Chapter Magazine September 2011 by Chapter

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John Matthews 1954 – 2011 Chair of Chapter Board, 2008 – 2011 A Tribute The arts sector was shocked and saddened to hear that after a short illness John Matthews died at the age of 57. Throughout his long career in the arts, John was a pioneer and the influence of his work can still be seen and felt today. John has been associated with Chapter for many years. Firstly through his role in the early 80s as an instigator of the UK’s first arts marketing consortium, Cardiff Arts Marketing and more recently as the project advisor on our redevelopment programme. His huge and valued commitment to Chapter led to his appointment to our Board of Trustees and then election to Chair — a position about which he was very proud and passionate. In the words of Janek Alexander, until recently our Director, “ With his encyclopaedic knowledge of the sector, his contribution to the new Chapter was immense. At the crowded relaunch in the autumn of 2009, after the formal proceedings, I spotted John walking against the flow of people. He had a great smile across his face as he studied the happy crowd — he thought something very special had been achieved.” The words describing John are echoed by many: he was a consummate professional; a passionate advocate for the arts; a mentor and “guru” to many entering the profession of arts marketing; an inspiring and supportive colleague; a creative visionary in the world of art marketing; and a loyal and generous friend. He leaves a trail blazing legacy which will enhance the work of cultural organisations for years to come. Thank you John — you were a very special man.

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A Fire in the Master’s House is Set Adam Chodzko, Melanie Counsell, Mark Dean, Michael Dean,Sarah Dobai, Ruth Ewan, Roger Hiorns, Andy Holden,Henry Krokatsis, Daren Newman, Elizabeth Price,Mike Ricketts, Matt Stokes, Magnus Quaife. Curated by Simon Morrissey Until Sun 4 Sept • Tan Sul 4 Medi The American band ‘Rage Against the Machine’ became renowned in the 1990s for their abrasive, polemic music that fused rap, heavy rock and a strong activist stance, providing the perfect soundtrack to the idea of rebellion against authority. This exhibition takes its title from the refrain of ‘New Millennium Homes’, a song from their 1999 album ‘Battle of Los Angeles’. The lyric — removed from its original context — hints at ideas of anticipation, of a stage set for an event, of the implication of an action of resistance. Incanted repeatedly in the song, the phrase almost has the quality of a spell — as if the repetition of the phrase, if said enough, could somehow make rebellion truly possible. The exhibition takes this idea and expands it to create a contradictory space in our building. This space is one where ideas of rebellion and resistance — so often the social language of music culture — are invoked but simultaneously muted or buried within abstract forms, as if made into a code that only the initiated understand. Despite the foreboding nature of the exhibition’s title, on the surface many of the works appear formal, beautiful, quiet even. Rather than being explicitly present, music haunts the exhibition, slipping in and out of the works literally and metaphorically. The works give a sensation of latent energy. In response, the exhibition is itself conceived as a kind of spell — as if the combination of the artists’ works might release unknown possibilities. See page 6 for details of Melanie Counsell’s lightbox commission, also part of this exhibition.

Main image: Installation at Chapter, 2011. Above from Left to right: Melanie Counsell, um-ut, 2011. Wall painting. Henry Krokatsis, Untitled (P.F.h, stack), 2011.Cut mirrors. All photos: Jon Pountney.

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Lightbox Comission Melanie Counsell, hh., 2011 The current Lightbox commission by Cardiff-born artist Melanie Counsell forms part of ‘A Fire in the Master’s House is Set’ (see p4). The exhibition deliberately extends beyond the formal gallery space to colonise the rest of the building including the lightbox, café bar, entrance lobby and even the fabric of the city beyond. A vast expanse of violet dominates the façade and establishes both the mood of anticipation that is echoed in many of the works in the Gallery exhibition and the idea of unrevealed potential. In the corner of this colourfield sits an image of the palm of a hand with two strangely sculptural tablets on it. The hand is open in offer, but we do not know what the tablets are or what they are for. Are they medicine or mood-altering drugs? Without answering this question the work directly alters the experience of space. In the interior space behind, the vinyl covering the windows immerses the Theatre foyer in a purple hue completely changing the colour of the environment. Biography: Melanie Counsell was born in 1964 and graduated from Slade School of Fine Art. She lives and works in London. Exhibitions and commissions include solo projects for Artangel, London; Galerie Jennifer Flay, Paris; Matts Gallery, London and Works|Projects, Bristol. In 2007 Melanie was awarded the Sargant Fellowship at the British School at Rome, and has undertaken major residencies at FRAC Corsica (2008) and Cove Park, Scotland (2009). Melanie has works in private collections in the UK, France and Germany and works in major public collections including the Fonds National d’Art Contemporain and Frac des Pays de la Loire, France.

photos: Jon Pountney

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WITH Fri 30 Sept — Sun 6 Nov • Gwe 30 Medi — Sul 6 Tach The WITH project is an intelligent, witty, and engaging rumination on modern life that challenges the parameters and orthodoxy of contemporary art by examining the intentions of artists in a rapidly changing and blurred cultural landscape. Since its inception in 2002, WITH has received critical praise in the UK and beyond, largely through the creation of a diverse range of concepts that are for sale at their website including: Knowthing™ where a commissioner can have their ‘me-time’ delegated to a member of the collective and Mymory™ where a client can have a memory recovered (or lost) on their behalf. These concepts or ‘Solutions’ are the primary manifestation of the artwork; the theme that links all of the ideas together is that a client can have an experience either invented or lived out on their behalf by a member of the collective. For Chapter, WITH are undertaking a number of challenges on behalf of visitors to the exhibition. The humorous gestures within the gallery (and beyond) are more than just mischievous and satirical provocations, giving visitors the opportunity to become commissioner, collector and participant in a thought-provoking, multilayered exhibition that explores the nature of art, labour, experience and belief. www.withyou.co.uk

The WITH Collective, ‘We are/are we guilty on your behalf. Evidence is available at an extra cost.’ (2011) Giclée print, 155 x 110 cms

Assembly: Art in the Bar Elizabeth McDonald Fri 16 Sept — Sun 30 Oct • Gwe 16 Medi — Sul 30 Hyd Elizabeth McDonald’s oil paintings have an anecdotal quality, exploring interweaving narratives of truth and fiction that appear to be gathered from a random collection of her own personal memories and second-hand nostalgia — familiar images of elderly relatives, souvenir shops and chance encounters. They are full of memories and traces of life and occupy a fascinating territory between the distant and the instantly accessible. Although rooted in reality, Elizabeth’s works appear strangely dreamlike. They are painted wet-on-wet with watery, almost off-hand brush strokes that skilfully undermine any coherent or complete narrative. The seemingly unstable surface of the paintings instead hints at an examination of the subconscious and how it is used to recollect. Biography: Elizabeth McDonald was born in 1985 in Plano, Texas. She earned a BFA at the University of North Texas (2008) and has recently completed an MFA at Glasgow School of Art. She was a finalist for the Hunting Art Prize, Texas (2010) and was awarded Second Place in Painting at the Celeste Art Prize, New York (2010). She was also awarded BP Portait’s Young Artist Award, London (2010) and was shortlisted for the John Moore’s Contemporary Painting Prize, Liverpool (2010). Most recent exhibitions include Chalet Prize, The Chalet, Glasgow (2011); The Baths Auction, Govanhill Baths, Glasgow (2011); Celeste Art Prize Exhibition, Invisible Dog Gallery, New York (2010); Salon Art Prize, Matt Roberts Art, London (2010); Two Young American Artists, The Gables, San Angelo, Texas (2010). Her work is held in The San Angelo Museum of Fine Art Collections, San Angelo, Texas.

