the version of ourselves we can live with, based on the bestselling novel by Julian Barnes.
Tracing the parallel lives, loves and fears of post-impressionist painter Paul Cézanne and novelist Émile Zola. From school pals to working artists in Paris, we see them share a mutual love of art and beautiful women. Zola, who was fatherless and poor, dreams of becoming a writer and eventually joins the bourgeoisie he mocked in his youth, while wealthy Cézanne rejects society to focus entirely on his work.
Fri 28 Apr— Thu 11 May
The Lost City of Z Fri 28 Apr — Thu 4 May
USA/2017/141mins/15. Dir: James Gray. With: Charlie Hunnam, Sienna Miller, Robert Pattinson, Tom Holland
Early in the 20th century, explorer Col. Percival Fawcett became convinced of the existence of a lost civilization in South America, returning time and time again to the Amazon region to prove his case. Despite being surrounded by threats both natural and human, and the decreasing support of his family and the Royal Geographic Society, Fawcett’s obsession lingered. An epic and eerie tale of the real-life obsession that consumed him.
Fri 26 May — Thu 1 June
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Casablanca
Girls Like Us To give a glimpse into the world of wartime propaganda filmmaking, join us for a season showing some of the best of British films that aided the war effort. Screenings will be accompanied by short films from the collection of Imperial War Museums. More details can be found on our website.
Their Finest
Casablanca
UK/2016/117mins/12A. Dir: Lone Scherfig With: Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin, Bill Nighy, Richard E Grant, Helen McCrory
USA/1942/102mins/U. Dir: Michael Curtiz. With Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman
In Wartime Britain, with the streets emptied of men, Catrin Cole lands herself a job writing propaganda films that need “a woman’s touch”. Her natural flair quickly gets her noticed and, with the country’s morale at stake, Catrin and a colourful crew work furiously to make a film that will warm the hearts of the nation and find as much drama behind the camera as there is onscreen.
World War II, Morocco — a viper’s nest of corrupt French police, spies, fleeing emigres, gamblers and drinkers and Rick’s Café is the perfect place for weary American expatriate nightclub owner Rick Blaine to hide out. One day, of all the bars in all the world, Rick’s long-lost love, Ilsa walks in with her resistance leader husband, Victor, and Rick is pulled into both a love triangle and a web of political intrigue.
Fri 28 Apr — Wed 17 May
Screening as part of our Tinted Lens: Dementia Awareness Day with a special Tinted Lens event
Sun 14 + Tue 16 May
The Foreman Went To France
A Canterbury Tale
Sun 21 + Tue 23 May
UK/1944/125mins/U. Dir: Dir: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger With: Eric Portman, Sheila Sim, Dennis Price
Welshman Fred is on a mission to prevent vital machinery on loan to a French company from falling into enemy hands. An examination of the threat posed by collaborators and based on the true story of aircraft factory foreman Melbourne Johns, the story was written by JB Priestley and signalled a change of style for Ealing Studios to move away from stories of the upper class.
Fri 28 Apr — Tues 2 May
A Land Girl, an American GI, and a British soldier find themselves together in a small Kent town which is being plagued by a mysterious “glue-man”, who pours glue on the hair of girls dating soldiers after dark. The three attempt to track him down, and begin to have suspicions of the local magistrate, an eccentric figure with a strange, mystical vision of the history of England in general and Canterbury in particular.
UK/1942/82mins/U. Dir: Charles Frend With: Clifford Evans, Tommy Trinder, Gordon Jackson, Constance Cummings
Unpublished Story
Piccadilly Incident
Sun 28 + Tue 30 May
UK/1946/102mins/PG. Dir: Herbert Wilcox. With Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding
Two journalists investigate the ‘People for Peace Society’ who are campaigning to appease the Germans only to find their stories continually censored by Home Security. As the Blitz rages, the sinister truth starts to emerge.
Sun 7 + Tue 9 May
When a missing WREN returns home after being deserted on a tropical island when her ship is torpedoed, she finds her husband, who presumed her drowned in action, has built a replacement life with a new wife and baby son. This emotional roller coaster of a film features popular songs of the time, and pairs together a winning Neagle and Wilding.
UK/1942/80mins/U. Dir: Harold French With: Richard Greene, Valerie Hobson, Basil Radford, Muriel George
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CIFF returns for its fourth annual celebration of indie and world cinema and animation with special guest speakers. Join us in the foyer for a glass of wine and chance to meet the filmmakers.
Chapter MovieMaker: CIFF special
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Fri 5 May 6pm
Our regular showcase for short films by independent filmmakers. To enquire about screening your film or for any other information email moviemaker@chapter. org. Chapter Moviemaker is advised 18
UK/2017/105mins/adv15. Dir: Lee Lennox, Wayne Lennox. With: Jonathan Readwin, Sean Power, Eline Powell, Alice Lowe
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The Last Compartment Fri 5 May 3pm Germany/2016/104mins/adv18. Dir: Andreas Schapp. With: Anna Fischer, Annelinde Gerst
After their train is hit by an avalanche in the Alps, 30 year old Greta and five strangers find themselves trapped in the last car of a train. On the radio they learn that a rescue operation is under way, but as they wait for help to arrive, they find there is more to the compartment than meets the eye. + Competition Shorts 1 (11mins) see website for details.
Jack comes to Amsterdam to find his father and, through a momentary magical encounter, finds the secret weapon that could turn around his father’s ailing marijuana coffee shop. Features the last screen appearance of Howard Marks. Nominated for Best UK Feature, Raindance 2016. + Competition Shorts 2 (11mins) see website for details.
Satan’s Slave Fri 5 May 8.20pm UK/1976/84mins/18. Dir: Norman J Warren. With: Michael Gough, Clandace Glendenning, Martin Potter
After her parents are killed in a car crash, Catherine stays at her uncle’s mansion and is soon plagued by bloody premonitions of satanic rituals. But far worse is to come as she realises her uncle’s true intentions. + Join us for a discussion with Norman J Warren, screenwriter David McGillivray and composer John Scott following the film with a complimentary drink in the cinema foyer after the screening.
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From L to R: Animated Shorts: Blue Honey, TBAF
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CLOTH CAT ANIMATION PRESENTS:
Animated Family Shorts Sat 6 May 10.15am + 11.45am Various/2017/60mins/advU.