From L to R: Elizabeth McDonald, Bears Love Licorice, 2009. Oil and watercolor on panel, 60 in by 48 inches. Elizabeth McDonald, Ain’t No Sunshine when the Freezer’s Low, 2011. Oil on panel, 72 in by 48 inches.

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Sherman Cymru at Chapter

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We’re playing host to Sherman Cymru while their building undergoes a £5.4 million redevelopment. They’re continuing to produce and tour theatre and their residency at Chapter features creative learning, new writing and artist development activity. www.shermancymru.co.uk

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Sherman Sherbets Sat 24 Sept — Sat 3 Dec Sad 24 Medi — Sad 3 Rhag These Saturday drama workshops, led by our friendly and experienced tutors, give children the opportunity to be creative, make new friends and learn new skills. 9.30am — 10.30am (Ages 4-6) 12pm — 1pm (Ages 4-6) 10.30am — 12pm (Ages 7-9) 1pm — 2.30pm (Ages 7-9) Ages 4-6: £50 for 10 sessions Ages 7-9: £60 for 10 sessions Please contact: heatherjones@shermancymru.co.uk 029 2064 6911

Yn Theatr Richard Burton, RWCMD/CBCDC Sherman Cymru/Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru

Llwyth [Tribe] gan Dafydd James Tue 13 — Fri 16 Sept • Maw 13 — Gwe 16 Medi Nos Sadwrn gêm ryngwladol ac mae’r brifddinas yn wyllt. Mae Cymru wedi colli ond mae pedwar ffrind hoyw’n benderfynol o gael noson i’w chofio… beth bynnag fo’r gost. Following a hit tour in 2010, here is another chance to see this bold Welsh language play which looks at what it means to be Welsh, to belong, to be a man and to love. www.theatr.com

Sherman Sherbets (photo: Nick Allsop)

Job title: Marketing Officer I hear you’re at the cutting edge of new and social media? Well Google+ is where it’s at at the moment, although it’s mostly full of people talking about Google+, so it’s got a long way to go to supplant my Twitter addiction! If you’re looking for tips, come along to the Social Media Surgery here — 5-7pm on the first Wednesday of every month. Favourite thing about working at Chapter? The art is exciting and challenging, the people are fabulous and the beer is pretty stonking too, especially for an ale girl. Best Chapter event? Gerald Tyler’s Big Hands was a real highlight. Epic and filmic, while still intimate and gripping. Tell us about your theatrical involvements. My Mam used to take me to work with her in wardrobe at Theatre Clwyd in my pram. My Dad was Technical Stage Manager there for 20 years, so I grew up surrounded by the theatre. I was part of Clwyd Youth Theatre and Llanelli Youth Theatre — I suppose I’ve always been destined to work in the arts! How did you get involved with local politics? I’ve always been politically active, so when a friend asked me to help him to campaign on local issues I jumped at the chance. We’re now running as Independents in the local elections in Llandaff North next year. Do you have Welsh or Westminster Government ambitions? Not at all. My passion is really getting involved in the local community and having an immediate impact on things that affect our day to day lives. Who would you like to play you in a film of your life? Alyson Hannigan (yes, I’m a complete Buffy nerd). What’s your favourite snack? Does cake count? Red velvet cup cakes. Or wasabi peas. Tell us a secret… I was baptised by JRR Tolkien’s son. Tell us a joke… What’s the fastest cake? Scone!

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Focus on Translation This series of talks, performances, dance and music explores interculturalism and how people and their culture are translated through different contexts. Cardiff has a rich history of cultural diversity and this series looks at how contemporary artists in Wales are engaging and reflecting upon this issue.

Atlantic Wed 7 Sept • 8pm • Mer 7 Medi An evening of song, dance, discussion and story from the Vancouver-based indigenous and intercultural theatre company, Urban Ink (featuring Diane Roberts, Danielle Smith, Liliona Quarmyne, Chimwemwe Miller and judy mckinley) in collaboration with Alajotas Dance Company from Nigeria (including previous Chapter guest artist Peter Olalekan Adedokun). This event is part of a residency project at Chapter, which focuses on the development of a stage performance that explores questions of translation, migration and ancestral memory reflecting upon aspects of Afrisporic and global history. The evening also includes performances from Ugandan instrumentalist Pedson Kasume in collaboration with Cardiff-based multi-disciplinary artist Emma J. Lawton. £6/£5/£4

India Dance Wales Navarasa (9 emotions) Sat 17 Sept • 8pm • Sad 17 Medi Led by Artistic Director Kiran Ratna, India Dance Wales is one of the foremost Indian dance organisations in the UK. This new original work of Bharatanatyam dance explores Nava (meaning 9) and Rasa (meaning evoking inner emotion). The performance reaches out to hearts and minds through the experiences of Nataraja (the lord of dance) as he feels all nine emotions: namely Shigara (love), Veera (Valour), Karuna (compassion), Adbhuda (wonder), Hasya (laughter), Bhaya (fear), Bheebhatsa (disgust), Raudra (anger) and Shanta (peace). Navarasa is followed by a dynamic piece called Tillana choreographed by the acclaimed Delhi-based Leela Sampson. Featuring guest Carnatic musicians from India: Bharathi Venugopal (vocals), Sumod Sridhar (percussion) and Thiagarajan Ramani (flute and violin). Followed by a post-show talk. £10/£8 + Workshop with the musicians and dancers from India Dance Wales on Thu 15 Sept at 6pm. Please contact the box office for details.

Between Text and Performance Thu 22 Sept • 6.30pm • Iau 22 Medi Hong Kong writer and director Vee Leong discusses her ongoing project in collaboration with On & On Theatre Workshop to translate the work of significant contemporary European playwrights (such as Caryl Churchill, Marius von Mayenberg, Martin Crimp and Falk Richter) into Cantonese. The project is in part a response to the highly commercialised environment of Hong Kong and its theatre scene. Leong will be discussing the evolving social and cultural context in which the plays were presented and the challenges of translation between cultures. Free

Ballet Nimba Wed 28 — Fri 30 Sept • 8pm • Mer 28 — Gwe 30 Medi An evening of West African culture, mythology, dance and music from Wales’s new African dance-theatre company, Ballet Nimba. The show features traditional and contemporary Guinean dance from six agile performers, the rare talents of a Fulani flute player and the rootsy sound of the Ngoni, the traditional African acoustic guitar. Combined with the rousing rhythms of some of West Africa’s most talented percussionists, it’ll be a challenge to stay seated during the performance. Fresh from a show at the Southbank in London, Ballet Nimba are performing a double bill featuring ‘Saiyama’ and ‘Payapaya’. The extremely talented young Gambian multiinstrumentalist Sura Susso will be opening the evening in style - a rare opportunity to experience the joys of the kora (twenty-one stringed African harp). £12/£10/£8 www.balletnimba.org.uk

Rabab Ghazoul Tue 27 Sept • 6.30pm • Maw 27 Medi A talk by Cardiff-based artist Rabab Ghazoul about her on-going art practice within and between diverse communities, audiences and artforms in Cardiff and beyond. Free

Images opposite (clockwise from top): Emma J. Lawton, Atlantic, Ballet Nimba, India Dance Wales

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Stevenage by Mandy Romero Tue 30 Aug • 8pm • Maw 30 Awst

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“In August of 1968 a young man wearing a brown corduroy suit travelled from his home in the Midlands and ran away to Stevenage New Town. Something happened there, or didn’t happen...” Stevenage is a multimedia solo performance by transgender artist Mandy Romero. Stevenage — the first English New Town — may seem an unlikely subject, but it’s a performance which beautifully explores many interlinked lives — the ‘young man in the brown corduroy suit’, an English pastoral poet, a young woman who moved south in the early years of the 20th century, a young film actor, a town, two villages and the lives of a post-war generation. Conceived and created by Mandy Romero. Directed by Cathy Butterworth. £10/£8/£6 Part of Cardiff LGBT Mardi Gras Arts Festival 2011. www.cardiffmardigras.co.uk www.facebook.com/cardiffmardigras

Mess Up The Mess Click Sat 10 Sept • 2.30pm + 7.30pm • Sad 10 Medi “Gazing through the windows of the World, But do you really see me?’’ The Carmarthenshire-based company Mess Up The Mess comes to Chapter with this international youth theatre collaboration. Click was written by Dafydd James, who also wrote Sheman Cymru’s production Llwyth (see p9). Suitable for ages 13+ £5/£3.50 www.messupthemess.co.uk

On The Edge Kick For Touch by Peter Gill Tue 13 Sept • 8pm • Maw 13 Medi For the first of his autumn season of script-held plays, Michael Kelligan welcomes Nick Wayland Evans, founder member of ‘Only Men Aloud’, to join the cast. For many years Nick has worked as an actor and musician all over the UK. He was regularly seen in the Christmas productions at the Sherman Theatre, and appeared in The Borrowers, one of Phil Clark’s most successful productions. This production also features Dick Bradnum and Polly Kilpatrick, and is directed by Bethan Morgan. Kick For Touch tells the story of a love triangle between two brothers, Joe and Jim, and Joe’s wife Eileen. £4 (on the door)

“an explosive concentration and lyrical integrity rare, not to say unique, among living British playwrights.” — Plays and Players

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Go Faster Stripe Norman Lovett & Arnold Brown Sat 3 Sept • 8pm • Sad 3 Medi The Go Faster Stripe team are back with another comedy DVD filming night. This splendid double bill features two chaps who have been performing stand-up since the start of the alternative comedy movement in the 80s. Norman Lovett is best known for his portrait of Holly in Red Dwarf. His comedy has a quiet, deadpan surrealism. Arnold Brown performed at the first ever night of the Comedy Store back in 1979, and epitomises laid back comedy. He’s recently been seen as Stewart’s Godzila fighting granddad in ‘Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle’. Norman and Arnold are each performing a 45 minute set, followed by a 30 minute interview that we’ll be using as a DVD extra. £10

Tony Law: Go! Wed 14 Sept • 8pm • Mer 14 Medi Join Tony Law for an evening of off-the-wall, boundary-defying stand-up comedy and find out why he’s regarded as one of the finest performers on the comedy circuit by audiences and peers alike. Tony has featured on ‘Russell Howard’s Good News’, ‘Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle’, ‘Edinburgh Or Bust’ and ‘Edinburgh & Beyond’. £10/£8 www.mrtonylaw.com www.twitter.com/mrtonylaw

Fernhill Sat 1 Oct • 8pm • Sad 1 Hyd Championed by Led Zeppelin legend Robert Plant and Radio 1’s Huw Stephens, Fernhill make some of the most beautiful and inventive folk music of any group working in Britain today. They are currently promoting their latest CD ‘Canu rhydd’ which was recorded in Dartington school of arts in summer 2010. Fernhill are Julie Murphy (vocals), Ceri Rhys Matthews (guitar and flute),Christine Cooper (fiddle) and Tomos Williams (trumpet). £12/£10/£8 www.fernhill.info

“a very beautiful album” — Verity Sharp, Late Junction BBC radio 3

Living Pictures & Cegin Productions Diary Of A Madman Thu 6 — Sat 8 Oct • 8pm • Iau 6 — Sad 8 Hyd + Sat 8 Oct • 2pm • Sad 8 Hyd Poprishchin is a low ranking civil servant in 1830s Russia, struggling to make his mark, but one day he makes an amazing discovery. Could he really be the next King of Spain? Directed by Sinead Rushe and performed by Robert Bowman, Nikolai Gogol’s dark comedy explores one man’s journey into a surreal fantasy world. £12/£10/£8

“clever and blithely zany, he’s just what the doctor ordered” **** Daily Telegraph “moments of demented genius” — Chortle

From L to R: Norman Lovett, Tony Law

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“And that is why we can’t have these fatally radiant creatures walking round the place reminding us how clumsy and meanspirited and graceless and cowardly and shapeless and flabby and foul we all are. Do you see?”

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F.A.B. Theatre The Drowned World by Gary Owen directed by Steve Fisher

Tue 20 — Sat 24 September • 8pm Maw 20 — Sad 24 Medi + Sat 24 Sept • 2.30pm • Sad 24 Medi The hunters and the hunted. The diseased and the clean. The despised and the desired. The depraved and the pure. Which are you? “Obviously I’m not a real angel, because real angels don’t go threatening to shoot people in the throat.” After their successful international tour of Ian Rowlands’ Blink, F.A.B. are back with the Welsh premiere of Gary Owen’s award-winning play. £10/£8/£6

“Owen writes like an angel with a foul mouth” — The Guardian

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playARK Cardiff’s very own two-day games festival features world renowned speakers discussing new ways of thinking, using games and play in business, education and society as a whole. The second day brings together a unique mix of digital, retro and board games alongside an exciting programme of physical games. The city will become your playground and the streets your hiding places. playARK talks

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Fri 30 Sept • 9.30am — 3.30pm • Gwe 30 Medi From an early age, play and games are hugely important to our development as people. Games can bring people together and open new and unique channels of interaction. So why do we stop ‘playing’ in our adult years? Could games be the key to our future development; produce closer connections with our communities; create a more engaging education system and provide a new direction for business? playARK’s speakers include world renowned game designers, producers, commissioners and creators including: Alice Taylor — founder of Makielab; Matt Locke — founder of Storythings, a company that experiments with new ways of telling stories; David Sharp — developer and commercialising/ licensing specialist; Dr Gareth Loudon — principal lecturer in Product Design and Head of Masters studies at Cardiff School of Art and Design; Wendy Keay-Bright — award-winning researcher whose interaction design projects have included Somantics, ReacTickles, and ECHOES; Mark Stevenson — successful writer/ comedian and consultant on future narratives, institutional innovation, engineered serendipity and learning; and Dan Dixon — Senior lecturer at University of the West of England.

Sat 1 Oct • 10am — 5pm • Sad 1 Hyd Solve the mystery of the mobile murderer, chase the stag through the forest, be the first to collect all your numbers in Human Bingo, beat your friends in The Retro Game tournament and be the first to try exciting new digital games. A huge range of games are taking place in unusual spaces in and around Chapter. So if you fancy a walk down memory lane, or want to take a look at the games of the future, then come out and play. There are games that are suitable for adults, families, groups of friends or individuals.