Renowned Cardiff-based animation studio Cloth Cat Animation host a screening of some of the best family-friendly short films from around the world.
Gozo Sat 6 May 1pm UK/2016/84mins/adv15. Dir: Miranda Bowen. With: Ophelia Lovibond, Joe Kennedy
Sound recordist Joe and girlfriend Lucille escape to Malta to escape the fall out of a terrible tragedy. At first life is good and Joe and Lucille appear to have landed on their feet. But then Joe begins to hear strange sounds in his recordings and slowly their homespun paradise descends into something much darker. Winner of Best UK Feature at Raindance 2016. + Competition Shorts 3 (35mins) see website for details.
The Hook Up Sat 6 May 3pm Want to work in film? Want to find cast, crew and collaborators for your next project? Then come to the Hook-Up and meet the best in local production companies and mingle with local talent. Free but ticketed event in First Space
CAN Animation Competition Showcase 1 Sat 6 May 3.30pm Various/2017/75mins/adv12
We welcome back Cardiff Animation Nights who present their first block of animated shorts in competition from all over the world. For full programme of shorts, see website for details.
CAN Animation Competition Showcase 2 Sat 6 May 5.15pm Various/2017/75mins/adv18
We welcome back Cardiff Animation Nights who present their second block of animated shorts in competition from all over the world. For full programme of shorts, see website for details.
THE CIFF COMEDY SHOWCASE PREMIERE:
The Great Unwashed Sat 6 May 7.15pm UK/2016/82mins/adv15. Dir: Louis Fonseca
No gag is too daft for this outrageous Abergavenny-shot comedy, as a hapless 20-something is forced to flee the city and hide out with a community of hippies after witnessing a murder by a gang of criminal hairdressers. + Competition Shorts 4 (32mins) see website for details.
Skwigly Animation Quiz Sat 6 May 8.30pm Media Point Pit your wits against the fiendish Skwigly Animation Magazine’s Quiz and win fantastic prizes!
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Student Short Showcase
Hear the Silence
Sat 6 May 9.20pm
Sun 7 May 3.30pm
UK/2017/111mins/adv15
Germany/2016/95mins/adv15. Dir: Ed Ehrenberg With: Lars Doppler, Simon Hangartner, Clarissa Molocher
For the first time at CIFF, a slot dedicated to ten of the best student shorts in competition from around the world. Selected by Cardiff University Film Society, for full programme of shorts, see website for details. Join us for a complimentary drink in the cinema foyer after the screening.
Swagger Sun 7 May 10.30am
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In this dark World War 2 thriller, a lost unit of German soldiers stumble upon a village inhabited by women, children and the elderly. The soldiers are welcomed as liberators and the two groups grow closer. But not everyone wants the peace to last and soon the soldiers and the villagers are locked in a brutal battle for survival. + Competition Shorts 5 (20mins) see website for details.
France/2017/84mins/adv15. Dir: Olivier Babinet
A teen-movie documentary, Swagger takes us into the midst of the astonishing minds of eleven teenagers growing up in one of the most underprivileged neighbourhoods in France. + Competition Shorts 4 (25mins) see website for details.
CAN Animation Competition Showcase 3 Sun 7 May 1pm Various/2017/70mins/adv18
Cardiff Animation Nights present their final block of animated shorts in competition from all over the world. For full programme of shorts, see website for details
THE CIFF AWARDS Sun 7 May 6pm The much coveted CIFF awards return, including the screening of five local shorts in contention for the Brian Hibbard Award and the first Student Short award.
FESTIVAL PASSES Gold pass (All films, shorts and animation film packages and events) £60 / £40 / £35 Silver pass (Feature film pass) £35 / £25 / £20 Animation pass £15 / £10 / £8
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From L to R: Their Finest, Mad to be Normal
DEMENTIA AWARENESS WEEK
Festival of the Mind Celebrate Dementia Awareness Week by joining us at our relaxed ‘dementia friendly’ screenings, engaging theatre and drop-in craft workshops, a Virtual Reality experience, guest speakers, stalls and much more. Everyone is welcome and you’ll be helping to challenge the social exclusion of people living with dementia, while also having a great time. www.chapter.org/season/dementia-friendly-screenings
Their Finest
Premiere: Forget Me Not
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UK/2017/20mins+performance/no cert
Dementia Friendly Screening Wed 17 May
The Forget Me Not Choir have been singing with people living with Dementia for many years and this short documentary shows their journey as they record a new song with Only Men Aloud.
Fri 28 Apr — Wed 17 May £4.50
Calamity Jane Sing-a-long Wed 17 May
USA/1953/99mins/U. Dir: David Butler With: Doris Day, Howard Keel, Allyn Ann McLerie
This light-hearted take on the real Wild West heroine is a rootin’, tootin’ shootin’ musical western. This dementia friendly screening includes a vocal warm up and lyrics on screen to help you sing along — fancy dress is encouraged! £4.50
Early Silent Comedy Shorts + Live Musical Accompaniment Wed 17 May USA/1920s/60mins compilation/U
Featuring Laurel & Hardy as they struggle to sell Christmas Trees in Big Business, and Buster Keaton as he battles to build a house in the classic One Week. Pianist Paul Shallcross performs his live musical accompaniment to a selection of some of the most entertaining early short films. £4.50
Wed 17 May
+ Join us for a performance by Forget Me Not and Only Men Aloud before the screening. FREE Tinted Lens is a collaboration between Chapter, Cardiff University and Film Hub Wales which explore the mind and conceptions of normality and pathology in film, with a focus on loss and grief, fantasy and delusions, understandings of time and states of consciousness.
Mad to be Normal Fri 12 — Thu 25 May
UK/2017/106mins/15. Dir: Robert Mullan. With David Tennant, Elisabeth Moss, Gabriel Byrne
There was no more charismatic or controversial a figure during the swinging ‘60s than Scottish psychiatrist R D Laing. Dubbed “the white Martin Luther King” and the “high priest of anti-psychiatry”, Laing was as famous as Dylan. In 1965, he established Kingsley Hall in London as a medication-free community for those seriously affected by schizophrenia. His methods flew in the face of a medical establishment that considered Laing a dangerous radical. Mad to Be Normal offers a powerful account of Laing’s Kingsley Hall experiment. + Tinted Lens post-screening panel discussion on Wed 17 May with director, Robert Mullan.