£30/ £15 (Lunch included) Keep an eye on the website for full programme details http://playark.co.uk/

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GAME PREMIERE: EVERWAKE Sat 1 Oct • 6pm — 8pm • Sad 1 Hyd In all our nightmares we become trapped… Lost… Forgotten. But what happens when the nightmare becomes reality? Get ready for an experience that will scare you to your limits. Listen, play, explore and run… run like your soul depends on it. Everwake is a new type of entertainment and narrative. Mixing street gaming with online storytelling and play to create a magical and frightening world of ghosts and spirits. Can you survive? The event spans the whole of Canton and requires players to move between several locations in small groups. Strictly for ages 18+ £10/£8 Find out more at www.everwakethegame.co.uk

playARK is a collaboration between thinkARK and Chapter. The event is part of Cardiff Design Festival 2011, and is supported by The UnLtd Millennium Awards Scheme. PlayARK talks is further sponsored by the Cardiff School of Creative and Cultural Industries and Cardiff Council through ECCE Innovation — new markets for Cultural and Creative Industries.

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Drones Comedy Club

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Fri 2 + Fri 16 Sept • 8.30pm • Gwe 2 + Gwe 16 Medi The very best in new stand-up comedy.

Sat 10 Sept • 3.30pm • Sad 10 Medi This listening event runs alongside a music night held in Cardiff Arts Institute. One classic and one brand new album are chosen each month, and listened to in the plush surroundings of Cinema 2.

£3.50 (on the door)

Cardiff Storytelling Circle Sun 4 Sept • 8pm • Sul 4 Medi Cardiff Storytelling Circle invites you to share and listen to stories in relaxed company. £3 (on the door)

Coffee Shop Debate: Rev. Lionel Fanthorpe Tue 6 Sept • 6.30pm • Maw 6 Medi The latest in a series of lively, informal debates from the Institute of Welsh Affairs delves into the ghostly mysteries of Wales in the company of popular TV and radio presenter Rev. Lionel Fanthorpe. Strange spectres have been reported from the heights of Glyder Fawr, and Llanthony Secunda Manor is one of the most haunted locations in the UK. The ancient Skirrid Inn near Abergavenny seemingly re-stages the hangings that took place there, and the troubled spirit of Rudolf Hess allegedly walks on Skirrid Mountain! Free (please call 029 2066 0820 to book a place)

SWDFAS Lecture Thu 8 Sept • 2pm • Iau 8 Medi South Wales Decorative and Fine Arts Society welcomes David Phillips to Chapter, who will be asking “Can we trust the experts on good and bad in art?” Art critics and experts are often hilariously lampooned, whether as critics of contemporary work, or as experts on historical art. But the minefields facing experts need not deter the rest of us from making artistic quality judgements. £5 (on the door) www.swdfas.org.uk

Oh So Crafty Sat 10 Sept • 11am-6pm • Sad 10 Medi Rummage and root through the best in local craft at our new quarterly faire that’s filled with all things bright and beautiful — from jewellery and homeware to textiles and ceramics. Previous participants have included: Random Vintage, Ellymental, Cool4Cats, Kate Dumbleton and many more. For more info check out www.facebook.com/chaptergallery or follow us on Twitter @ChapterGallery. Free

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Boardgaming Sundays Sun 11 Sept • 5.30pm • Sul 11 Sept Join Cardiff’s friendly games shop Rules of Play in our caffi bar for this monthly games night. Bring your favourite board games, or just bring yourself and borrow a game from the demo library — whatever your age and ability, there’ll be something you like. Friendly volunteers are on hand to explain rules and make sure everyone is looked after! Free

Fabler Shakespeare Readers: The Merchant of Venice Sun 11 Sept • 6.30pm • Sul 11 Medi Fabler Shakespeare Readers get together every month to experience the works of the great bard spoken aloud. All are welcome. Please bring along a copy of the script if you have one. £3 (on the door) www.fabler.co.uk

Viva Vitis – Chile Sat 17 Sept • 6pm • Sad 17 Medi This new series of wine tasting events features music, pictures, films and food, helping you to develop your senses and awareness of the cultures that produce some of the world’s favourite wines. Taking place on the day before Chilean Independence Day, this first event introduces you to many delicious Chilean wines, guided by Gloria Vásquez from Valparaíso. For more information and to book your place please email glotasting@gmail.com

Chapter Pub Quiz Sun 25 Sept • 7pm • Sul 25 Medi Our special interactive quiz contains general knowledge questions inspired by our October programme. Come along to the cinema foyer to test out those grey cells.

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EXPERIMENTICA 1.1 Wed 12 — Sun 16 Oct • Mer 12 — Sul 16 Hyd Our annual live and time-based art festival returns in October with another provocative and challenging programme from Wales and across the world. Here’s this year’s manifesto from the Experimentica 1.1 team.

MANIFESTO 1.1 Futuristic and foolish? We have been up all night my friends, the lamp light thrilled by moths, moths as feverish and futile as our hearts. And trampling underfoot our natural cynicism on the cruddy carpets of a rented Roath flat, we have been discussing right up to (or past) the limits of logic. Scrawling notes over coffee stained paper after paper. The windows shook as a train passed, the night froze up and let out loud cracks, drunk became the drinkers, beastliness became the television, sorry songs emerged... We awoke this morning not visionaries. We awoke not conjurers or clairvoyants. Just plain old artists with an idea. Common as an artist’s commune. A spectre haunts Chapter Arts Centre. All the powers of apathy, fashion, and muso sneers have entered into utilitarian alliance to exorcise this spectre. Where are the troublesome? Where are the un-fashionable? Where are the jitters, the outsiders and the underhand educators? Which clandestine corner hummms with poetry? Two things must result: i) Action ii) Art To this end Experimentica assembles the actionists and artists, armed with no end of experiments in thoughts and objects and bodies. Individually we have all invested in different perspectives, varied approaches, and beguilement. Together though our labour holds one common direction: art moves towards knowledge. The faint outlines below form an initial sketch; an Experimentica Manifesto. These lines that over the festival of performance we fill with colour. What’s going on? Artists generate knowledge in actions and objects and the relationships between things. Knowledge of space and material. Knowledge of intuition and something between faith and politics. The final part there, that bit between faith and politics. That’s important. It is something more like love, or care. Art could certainly be a knowledge and an application of care.

The most important question you can ask an artist in order to learn more about an artwork they have made is: ‘What do you care about?’ It is a difficult question though; give them some time to think about it. Why is that such a difficult question? We are resigned to art. It’s something that we must get along with. Made with no grand intentions of changing the world, educating the masses, or imparting important messages. It’s a deal with the vacantness of the world. It’s an act with no agenda or tainted strategy. It’s a total failure of pragmatic utility. Art - An elegy. Art - A poetic zero, that in its very chilling and humble humanity reverberates with something. Something not found in apples and medicines and good business sense. I don’t care about the art world... Here then, a spectre haunts the building, believe me. The spectre we talk about is a spectre of care. It is a discourse of art that happens too rarely. It is a discourse of culture that happens too rarely. It is where art is not a separated thing from culture. Care is a critique of culture on moral grounds. ‘Moral grounds?’ Yes ‘You presumptuous pig! You absolute colonial arsehole! You sick ugly sick sick sick idealist!’ Here we go... Idealist: the worst of the worst. The lowest of the low. What is it that you love? Is there something towards which you are so indebted that it’s impossible to not swoon with visual language. Love that fills you with such furious anger? Love that looks simple in simple things? Then what does it mean? Then what does it meeeaaan? Then what does it meeeeaaaan? Then what does it meeeeeaaaaan? Then… Then art can be an act! Art can be an act of living critical culture. Then ACT! Calm down. This is a manifesto.