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DIFFUSION: Clockwise from top: Neruda, The Handmaiden, Earth
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Exploring themes of revolution through social political movements and the individuals that lead and live those changes. More information on Diffusion Festival www.diffusionfestival.org
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The Handmaiden
Soviet Union/1930/75mins/no cert. Dir: Aleksandr Dovzhenko
South Korea/2016/145mins/18/subs. Dir: Park Chan-wook With: Min-hee Kim, Jung-woo Ha, Jin-woong Jo
Wed 10 May A silent poetic masterpiece depicting an idealistic vision of the possibilities of Communism, made just before Stalinism changed the focus of the Revolution. Depicting the Ukrainian peasantry’s journey into the age of collectivization, examining natural cycles through his epic montage, this highly innovative new electronic musical commission brings a modern edge to this timeless humanist masterpiece. + Live performance of a specially composed soundtrack by R.Seiliog, originally commissioned by Pontio. £12/£10
Neruda
Fri 5 — Thu 11 May Chile/2016/108mins/15/subs. Dir: Pablo Larrain. With: Luis Gnecco, Gael Garcia Bernal, Mercedes Morán
Chile, late 1940s. Pablo Neruda is on the run from a government crack-down. Peluchonneau, the dogged detective on his tail, and Neruda become two poles of an intertwined narrative; both determined to create their own myths, one as the smart top detective, the other as a great romantic poet and hero of the people. A fascinating examination of how we create the story of our own lives.
Mon 8 — Thu 18 May
Nam Sook-hee is sent to work at a country estate and on a mission to persuade the master’s wealthy Japanese niece Lady Hideko to marry her associate who is posing as an aristocrat. However, the plan goes awry when Sook-hee falls in love with Hideko. Transposing Sarah Waters’s novel “Fingersmith” from Victorian England to 1930s annexed Korea, this is an erotic and darkly comic treatise on the relationship between Korea and Japan. + Join us for Lavender Screen, our monthly LGBTQI film discussion group following the screening on Mon 8 May, there will also be a discussion of the source novel in a special Adaptations presentation on Tue 16 May.
I Am Not Your Negro Fri 12 — Thu 18 May
USA/2016/93mins/12A. Dir: Raoul Peck With: Samuel L. Jackson, James Baldwin, Harry Belafonte
In this fascinating picture of the Civil Rights movement and the ongoing deeper narrative of America’s troubled relationship with race, James Baldwin’s zeitgeist-defining treatise on race in America is juxtaposed with music, archive footage and images of present-day America to create a powerful mosaic that lays bare the persistent violence and systemic inequality suffered by America’s black population.
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Lady Macbeth
Egypt/2016/97mins/adv15/subtitles. Dir: Mohamed Diab With: Nelly Karim, Hany Adel, Tarek Abdel Aziz
UK/2016/89mins/ctba. Dir: William Oldroyd. With Florence Pugh, Christopher Fairbank
On a street in Egypt both supporters of the Morsi government and anti-Morsi protestors are out on the streets demonstrating. In the chaos innocent bystanders, journalists, and fierce political rivals are rounded up and thrown in the back of a truck. Tensions run high as they await their fate during a long hot day locked together. As riots explode around them we feel their claustrophobia, anger, fear, horror, despair, and glimmers of hope.
When young bride Katherine embarks on a passionate affair to escape her loveless and sadistic marriage to an older man, a new force is unleashed inside her; so powerful that she will stop at nothing to get what she wants. This stark, sensual and at times shocking 19th century tragedy, set in rural England and adapted from Leskov’s 1865 novella, profiles a defiant, passionate young woman struggling against suffocating societal norms.
Fri 19 — Thu 25 May
‘This is bravura filmmaking with a kick-in-the-gut message’ Variety
Napoleon
Sat 20 + Wed 31 May France/1927/370mins/PG. Dir: Abel Gance. With Gina Manes
Tracing Napoleon’s life from a school boy throwing snowballs through to his victory on the battlefield, Gance’s masterpiece pushes the boundaries of the biopic, introducing cinematic innovations at every turn including handheld photography and pioneering widescreen format. The digital restoration was undertaken here in Wales by Dragon Digital.
Citizen Jane: Battle for the City Mon 22 May — Thu 1 June
USA/2016/92mins/PG. Dir: Matt Tyrnauer
Legendary writer and urban activist Jane Jacobs fought a David-and-Goliath battle again NYC ‘master builder’ Robert Moses to preserve the historic neighbourhoods of Greenwich Village, Soho, and Little Italy against Moses’ plans to divide (and destroy) them with expressways. Her 1960 book The Death and Life of Great American Cities, sent shockwaves through the architecture and planning worlds. Exciting and inspirational, Citizen Jane delivers a timely and much-needed lesson in how the power of the people can win out against the self-serving plans of the elite.
Fri 26 May — Thu 1 June
Letters from Baghdad Sat 27 — Wed 31 May
UK/2016/95min/PG. Dir: Zeva Oelbaum, Sabine Krayenbühl. Voiced by Tilda Swinton
Openly critical of colonialism, this fascinating documentary explores the extraordinary life of English writer, archaeologist, diplomat and spy Gertrude Bell as she travels extensively throughout the Middle East to become the only woman to wield significant political power in British Imperial policy. Weaving remarkable archive footage together with her letters and testimony from Bell’s peers, including TE Lawrence, the film shows how her work offered a counterpoint to typical British all-male colonial power; and that her ideas about the future of the region were in many cases stunningly prescient.
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Bad Film Club Click: the Calendar Girl Killer
The Transfiguration
USA/1990/87mins/18. Dir: Directors Ross Hagen & John Stewart.
Troubled teen Milo hides behind his fascination with vampire lore and when he meets the equally alienated Sophie, the two form a bond that begins to challenge Milo’s dark obsession, blurring his fantasy into a reality. A chilling yet compassionate portrait of violence and isolation, this is an atmospheric thriller with a beating heart, set against the grittier streets of New York City.
Clockwise from top: The Transfiguration, The Love Witch, Mindhorn
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Spring has well and truly sprung at The Bad Film Club and what better way to celebrate the season of new love than with a film about a psychotic, murdering photographer. Click: The Calendar Girl Killer is, supposedly, a tense thriller which examines the unraveling mind of a serial killer as he uses the world of big fashion photography for his sadistic playground. Will there be gratuitous early 90s glamour shots? Will there be clichés plied upon clichés? And just how does the murderer look in a blonde wig and nurses outfit? You’ll have to join us to find out.
Chapter 13: The Love Witch Mon 15 May
USA/2016/120mins/15. Dir: Anna Biller. With: Elle Evans, Samantha Robinson, Jeffrey Vincent Parise
Elaine, a beautiful young witch, is determined to find true love. In her gothic apartment she makes spells and potions to seduce men, with much success. When she finally meets the man of her dreams, her desperation to be loved will drive her to the brink of insanity and murder. With a visual style that pays tribute to Technicolor thrillers of the ‘60s, this is an exploration of female fantasy and the repercussions of pathological narcissism.
Fri 19 — Thu 25 May
USA/2016/97mins/15. Dir: Michael O’Shea With: Eric Ruffin, Chloe Levine, Jelly Bean
Mindhorn
Fri 26 May — Thu 1 Jun UK/2016/89 min/15. Dir: Sean Foley. With Julian Barratt, Andrea Riseborough, Essie Davis
Washed-up Richard Thorncroft peaked with hit 1980s detective show Mindhorn, playing the titular Isle of Man sleuth with a robotic eye that allowed him to literally ‘see the truth’. Decades later, when a deranged Manx criminal demands to see Mindhorn as his nemesis, Thorncroft returns to the scene of his greatest triumphs for one last chance to reignite his glory days. It’s a loving send-up of vintage homegrown detective shows from the minds of Mighty Boosh’s Julian Barratt and co-writer, Horrible History’s Simon Farnaby.
‘Wildly silly and raucous... a creation to savour’ **** Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
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BAFTA Cymru presents: B&B
Don’t Take Me Home
Wales/2017/87mins. Dir: Joe Ahearne With: Sean Teale, Paul McGann, Tom Bateman
Wales/2017/90mins/12A. Dir: Jonny Owen
Frpm L to R: B&B, Don’t Take Me Home
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Londoners Mike and Fred return to a remote B&B. The year before they had successfully sued the Christian owner for not allowing them to share a bed. Events take a deadly turn when a Russian thug arrives who they think might have something more sinister in mind. Their weekend of fun turns into a bloody battle for survival in this smart, brutally funny and dark thriller.
Fri 19 May — Thu 1 June
This is the incredible story of the Welsh football team and their success at the Euro 2016 tournament. Beginning with the tragic loss of Gary Speed and looking at Chris Coleman’s personal challenges stepping into the shoes of his best friend, right up to the semi-final that brought a nation together at a difficult time for the UK and European relations.
Join us for a Q&A with Joe Ahearne hosted by Boyd Clack. B&B was funded by Ffilm Cymru, Creative England and private investment.
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NT Live: Obsession
The Hippopotamus
UK/2017/120mins (no interval)/15. Dir: Ivo van Hove. With: Jude Law
UK/2017/89mins/15. Dir: John Jencks. With Mathew Modine, Russell Tovey
From L to R: Anthony and Cleopatra, The Hippopotamus
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Thu 11 May 7pm NT Encore Sun 21 May 2pm
Gino is a drifter, at a roadside restaurant he encounters husband and wife, Giuseppe and Giovanna. Irresistibly attracted to each other, Gino and Giovanna begin a fiery affair and plot to murder her husband. But, in this chilling tale of passion and destruction, the crime only serves to tear them apart. This new stage adaptation of Visconti’s 1943 film comes live from the Barbican Theatre.
+ satellite link with Stephen Fry from Hay On Wye Sun 28 May 7.30pm Disgraced poet Ted Wallace is summoned to his friend’s country manor to investigate a series of unexplained miracles. Tickets: £10/£8
NT Live: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Thu 18 May 7pm
UK/2017/210mins/12A. Dir: James MacDonald. With: Imelda Staunton, Conleth Hill, Luke Treadaway, Imogen Poots
In the early hours of the morning on the campus of an American college, Martha, much to her husband George’s displeasure, has invited the new professor and his wife to their home for some after-party drinks. As the alcohol flows and dawn approaches, the young couple are drawn into George and Martha’s toxic games until the evening reaches its climax in a moment of devastating truth-telling.
RSC: Anthony and Cleopatra Wed 24 May 7pm
UK/2017/180mins/ctba. Dir: Iqbal Khan. With: Antony Byrne, Josette Simon, Ben Allen
Following Caesar’s assassination Mark Antony has reached new heights of power but has neglected his empire for a life of decadent seduction with his mistress, Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt. Torn between love and duty, Antony’s military brilliance deserts him, and his passion leads the lovers to their tragic end. Live broadcasts: £17.50/£14/£13 Encore screenings: £13/£11/£10
Chapter Clwb is our very own business membership scheme. For a small fee each year your business can enjoy some great benefits at Chapter including discounts in the café bar and on meeting rooms, invitations to business talks and advertising opportunities on Chapter material. As part of the Clwb we’re delighted to have recently partnered with NatWest who regularly run a series of informative discussions for small businesses as well as pop up advice sessions for start-ups. For more information on these events and on how you can join the Chapter Clwb please contact Elaina Johnson elaina.johnson@chapter.org or visit www.chapter.org/chapter-clwb
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A selection of fabulous, family–friendly films every Saturday and Sunday at 11am and 3pm. Children under 12 years old must be accompanied by an adult.
Beauty and the Beast Sat 6 May– Thu 1 June USA/2017/129mins/PG. Dir: Bill Condon With: Emma Watson. Dan Stevens, Luke Evans
Belle, a bright, beautiful and independent young woman, is taken prisoner by a beast in its castle. Despite her fears, she befriends the castle’s enchanted staff and learns to look beyond the beast’s hideous exterior, allowing her to recognize the kind heart and soul of the true prince that hides on the inside.
Zip & Zap and the Marble Gang Sat 13 + Sun 14 May Spain/2013/97mins/PG/Spanish with English subtitles. Dir: Oskar Santos. With Javier Gutierrez
Naughty twins Zip & Zap are sent to a strict re-education center run by headmaster Falconetti, who rules with a heavy hand. They form the Marble Gang, a children’s Resistance, guided by intelligence, bravery and unbreakable faith in friendship, they uncover a mysterious secret hidden deep within the school and end up having the most exciting adventure of their lives. This film is in Spanish with English subtitles.