The Salt of Life

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The Salt of Life

Fri 26 Aug — Thu 1 Sept • Gwe 26 Awst — Iau 1 Medi

Denmark/2010/119mins/subtitled/15. Dir: Susanne Bier. With Mikael Persbrandt, Trine Dyrholm, Markus Rygaard.

Italy/2011/90mins/subtitled/12A. Dir: Gianni Di Gregorrio. With: Gianni Di Gregorio, Valeria De Franciscis.

Having worked in a brutal, war-torn corner of Africa, Anton goes back to his idyllic life in suburban Denmark only to find a different type of viciousness in the schoolyard of his son’s school. His eldest, Elias, has been saved from bullies by new kid Christian. It quickly becomes apparent that after his mother’s death something deep inside Christian has snapped and Anton’s pacifist argument seems weak. This Oscar-winning film demonstrates that each action has its consequences and the solution to an ugly problem is not always obvious.

Gianni, a recently retired house husband, has many things to worry about but romance is not one of them. He lives with his wife and daughter in a small apartment in Rome, filling his days by walking his neighbour’s dogs, picking up groceries, paying bills and being taken for granted by his daughter and her lazy boyfriend. One day his old friend Alfonso, inspired by his own surprising sexual escapades, decides it’s time for Gianni to get a girlfriend and reacquaint himself with some of life’s pleasures. With this story that says much about Berlusconi’s Italy, Gianni Di Gregorio (Mid-August Lunch) has once again turned in a charming funny film.

Sarah’s Key Fri 19 Aug — Thu 1 Sept • Gwe 19 Awst — Iau 1 Medi France/2010/111mins/subtitled/12A. Dir: Gilles PaquetBrenner. With Kristen Scott Thomas, Mélusine Mayance.

Julia Jarmond, an American journalist married to a Frenchman, is commissioned to write an article about the notorious Vel d’Hiv round up, which took place in Paris, in 1942. She stumbles upon a family secret which will link her forever to the destiny of a young Jewish girl, Sarah. Dealing with the difficult history of France’s role in the rounding up of Jews during Nazi occupation, Kristen Scott Thomas gives another beautifully measured performance in this gentle detective story. + Adaptations Wed 31 Aug • Mer 31 Awst The reading group with a difference gets together following the screening to discuss the English language bestseller ‘Sarah’s Key’ by Tatiana de Rosnay.

In a Better World

The Tree Fri 26 Aug — Thu 1 Sept • Gwe 26 Awst — Iau 1 Medi Australia/France/Italy/Germany/2010/100mins/12A. Dir: Julie Bertuccelli. With Charlotte Gainsbourg, Morgana Davies.

The O’Neils are living happily in the Australian countryside until fate rears its ugly head and strikes down husband and father Peter, leaving the family alone in their grief and sorrow. Little Simone becomes convinced that her father’s spirit is inside the magnificent fig tree in the garden, which grows vigorously and has an increasing importance in their lives. She and her mother Dawn turn to the tree for comfort but its roots begin to become intrusive and threaten the structure of the house. This mesmerising modern fairy-tale showcases lovely performances from Charlotte Gainsbourg and newcomer Morgana Davies, and uses beautiful cinematography to show our connection to nature and the need to move on.

The Tree

Beautiful Lies Fri 2 — Thu 8 Sept • Gwe 2 — Iau 8 Medi France/2010/104mins/subtitled/12A. Dir: Pierre Salvadori. With Audrey Tautou, Sami Bouajila, Nathalie Baye.

The director and star of Priceless have teamed up again to create this charming romantic comedy. Emilie runs a busy hairdressing salon in the south of France with little time for love or romance. So when she starts to receive anonymous love letters, she decides to send them on to her mother who, still reeling from a broken heart, needs to rebuild her confidence. However, when the secret admirer is revealed and she realises that she too may be falling for him, things become complicated.

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Point Blank Fri 2 — Thu 8 Sept • Gwe 2 — Iau 8 Medi France/2011/86mins/subtitled/15. Dir: Fred Cavaye. With Gilles Lellouche, Roschdy Zem, Elena Anaya.

Everything is going well for Samuel and his beautiful wife Nadia: he is studying to become a registered nurse and they are expecting their first child. But when Nadia is abducted and Samual is knocked out cold trying to stop the kidnapper, everything changes. When he comes to, his phone is ringing with directions to free a hospital patient from under police surveillance in order to save his wife. With just three hours to act, he must form an uneasy alliance with this wanted criminal and become a fugitive suspect himself. Director Cavayé follows Anything for Her with this fast-paced intricate thriller which features great performances from an international cast.

Honey Fri 2 — Thu 8 Sept • Gwe 2 — Iau 8 Medi Turkey/2011/87mins/subtitled/PG. Dir: Semih Kaplanoglu. With Bore Altas, Erdal Besikcioglu, Tulin Ozen.

Double CL1C card points

Six year old Yusuf has just started primary school in an isolated region in northeast Turkey. Tongue-tied to the point of stuttering paralysis and ridiculed by his classmates, he can speak quite clearly when he’s with his father gathering honey. Sometimes working higher than the eye can see in this risky trade, Yusef watches his father in the treetops of the forest which has become a place of mystery and adventure for him. But when his father doesn’t return from a faraway forest in a treacherous mountainous area, Yusuf must summon all his courage and head deep into the forest to search for him. Winner of the Golden Bear Award at last year’s Berlin Film Festival.

Film Socialisme Fri 2 — Thu 8 Sept • Gwe 2 — Iau 8 Medi France/2010/102mins/subtitled/PG. Dir: Jean-Luc Godard. With Catherine Tanvier, Christian Sinniger, Patti Smith.

The latest from 80-year-old Jean-Luc Godard is one of his most formally audacious, as well as one of his most resonant films. As a garish cruise ship travels around the Mediterranean with singer Patti Smith among its passengers, Godard embarks on a state of the EU address in a vibrant collage of philosophical quotes, historical revelations and pure cinematographic beauty. Film Socialisme is never simply an intellectual exercise; there’s a passion behind this torrent of words and images, a sense of the vital importance of the issues addressed and the need to find new ways for cinema to discuss them. Please note: Contains mild language and footage of real dead bodies.

One Day Fri 9 — Thu 22 Sept • Gwe 9 — Iau 22 Medi USA/2011/108mins/12A. Dir: Lone Scherfig. With Anne Hathaway, Jim Sturgess, Patricia Clarkson.

Adapted from the internationally best-selling novel, One Day follows the 20-year relationship of Emma and Dexter: from their first, fumblingly romantic day together at their university graduation in the late 80s where everything in the world seemed possible, to their much changed adult lives two decades later as reality has bitten, and every St Swithin’s Day in between. While playboy Dexter can shrug off their first encounter as a one night stand, Emma is less casual with her feelings and this charming comedy doesn’t shy away from exploring the pain along with the joy of their relationship. + Adaptations Mon 19 Sept • Llun 19 Medi The reading group with a difference gets together following the screening to discuss One Day and David Nicholls’ book that inspired it.

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Bad Film Club House of the Dead Sun 4 Sept • Sul 4 Medi Germany/Canada/USA/2003/90mins/15. Dir: Uwe Boll. With Jonathan Cherry, Tyron Leitso, Clint Howard.

Nicko and Joe are back from their summer break with another helping of bad movie madness. You know how bad films are that are derived from video games? Well this one is no exception to the rule. A group of ‘teenagers’ hightail it to an island for a rave and discover that the rest of the party animals have been killed by a rogue group of mutant zombies. Have your cinematic guns at the ready for this 90 minute shoot-em-up.

Potiche Fri 9 — Thu 15 Sept • Gwe 9 — Iau 15 Medi France/2010/103mins/subtitled/15. Dir: Francois Ozon. With: Gerald Depardieu, Catherine Deneuve, Fabrice Luchini.

Just in case you missed it the first time round, here’s another chance to see this great summer hit. When her tyrannical industrialist husband is taken hostage by the striking employees of his umbrella factory, a 70s trophy wife takes the reins of the family business and proves to be a remarkably effective boss, to everyone’s surprise. Helped by her ex-lover, the town’s communist mayor, she puts an end to the strike and gets the factory running again. But when her husband returns, the situation gets complicated… A screwball French comedy about the war between the sexes and classes, directed by Francois Ozon with great style and affection.

Potiche

Powder Fri 9 — Thu 15 Sept • Gwe 9 — Iau 15 Medi UK/2011/100mins/adv15. Dir: Mark Elliott. With Liam Boyle, Alfie Allen, Jo Woodcock.

Based on a best-selling novel by Kevin Sampson and filmed in Ibiza and live at the V Festival, this tale of sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll captures all the energy and excitement of a Liverpool band, The Grams, as they break into the big time. It’s an unflinching journey through the machinations of the music industry, as the band struggle to keep themselves from losing sight of what it is that brought them together in the first place. The film features an original soundtrack from Starsailor’s James Walsh.

Chapter MovieMaker Mon 5 Sept • Llun 5 Medi MovieMaker is a regular showcase for short films by independent filmmakers. If you’d like more information, or have a film you’d like to show, please email moviemaker@chapter.org or call Chapter Cinema on 029 2030 4400. Free (please reserve tickets in advance) http://chaptermoviemaker.blogspot.com

Powder

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A Feeling for Ealing We’re using the 60th anniversary of The Lavender Hill Mob and the centenary of the birth of Kind Hearts and Coronets director Robert Hamer (son of Welsh character actor Gerald Hamer), as the perfect excuse to bring you this collection of some of the finest Ealing comedies.

Kind Hearts and Coronets

Whisky Galore!

Sun 4 + Tue 6 Sept • Sul 4 + Maw 6 Medi

Sun 18 + Tue 20 Sept • Sul 18 + Maw 20 Medi

UK/1949/106mins/U. Dir: Robert Hamer. With Alec Guiness, Dennis Price, Valerie Hobson.

UK/1949/82mins/U. Dir: Alexander Mackendrick. With Basil Radford, Joan Greenwood, Catherine Lacey.

Perhaps the most perfect of all the Golden-Age Ealing comedies, Kind Hearts and Coronets famously features Alec Guinness as eight different unsuspecting members of the aristocratic D’Ascoyne family — bumped off one by one by the scheming, outcast cousin of the family, Louis Mazzini. The film features stunning and inventive cinematography by Douglas Slocombe, and a groundbreaking first-person narrative that, legend has it, inspired Scorsese to use the same device in Goodfellas.

Based on the true story of the wreck of the SS Politician in 1941, Whisky Galore! tells the story of a battle between whisky-starved Scottish islanders and an officious English customs officer who are both desperate to get their hands on the precious, alcoholic cargo of a recently wrecked ship. With a support cast of locals from the nearby Hebridean islands, this was Ealing’s most profitable film.

The Lavender Hill Mob Sun 11 + Tue 13 Sept • Sul 11 + Maw 13 Medi UK/1951/81mins/U. Dir: Charles Crichton. With Alec Guiness, Stanley Holloway, Sid James.

This joyful comedy caper follows Holland, a meek bank clerk, and Pendlebury, an eccentric neighbour, as they attempt to steal gold bars from the Bank of England and smuggle them out of the country as miniature Eiffel Towers. It would seem to be the perfect crime but for the English’s legendary lack of skill in other languages.

Kind Hearts and Coronets

A Run For Your Money Sun 25 + Tue 27 Sept • Sul 25 + Maw 27 Medi UK/1949/85mins/U. Dir: Charles Frend. With Alec Guinness, Donald Houston, Meredith Edwards.

Two brothers from a Welsh mining village take their first trip to London to collect a newspaper competition prize. On missing their newspaper escort and getting separated they meet a con artist and fall prey to sundry other urban distractions.

The Lavender Hill Mob

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The Guard Fri 9 — Thu 15 Sept • Gwe 9 — Iau 15 Medi Ireland/2011/96mins/15. Dir: Michael McDonagh. With Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheale, Mark Strong.

Brendan Gleeson takes the unorthodox cop character to the edge in this dark Irish comedy. Sergeant Gerry Boyle shrugs off crime, drinks, takes drugs and socialises with the local prostitutes while on duty. But he’s forced out of his normal routine when his newbie, city-transplant partner McBride goes missing, and straight-laced FBI Agent Wendell Everett arrives on the scene. Polar opposites, the two must team up for an investigation that tests them both to their limits. Treating genre elements with both seriousness and subversive humour, the leads sparkle with chemistry in this upside-down Irish Western.

Kill List Fri 16 — Thu 22 Sept • Gwe 16 — Iau 22 Medi UK/2011/95mins/18. Dir: Ben Wheatley. With Neil Maskell, Michael Smiley, MyAnna Buring.

This deeply edgy, gory thriller maintains a perfect tension throughout before dropping a bombshell which may test the thresholds of some viewers. Having said this, British director Wheatley has avoided creating a genre horror, instead offering us a carefully observed character study. When Jay, a shellshocked ex-soldier turned hitman returns home after a failed job, tensions run high until he is finally persuaded by his wife and a fellow ex-soldier to return to contract killing to help pay the bills. Jay’s already tenuous moral compass spirals out of control in coldly staged scenes of brutal violence, but we come to realise there is far more to Jay than meets the eye as the film’s final horror is revealed.

A Better Life Fri 16 — Thu 22 Sept • Gwe 16 — Iau 22 Medi USA/2011/98mins/12A. Dir: Chris Weitz. With Demian Bichir, Jose Julian, Eddie Sotelo.

Double CL1C card points

Carlos, a non-legal Mexican immigrant works hard tending the gardens of the rich residents of Los Angeles and struggles to keep his 15 year old son away from what appears to be the easy life offered by joining a gang, while avoiding the threat of immigration agents. When the van they depend upon is stolen, father and son set off to find who may be responsible. Director, Chris Weitz (About a Boy) offers up a touching journey through the undocumented world of illegal immigrants and marginal workers who are essential to the city’s economy.

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The Skin I Live In Fri 16 — Thu 29 Sept • Gwe 16 — Iau 29 Medi Spain/2011/117mins/subtitled/15. Dir: Pedro Almodovar. With Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Jan Cornet.

Ever since his wife was burned in a car crash, Dr. Robert Ledgard, an eminent plastic surgeon, has been interested in creating a new skin with which he could have saved her. After twelve years, he succeeds in cultivating a skin that provides a real shield against every assault. However, to complete his experiment, Robert and Marilia his lifelong accomplice must eschew their scruples to test it on a human guinea pig — a mysterious and volatile woman who may hold the key to his obsession. Almodovar and Banderas have teamed up again after a 20 year hiatus to move into a new dark territory in this disturbing film noir.

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Ken Loach at 75 The acclaimed British director has had an often contentious 50-year career in films, television, plays and documentaries. To celebrate his 75th birthday, we’re screening a small selection of his early work for the BBC together with Kes (see p35) and a small series of education events.