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Accessible Cinema Soft Subs / AD screenings Audio Description and Soft Subtitles are available on many of our films, however, the information may change before going to print so please check our website for details. Please check our website for details chapter.org/access Soft Subtitles
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Dementia Friendly Screenings Our new dementia friendly screenings are a great opportunity for people living with dementia to enjoy a film in a relaxed friendly environment. The screenings themselves are shown without adverts or trailers and have slightly brighter lighting throughout the auditorium. Where possible we will screen the film with soft subtitles and audio description available. Following the films there is a chance to socialise with tea and coffee. The screenings are open to anyone living with dementia i.e. those diagnosed with and their family, friends, neighbours or carers. We also welcome charity workers, medical professionals, care home staff, social workers and support staff. Our Dementia Friendly screenings and events are supported by the Rayne Foundation and the Dunhill Medical Trust. £4.50 including a cup of tea or coffee
Sat 20 May – Sun 4 June USA/2017/97mins/U. Dir: Tom McGrath. With Alec Baldwin
When this suit-wearing, briefcase-carrying baby enters the lives of the Templeton family, seven-year old Tim is none too pleased with the new arrival.
Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience 26 — 31 May UK/2017/69mins/U. Dir: Neville Astley, Mark Baker With: Jo Brand, David Mitchell
Peppa and her family go on a holiday to Australia, visit London with her school where the Queen takes them on an open topped bus tour of the capital and even take a trip to the Zoo! A treat of never before seen adventures interspersed with interactive contact from the Peppa Stage show.
You may notice this logo attached to certain films and performance. F–Rating is a new rating for films and performances directed by women, written by women and / or with women on screen and on stage in their own right.
Relaxed Screenings These screenings are recommended to anyone who might benefit from the subtle alterations made to the auditorium environment. Films are screened with the lights raised slightly, the volume turned down, and with the trailers and adverts removed. People can feel free to move around the cinema or make a noise as they feel comfortable. Chapter staff will be on hand to help if you need additional assistance. Unallocated seating. Regular ticket prices apply.
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Learning
First Thursday New Poetry and Fiction
The Drones Comedy Club
Thu 4 May 7.30pm
Fri 5 + Fri 19 May Doors: 8.30pm. Start: 9pm
May’s guest authors are poet Rhian Edwards with her new pamphlet, Brood which features drawings by Welsh artist Paul Edwards and Crystal Jeans, a Cardiff-based author, with her new novel from Cinnamon Press. Plus open mic. £2.50 (on the door)
Golden Thread Playback Theatre Sat 6 May 1pm Powerful and unique performances in which stories from the audience are spontaneously and magically brought to life before your eyes. £7/£5/£3 Children / Under 5s free (on the door)
Cardiff Storytelling Circle Sun 7 May 8pm Share and listen to a lovely collection of stories. All storytellers and listeners welcome! £4 (on the door)
Clonc yn y Cwtch Every Monday 6.30–8pm Are you learning Cymraeg? Come and join us for a great chance to practice your Welsh with other learners. Croeso i bawb! FREE In partnership with Menter Caerdydd and Cardiff University
South Wales Decorative & Fine Arts Society Thu 11 May The Rise and Fall of Napoleon Bonaparte Lecturer Stephen Duffy Illustrated with many wonderful works of art, this tells the story of the rise of the son of a lawyer in Corsica, to become Emperor of the French. It also attempts to explain the nature of his genius, assessing his achievements and his failures, his strengths and his weaknesses. Among the topics covered will be his marriage to Josephine de Beauharnais, his relationship with the Duke of Wellington, and his place in history. It is in some ways a very human story, but one that focuses on one of the most remarkable men who has ever lived. Visitors £6 (on the door, space permitting)
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Clint Edwards brings you the best from up-and coming stand-ups, as seen on Rob Brydon’s ‘Identity Crisis’, on the first and third Friday of the month. One of The Big Issue’s ‘Top Ten Things to Do in Cardiff.’ £3.50 (on the door)
Sunday Jazz Sun 21 May 9pm Our monthly evening of melodic acoustic Jazz in the Caffi Bar with the Chapter Four Jazz Quartet, featuring Glen Manby, Jim Barber, Don Sweeney and Greg Evans. Free
ChapterLive Fri 12 + Fri 26 May 9pm Join us in our Caffi Bar for live music curated by seasoned promoters Jealous Lovers Club, bringing the music they love from around the UK, Europe and other distant lands to Chapter.
Fri 12 May: Bryony Sier + The Rearden Smith Leacture Fri 26 May: Tendons
FREE Enjoy a pizza and a pint for £10 in our Caffi Bar on ChapterLive nights!
MaiBock Beer Festival Wed 24 — Sun 28 May Wed + Thu 5pm–11pm Fri 5pm–12.30am Sat 12pm–12am Sun 12pm–11.30pm Our annual springtime German beer festival is back! Bavarian maibock beers are traditionally lighter and hoppier than other (strong) beers, to reflect and celebrate the transition from winter to spring. As last year, this event will coincide with the fabulous Art Car Bootique!
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Chapter Mix
Crafty Pictures
Chapter Sewcial
Pre-screening Craft Workshops for ages 7+. Make some cool stuff to take away with you, and then go and watch the film!
Super Sunday Sun 21 May 1pm–5pm Summer Skirt
Cost: £5 (includes ticket to film)
Sat 6 May: Beauty and the Beast (7+) 1.50pm–2.50pm (screening at 3pm) Create your very own Enchanted rose.
Sat 13 May: Zip and Zap and the Marble Gang (8+) 1.50pm–2.50pm (screening at 3pm) Create a pocket map and notebook (for adventurers only!)
Sat 20 May: The Boss Baby 1.50pm–2.50pm Every Boss needs to be organised, join us and make some creative and crafty desk organisers for your bedroom or classroom.
Ewart Parkinson Film Award Filmmaking Surgery Sat 20 May 10am–1pm Are you planning on making a short film to be shown in our showcase next Year? Or perhaps you’ve got an idea for a short film but want some tips from an expert filmmaker? Bring your ideas, or some scenes that you’ve already shot, and we’ll help you improve your skills. This 3 hour film surgery will look at short films that have already been made, and alongside some practical exercise, will provide hints and tips on how to improve your filmmaking. Cost: £5: Spaces limited to 12 participants.
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Super-Sunday: Calling all fashion designers! Summer is coming! Create a made to measure, cotton skirt to wear on sunny days. Suitable for beginners and intermediates, the skirts will be elasticated waisted but with added challenges for the more experienced sewer. A completely unique piece of clothing. Only 10 spaces available. All materials provided as well as a drink and a snack. Cost: £20 per partcipant
Film Activity Day Beauty and The Beast Tue 30 May 10am–3.30pm Join Chapter’s Learning Team for a fun day packed full of Beauty and The Beast related creative activities and games. Make new friends, and explore the world of the film through drawing, animation, puzzles, drama and art. Age 7– 11 £22. (Includes ticket to Film). Places limited, please bring packed lunch
Lightning Path workshop Wed 31 May 1pm Before the performance of Lightning Path in the Seligman Theatre, join Small World Theatre’s expert puppet makers to create simple puppets of animals from the show. Learn to manipulate your creations so you can entertain people at home. Performance £10, Workshop £7, Both £16 Incorporates BSL. Bilingual performance See page 11 for details of the performance
Donations Chapter is a registered charity and we rely on your support. Text ‘CHAP16’ plus the amount you wish to give to 70070, eg. CHAP16 £5. It doesn’t cost you a penny to send the text and we get 100% of the donation.
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Chapter’s own reward card. Collect points when you visit the cinema or theatre and you’ll be surprised at how quickly you can claim a free ticket. Pick up a form next time you’re in or download from www.chapter.org. Watch out for this symbol to double your points!
Join us online www.chapter.org is the best place to go for more info on everything we do.
Chapter Friends Become one of Chapter’s Friends and enjoy a variety of benefits ranging from discounts on tickets and in our caffi bar to invitations to special events such as gallery previews and film premieres. Also doubles as a CL1C card.
Bronze Friend: £25/£20 Silver Friend: £35/£30 Gold Friend: £45/£40
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Chapter Students Are you a student? Did you know that you can get free membership and enjoy some great benefits, such as discount in our Caffi Bar and concessionary prices on cinema tickets. For more information contact Jennifer — jennifer.kirkham@chapter.org chapter.org/students
Chapter gratefully acknowledges the support it receives from the following:
Chapter Theatres are supported by the David Seligman Donation in memory of Philippa Seligman Sponsors & Supporters Esmée Fairbairn Foundation Landfill Community Fund Arts Council England Big Lottery Fund Moondance Foundation Garfield Weston Foundation Foyle Foundation Biffa Award Baring Foundation Colwinston Charitable Trust Admiral Group plc Creative Scotland Viridor Foundation for Sport and the Arts Trusthouse Charitable Foundation
QIAMEA BBC Children in Need Waitrose The Welsh Broadcasting Trust ScottishPower Green Energy Trust Waterloo Foundation SEWTA Tesco WRAP The Henry Moore Foundation The Clothworkers’ Foundation The Jane Hodge Foundation Arts & Business Cymru Legal & General Dunhill Medical Trust
Simon Gibson Charitable Trust Lloyds Cardiff Airport Google Millennium Stadium Charitable Trust The Angel Hotel Aston Martin Wales Arts International People’s Postcode Trust Garrick Charitable Trust Ernest Cook Trust Austin & Hope Pilkington Trust Boshier–Hinton Foundation Barclays Dipec Plastics
Gibbs Charitable Trust The Steel Charitable Trust Coutts Charitable Trust Finnis Scott Foundation Embassy of Belgium Oakdale Trust Nelmes Design Bruce Wake Charity Western Power Distribution Deymel Charitable Trust John Lewis Cooperative Fund RWE Taylor Wimpey Voluntary Arts Tata Steel Asda
And all those individuals who have generously supported us through the redevelopment and beyond
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By phone call us on 029 2030 4400. We accept all major credit cards. In person our Box Office is open Mon–Sun 10.00am — 8.30pm Online: 24/7 booking at www.chapter.org Concessions: The concessionary rate applies to students, over 60s, children, unemployed, disabled people, MAX card, Chapter Friends 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 Some of our titles are available with Audio Description and Soft Subtitling but the information is not always available when we go to print. Please see our website for details or call our Box Office on the week of release. We ask all our audience members to refrain from eating and drinking in the cinema auditoria, except for bottles of water.
Resident Companies and Artists Chapter is home to theatre companies, dance companies, animation studios, printmakers, potters, graphic designers, motion designers, composers, filmmakers, magazine publishers, many individual, independent artists and more. Head to www.chapter.org for more details. Workshops and Classes We host a wide variety of daily workshops and classes run by independent practitioners including ballet, zumba, yoga, martial arts, baby massage, children’s music, pilates, tango, flamenco, creative writing, music lessons and more. Head to www.chapter.org for more details.
How to get to Chapter You’ll find us in Canton to the west of the city centre. Market Road, Canton, Cardiff CF5 1QE By Foot We’re just a 20 minute slowish walk from the city centre. By Bus Bus numbers 17 and 18 stop close by and leave every five minutes from the city centre.
Cinema Before 5pm From 5pm Full £4.50 (£4.00) £7.90 (£7.20) Concs £3.50 (£3.00) £5.80 (£5.10) Card + Conc £3.00 (£2.50) £5.00 (£4.50) BARGAIN TUESDAY! All main screening tickets £4.40
By Bike There are plenty of bike racks at the front of the building. Parking We have a car park to the rear of the building and local car parks are marked on this map. Please respect our neighbours and avoid parking on nearby streets.