The Wednesday Play – Up The Junction Wed 7 Sept • Mer 7 Medi UK/1965/75mins/12. Dir: Ken Loach. With Geraldine Sherman, Carol White, Vickery Turner.

Rube and Sylvie are strident young women who want to have fun; while Eileen, Rube’s sister is quieter and wants to train as a nurse and to leave the factory they all work in. Watched by a TV audience of 10 million on its first transmission, the film follows their lives, loves and losses and was the first to seriously tackle the issue of abortion.

The Wednesday Play – Cathy Come Home Wed 14 Sept • Mer 14 Medi UK/1966/80mins/PG. Dir: Ken Loach. With Carol White, Ray Brooks, Emmett Hennessy.

Cathy and Reg fall on hard times when Reg is injured at work. They begin a slide into poverty, debt and homelessness, until the authorities forcibly take Cathy’s children away. Loach’s grim picture of mid-sixties London was the inspiration behind the formation of the housing charity ‘Shelter’.

Play For Today – The Price Of Coal Wed 21 Sept • Mer 21 Medi UK/1977/150mins/PG. Dir: Ken Loach. With Ted Beyer, Duggie Brown, Paul Chappell.

Written by Barry Hines (Kes), these 2 linked television plays are set in a Yorkshire coal mine and star many local club comedians. Part One is a light hearted look at the preparations for an official visit by Prince Charles. Part Two is loosely based on the attempts to rescue some trapped men during the Lofthouse Colliery disaster in 1973 where some miners lost their lives.

Up The Junction

Poor Cow

Wed 28 Sept • Mer 28 Medi UK/1967/101mins/15. Dir: Ken Loach. With Terence Stamp, Carol White, John Bindon

Ken Loach’s debut feature film tells the story of Joy, a woman whose life is filled with bad choices. She marries the father of her child but he’s quickly imprisoned leaving her to fend for herself, with the help of his friend Dave. When he too is imprisoned for a violent crime, she makes ends meet by working in a bar and glamour modelling, while her child becomes an increasing hindrance. When her son goes missing, she finally comes to understand what is important to her.

Film Education Events Tue 27 — Thu 29 Sept • Maw 27 — Iau 29 Medi On Tue 27 Sept, screenings of Looking For Eric (2009, cert 15) are accompanied by an illustrated lecture for GCSE and A Level students, which introduces the concepts of Auteur Theory, referencing a variety of Loach’s films. On Wed 28 + Thu 29 Sept, film literacy days for KS2 are supported by screenings of Kes (1969, cert PG) — see p35 for description. Explore the basics of film language and take part in activities on the formation and context of identity — aimed at years 5 and 6 (10 and 11 year olds). For information and booking, please contact matt.beere@chapter.org or call our box office. Kes + Workshop, £3.50 per participant, staff free. Looking for Eric + Lecture, £3 per participant, staff free.

Poor Cow

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Llygaid Sgwâr Gan Philip Wyn Jones Mae bywyd Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855) yn ymdebygu i gynnwys nofel; marwolaethau perthnasau ifanc, brawd alcoholig a phrofiadau addysgol annifyr. Adlewyrchir ei phrofiadau personol yn ei nofel, Jane Eyre. Gwelwn Jane yn datblygu o’i phlentyndod mewn tlodi i fod yn wraig ifanc hyderus ac annibynnol ei natur. Mae ganddi safonau moesol pendant ond dyw hi ddim yn cefnogi unrhyw gyfundrefn grefyddol benodol. Dyw ei chrefydd hi ddim yn gyfystyr â bod yn hunangyfiawn ac mae’n chwilio am hapusrwydd. Mae’n gymeriad deniadol a does ryfedd fod y nofel wedi esgor ar lu o weithiau ac addasiadau eraill. Cafwyd fersiynau radio a theledu, nofel graffig, sioe gerdd, opera a bale, a’r ffilmiau Wide Sargasso Sea (John Duigan, 1993) ar sail nofel gan Jean Rhys sy’n fath o ragymadrodd i nofel Brontë ac I Walked with a Zombie (Jacques Tourneur, 1943) sydd wedi ‘benthyca’ stori Jane Eyre. Prif gymeriadau’r nofel ac felly’r ffilmiau a seiliwyd arni yw Jane Eyre ei hun a’r gŵr yr ymserchodd ynddo, Mr Rochester. Colin Clive, arbenigwr mewn cymeriadau pruddglwyfus, oedd Rochester 1934 gyda Virginia Bruce fel Jane. Roedd y cynhyrchiad yn un nodweddiadol o rad o stiwdios Monogram. Ym 1944 cafwyd fersiwn Robert Stevenson gydag Orson Welles a Joan Fontaine. Roedd hi wedi dod i’r brig ar ôl cael ei henwebu am Oscar yn sgil Rebecca (Alfred Hitchcock, 1940) ac wedi ennill un am Suspicion (Hitchcock, 1941). George C. Scott a Susannah York oedd y prif actorion yn ffilm deledu Americanaidd 1970. Fe’i dangoswyd mewn sinemâu ym Mhrydain a gweddill Ewrop. Ym 1996 rhoddodd y cyfarwyddwr Eidalaidd Franco Zeffirelli gynnig arni, gyda William Hurt a Charlotte Gainsbourg. Ychydig cyn hynny roedd Zeffirelli wedi gwneud fersiwn trawiadol o Hamlet gyda Mel Gibson. Bellach daeth fersiwn newydd i’n sylw. Cary Fukunaga yw’r cyfarwyddwr. Dyma’i ail ffilm nodwedd, yn dilyn Sin Nombre. Portreadir y ddau brif gymeriad gan Michael Fassbender a Mia Wasikowska. Mae Fassbender wedi treulio’r rhan fwyaf o’i fywyd yn Iwerddon. Cafodd gyfle i siarad mymryn o Wyddeleg yn Centurion ac mae ei ffilmiau eraill yn cynnwys Angel (François Ozon) a Hunger, fel Bobby Sands. Brodor o Awstralia yw Mia Wasikowska. Hi oedd Alice yn ffilm Tim Burton, Alice in Wonderland a phortreadodd y chwaer ifanc yn The Kids Are All Right. Dewisodd y BBC Fukunaga fel cyfarwyddwr yn y gobaith y gallai ef a’r sgriptiwr Moira Buffini, a addysgwyd yng Ngholeg Cerdd a Drama Brenhinol Cymru, ddod â rhywbeth newydd i’r prosiect. Un gwahaniaeth amlwg yw’r penderfyniad i beidio ag adrodd y stori’n draddodiadol drefnus. Mae hunllefau’r Jane ifanc yn gyfrwng i gyflwyno’r digwyddiadau pwysicaf yn ei bywyd. Dyw’r ffilm ddim yn arbennig o ramantus . Mae’n pwysleisio’r elfennau dramatig ac iasoer yn y stori gan ddewis lleoliadau trawiadol yn Swydd Derby. Mae’r ffilm wedi rhannu’r beirniaid. Mae’r prif actorion naill ai’n wych neu’n annigonol. Mae cerddoriaeth Dario Marinelli yn asio’n berffaith i’r ffilm neu’n rhy amlwg o lawer. Dyma’r fersiwn orau hyd yn hyn neu dyw hi ddim yn ddigon grymus i fod yn effeithiol. Ewch i weld y ffilm a phenderfynu drosoch eich hun! Philip Wyn Jones — Golygydd ac adolygydd. philip@philipwyn.wanadoo.co.uk You can find extended and English language versions of Philip’s column at www.chapter.org

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Jane Eyre Fri 23 Sept — Thu 6 Oct • Gwe 23 Medi — Iau 6 Hyd UK/2011/120mins/PG. Dir: Cary Fukunaga. With Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Jamie Bell, Dame Judi Dench.