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Mon 1 Their Finest(12A) p13 2.30pm , 6.00pm , 8.35pm The Lost City of Z(15) p12 1.30pm Everyman Theatre - Top Girls p8 7.30pm Chapter Moviemaker: CIFF preview 6.00pm The Sense of an Ending(15) p12 8.30pm Tue 2 Their Finest(12A) p13 10.30am , 6.00pm A Canterbury Tale(U) p13 2.30pm Everyman Theatre - Top Girls p8 7.30pm The Sense of an Ending(15) p12 1.30pm, 8.30pm The Sense of an Ending(15) p12 + Adaptations 5.55pm The Lost City of Z(15) p12 8.20pm Wed 3 The Sense of an Ending(15) p12 10.30am , 6.00pm The Sense of an Ending(15) p12 1.30pm, 8.35pm Everyman Theatre - Top Girls p8 7.30pm Their Finest(12A) p13 2.30pm, 8.30pm The Lost City of Z(15) p12 5.45pm Thu 4 The Lost City of Z(15) p12 10.30am The Sense of an Ending(15) p12 1.30pm , 5.45pm Everyman Theatre - Top Girls p8 7.30pm Poetry & Fiction - 7.30pm Their Finest(12A) p13 2.30pm, 6.00pm, 8.30pm The Lost City of Z(15) p12 8.10pm Rhian Edwards & Crystal Jeans p24 Fri 5 Carry on Screaming: Their Finest(12A) p13 10.30am CIFF: The Last… (adv18) p14 + shorts 3.00pm Everyman Theatre - Top Girls p8 7.30pm Their Finest(12A) p13 2.30pm CIFF: amStarDam (adv15) p20 + shorts 6.00pm The Sense of an Ending(15) p12 5.45pm Neruda(adv15) p18 8.30pm CIFF: Satan’s Slave(18) p14 + Q&A 8.20pm Sat 6 Beauty & The Beast(PG) p23 11.00am CIFF: Family Animation Shorts p15 10.15am Everyman Theatre 2.30pm +7.30pm Crafty Pics - Beauty &…(PG) p25 1.50-2.50pm Beauty & The Beast(PG) p23 + Crafty Pics 3.00pm CIFF: Family Animation Shorts p15 11.45am - Top Girls p8 Thread Playback Theatre p25 1.00pm The Sense of an Ending(15) p12 6.00pm CIFF: Gozo + shorts 35mins p15 1.00pm Talks at Four p5 4.00pm Their Finest(12A) p13 8.20pm CIFF: Animation Competition Showcase 1 p15 3.30pm The Drones Comedy Club p24 9.00pm CIFF: Animation Competition Showcase 2 p15 5.15pm CIFF: The Great Unwashed + shorts 7.15pm CIFF: Student Short Showcase 9.30pm Sun 7 Beauty & The Beast(PG) p23 11.00am , 2.00pm CIFF: Swagger + shorts 25mins 10.30am Cardiff Storytelling Circle p24 8.00pm CIFF: Awards 6.00pm CIFF: Animation Competition Showcase 3 p16 1.00pm The Sense of an Ending(15) p12 8.30pm CIFF: Hear the Silence(adv15) p16 + shorts 3.30pm Piccadilly Incident(PG) p13 5.30pm Bad Film Club: Click: the Calendar…(18) p20 8.30pm Mon 8 The Sense of an Ending(15) p12 2.30pm, 6.00pm Lavender Screen: The Handmaiden(18) p18 5.30pm Dark Corners by Polarbear p9 7.00pm Clonc yn y Cwtch p24 6.30-8.30pm Their Finest(12A) p13 8.20pm Neruda(adv15) p18 8.30pm Tue 9 The Sense of an Ending(15) p12 10.30am, 8.30pm Relaxed Environment: Piccadilly Incident (PG) p13 2.30pm The Voices of Eve 7.30pm Their Finest(12A) p13 1.30pm , 6.00pm Neruda(adv15) p18 5.45pm - Reduced Womanhood p9 The Handmaiden(18) p18 8.05pm Wed 10 The Handmaiden(18) p18 10.30am Bafta: B&B 6.00pm The Voices of Eve 7.30pm Earth(no cert) p18 + live score from R Seiliog 6.30pm Neruda(adv15) p18 8.15pm - Reduced Womanhood p9 The Sense of an Ending(15) p12 8.45pm Thu 11 Their Finest(12A) p13 10.30am The Handmaiden(18) p18 2.30pm The Voices of Eve 7.30pm WDFAS - The Rise & Fall NT Live: Obsession(15) p22 7.00pm Neruda(adv15) p18 6.00pm - Reduced Womanhood p9 Of Napoleon Bonaparte p24 The Sense of an Ending(15) p12 8.20pm Fri 12 Carry on Screaming: Their…(12A) p13 11.00am, 2.30pm My Feral Heart 6.00pm The Voices of Eve 7.30pm ChapterLive- Bryony Seir 9.00pm I am Not Your Negro(12A) p18 6.00pm The Handmaiden(18) p18 8.15pm - Reduced Womanhood p9 + The Reardon Smith Leacture p2 Mad To Be Normal(15) p19 8.15pm Sat 13 Beauty & The Beast(PG) p23 11.00am I am Not Your Negro(12A) p18 3.30pm, 5.30pm Flux Collective present 3.00pm Crafty Pics - Zip and Zap 1.50-2.50pm Crafty Pics: Zip & Zap… (PG) p23 3.00pm The Handmaiden(18) p18 7.40pm CSM Graduate Show p8 and the Marble Gang p25 Mad To Be Normal(15) p19 6.00pm The Voices of Eve 2.30+7.30pm Their Finest(12A) p13 8.30pm - Reduced Womanhood p9 Sun 14 Relaxed Environment: Beauty &…(PG) p23 11.00am Their Finest(12A) p13 2.30pm Zip & Zap… (PG) p23 3.00pm Casablanca(U) p13 5.00pm Their Finest(12A) p13 5.50pm The Handmaiden(18) p18 7.30pm Mad To Be Normal(15) p19 8.20pm Mon 15 The Handmaiden(18) p18 2.00pm, 7.50pm Chapter 13: The Love Witch(15) p20 6.00pm Clonc yn y Cwtch p24 6.30-8.30pm Mad To Be Normal(15) p19 5.30pm Their Finest(12A) p13 8.30pm Tue 16 Mad To Be Normal(15) p19 6.00pm I am Not Your Negro(12A) p18 10.30am Stuart Goldsmith 8.00pm Their Finest(12A) p13 8.20pm Relaxed Environment: Casablanca(U) p13 2.30pm - Compared to What p9 The Handmaiden(18) p18 + Adaptations 5.30pm I am Not Your Negro(12A) p18 8.40pm
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These Rotten Words Sun 18 Mar — Sun 11 June pp4+5
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SOFT SUBTITLES / IS–DEITLAU MEDDAL
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Wed 17 Dementia Friendly: Their Finest(12A) p13 10.30am Memoria 10.00am Dementia Friendly: Calamity Jane…(U) p17 2.00pm I am Not Your Negro(12A) p18 1.30pm, 5.45pm Dementia Friendly: Forget Me Not(ctba) p17 6.00pm Dementia Friendly: Early Comedy Shorts 4.00pm Tinted Lens: Mad To Be Normal(15) p19 7.00pm + live score from Paul Shallcross The Handmaiden(18) p18 8.00pm Thu 18 Mad To Be Normal(15) p19 10.30am The Handmaiden(18) p18 1.30pm, 5.30pm Liz Aggiss Slap & Tickle p9 7.30pm Their Finest(12A) p13 2.30pm I am Not Your Negro(12A) p18 8.40pm NT Live: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?(12A) p22 7.00pm Fri 19 Carry on Screaming: Beauty & …(PG) p23 11.00am Don’t Take Me Home(12A) p21 6.15pm From Now On p10 Cardiff Storytelling Circle p24 8.00pm Clash(adv15) p19 2.30pm, 8.20pm The Transfiguration(15) p20 8.15pm Mad To Be Normal(15) p19 6.00pm Sat 20 Beauty & The Beast(PG) p23 11.00am The Transfiguration(15) p20 11.30am From Now On p10 EPFA- Film Making 10.00am-1.00pm Crafty Pics: The Boss Baby(U) p23 3.00pm Napoleon(PG) P22 2.00pm Surgery Day p24 Clash(adv15) p19 6.00pm The Transfiguration(15) p20 8.40pm Talks at Four 4.00pm Mad To Be Normal(15) p19 8.15pm Sun 21 Beauty & The Beast(PG) p23 11.00am The Boss Baby(U) p23 3.00pm Chapter Sewcial 1.00-5.00pm NT Encore: Obsession(15) p22 2.00pm The Foreman Went To France 5.00pm - Summer Skirt p24 Mad To Be Normal(15) p19 6.00pm + Imperial War Museum short Clash(adv15) p19 8.20pm The Transfiguration(15) p20 7.15pm Mon 22 Clash(adv15) p19 2.30pm, 6.00pm Citizen Jane: Battle For The City(PG) p19 6.15pm Clonc yn y Cwtch p24 6.30-8.30pm Mad To Be Normal(15) p19 8.20pm The Transfiguration(15) p20 8.15pm Tue 23 Clash(adv15) p19 10.30am, 8.20pm Relaxed Environment: The Foreman… 2.30pm Bennett Arron - Bennett Arron 7.15pm Mad To Be Normal(15) p19 1.30pm, 6.0pm + Imperial War Museum short Worries About… p11 The Transfiguration(15) p20 6.10pm Citizen Jane: Battle For The City(PG) p19 8.25pm Wed 24 Mad To Be Normal(15) p19 10.30am Citizen Jane: Battle For The City(PG) p19 2.30pm, 8.10pm Khamira p11 8.00pm MaiBock Beer Festival p24 5.00-11.00pm Clash(adv15) p19 1.30pm The Transfiguration(15) p20 6.00pm RSC Live: Anthony & Cleopatra(ctba) p22 7.00pm Thu 25 The Transfiguration(15) p20 10.30am The Transfiguration(15) p20 1.30pm, 6.05pm MaiBock Beer Festival p24 5.00-11.00pm Clash(adv15) p19 2.30pm, 6.00pm Don’t Take Me Home(12A) p21 8.20pm Mad To Be Normal(15) p19 8.15pm Fri 26 Carry on Screaming: Letters From…(ctba) P19 11.00am Mindhorn(15) p20 6.15pm RWCMD - Three Days 7.30pm MaiBock Beer Festival p24 5.00-12.30pm Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience 1.30pm Don’t Take Me Home(12A) p21 8.20pm in the Country p11 ChapterLive- Tendons p24 9.00pm Cezanne Et Moi(12A) p12 6.00pm Lady Macbeth(ctba) p19 8.30pm Sat 27 Beauty & The Beast(PG) p23 11.00am Mindhorn(15) P20 2.30pm , 8.20pm RWCMD - Three Days 7.30pm MaiBock Beer Festival p24 12.00pm-12.30am Crafty Pics: Peppa Pig…(U) p23 3.00pm Letters From Baghdad(12A) p19 6.10pm in the Country p11 Lady Macbeth(ctba) p19 6.00pm Cezanne Et Moi(12A) p12 8.00pm Sun 28 Lady Macbeth(ctba) p19 5.30pm The Boss Baby(U) p23 11.00am Art Car Bootique p6-7 11.00am-11.30pm The Hippopotamus + satellite Q&A 7.30pm Beauty & The Beast(PG) p23 1.30pm MaiBock Beer Festival p24 12.00-11.30pm Unpublished Story + Imperial War Museum short 4.00pm Cezanne Et Moi(12A) p12 6.15pm Mindhorn(15) p20 8.45pm Mon 29 Beauty & The Beast(PG) p23 2.00pm Don’t Take Me Home(12A) p21 3.30pm , 8.20pm Clonc yn y Cwtch p24 6.30-8.30pm Cezanne Et Moi(12A) p12 6.00pm Mindhorn(15) p20 6.15pm Lady Macbeth(ctba) p19 8.30pm Tue 30 Beauty & The Beast(PG) p23 11.00am Mindhorn(15) p20 10.30am , 8.20pm RWCMD - Three Days 7.30pm Film Activity Day - 10.00am-3.30pm Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience(U) p23 2.00pm Relaxed Environment: Unpublished Story 2.30pm in the Country p11 Beauty & The Beast(PG) p25 Lady Macbeth(ctba) p19 6.00pm + Imperial War Museum short Cezanne Et Moi(12A) p12 8.00pm Letters From Baghdad(12A) p19 6.10pm Wed 31 Beauty & The Beast(PG) p23 11.00am Letters From Baghdad(12A) p19 10.30am, 8.55pm Lighting Path- Llwybr Mellt p11 4.00pm Lighting Path - 1.00pm The Boss Baby(U) p23 2.00pm Napoleon(PG) p22 12.30pm RWCMD - Three Days 7.30pm Llwybr Belt Workshop p25 Cezanne Et Moi(12A) p12 6.00pm Mindhorn(15) p20 7.00pm in the Country p11 Lady Macbeth(ctba) p19 8.30pm