Charlotte Brontë’s classic novel is brought to life by acclaimed director Cary Fukunaga (Sin Nombre) with all its glorious wild romanticism, proto-feminism and gothic horror. Governess Jane flees Thornfield House and the wealthy Edward Rochester, taking shelter with clergyman St John Rivers and reflecting upon the people and emotions that have defined her. The isolated and imposing residence, together with Mr. Rochester’s coldness, tested the orphaned young woman’s resilience but she must now act to secure her own future and come to terms with the past that haunts her and the terrible secret that she has discovered.

The Inbetweeners Movie Fri 23 — Thu 29 Sept • Gwe 23 — Iau 29 Medi UK/2011/95mins/15. Dir: Ben Palmer. With Simon Bird, James Buckley, Blake Harrison, Joe Thomas.

For fans of the BAFTA award-winning TV series, this film will need little introduction. As the school year ends at Rudge Park Comprehensive and Carli finally breaks up with Simon, our hapless, socially awkward teenage heroes leave their dull suburban homes to go on a package holiday to Crete, with a view to getting all the sex and alcohol they are now legally old enough to enjoy. However, for our band of friends, it’s not going to be that easy, especially when their former headmaster unexpectedly turns up in the resort. Written by Damon Beesley and Iain Morris (Flight Of The Conchords), little is out of bounds in this quick witted comedy which has beautifully captured the way that teenagers relate to one another and the world around them. It’s great fun and shows British humour at its potty-mouthed best.

Page One: Inside The New York Times Fri 23 — Thu 29 Sept • Gwe 23 — Iau 29 Medi USA/2011/88mins/ctba. Dir: Andrew Rossi.

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Could the New York Times go out of business? In the spirit of the greatest fly-on-the-wall documentaries, Andrew Rossi goes inside the USA’s preeminent newsroom during one of the most tumultuous eras for journalism. He reveals a disarmingly candid portrait of the paper as it battles with the impact of online, crowd journalism; the collapse of traditional models for print advertising and challenges to their authority in the wake of reporting failures during the run up to the war in Iraq. The film crew gains unprecedented access as the media desk journalists battle to uphold the values of old-fashioned, shoe-leather reporting, practicing their craft while the sky falls around them. + sciSCREEN introduction on Thu 29 Sept by Dr Andy Williams and Dr Verica Rupar from the School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University, discussing whether US and British journalism is in crisis.

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Pearl Jam Twenty

Mademoiselle Chambon

Tue 20 Sept • Maw 20 Medi

Fri 30 Sept — Thu 5 Oct • Gwe 30 Medi — Iau 5 Hyd

USA/2011/120mins/adv15. Dir: Cameron Crowe.

France/2009/101mins/subtitled/ctba. Dir: Stéphane Brizé. With Vincent Lindon, Sandrine Kiberlain, Aure Atika.

In celebration of their 20 year anniversary, this definitive portrait of Seattle’s favourite sons is told by Academy Award-winning filmmaker and music journalist, Cameron Crowe (Almost Famous, Vanilla Sky). The documentary gives an intimate glimpse into Pearl Jam’s journey, culled from more than 1200 hours of rarely and never-before-seen footage, over 24 hours of recent interviews with the band, as well as live footage from their concerts. After two decades, Pearl Jam remains one of the biggest rock groups in the world. They are currently recording their 10th studio album and with over 60 million albums sold worldwide, they continue to create and perform to sell-out audiences.

Philosophy In Film Tue 27 Sept — Tue 1 Nov Maw 27 Medi — Maw 1 Tach Lecturer Gideon Calder leads this introduction to philosophy, exploring how notions of truth, justice, identity, morality and death are tackled in films such as Nosferatu and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. One theme will be introduced each week, to coincide with the showing of a relevant film - and then discussed the following Tuesday. Course Fees are £65 or £55 concessions — which includes a ticket to see the course films on either Sunday or the Tuesday matinee. Please contact box office for more information.

Pearl Jam Twenty

Jean lives a simple, happy life as a mason with his wife and son in a provincial French town but when he meets his son’s teacher this simplicity is thrown into disarray as their attraction to each other becomes impossible to ignore. A touching, chaste portrait of two adults on opposite ends of the class spectrum fighting to contain their passion from spilling over into a full blown affair, this exquisitely sad story is built on the tiniest moments and pregnant silences of the small tragedies that happen every day in ordinary lives.

Senna Fri 30 Sept — Thu 6 Oct • Gwe 30 Medi — Iau 6 Hyd UK/France/USA/2010/106mins/12A. Dir: Asif Kapadia. With Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Frank Williams.

Back due to popular demand, this compelling documentary offers a portrait of formula one driver Ayrton Senna, who won the world championship three times before his death at the age of only 34. Director Asif Kapadia and screenplay writer Manish Pandey integrate hours of archive footage into a narrative that never loses momentum. Voiceovers from friends and family accompany grainy 1980s interviews and archive film of press stunts and his family in Sao Paolo, as Senna matures from determined newcomer to world champion, and ultimately to sceptical, but resolute young veteran.

“a loving and skilfully crafted homage” — The Guardian

Mademoiselle Chambon

cinema • sinema

Family Features Every Saturday. Please book in advance to avoid disappointment. Children under 12 years old must be accompanied by an adult.

Kung Fu Panda 2 [2D]

Horrid Henry

Fri 26 Aug — Thu 1 Sept • Gwe 26 Awst — Iau 1 Medi

Sat 17 Sept • Sad 17 Medi

USA /2011/90mins/PG . Dir: Jennifer Yuh. With: Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan.

UK/2011/90mins/U. Dir: Nick Moore. With Angelica Huston, Richard E Grant, Parminder Nagra.

Po is now living his dream, protecting the Valley of Peace alongside his friends and fellow kung fu masters. But his new life is threatened by the emergence of a formidable villain, who plans to use a secret, unstoppable weapon to conquer China and destroy kung fu.

Everyone’s favourite schoolboy antihero makes his feature film debut in this wickedly funny movie featuring a host of big name stars. Anjelica Huston is Henry’s terrifying teacher Miss Battle-Axe, Jo Brand is the Demon Dinner Lady and Prissy Polly is played by Kimberley Walsh of Girls Aloud fame. But the real stars are the young trio: Henry, Perfect Peter and Moody Margaret who must join forces to save their school.

Captain America: The First Avenger Fri 2 — Mon 5 Sept • Gwe 2 — Llun 5 Medi USA/2011/125mins/12A. Dir: Joe Johnston. With Chris Evans, Hugo Weaving.

After being deemed unfit for military service, Steve Rogers volunteers for a top secret research project that turns him into Captain America, a superhero dedicated to defending America’s ideals. + Superhero workshop on Mon 5 Sept at 9.45am led by Film Education Officer, Matt Beere. Limited tickets available which must be booked in advance. Parental supervision isn’t required for the workshop but please note that the film is a 12A. £4 (includes entry to the film at 11am)

Green Lantern

Kes Sat 24 — Thu 29 • Sad 24 — Iau 29 Medi UK/1969/110mins/PG. Dir: Ken Loach. With David Bradley, Lynne Perrie, Colin Welland.

Ken Loach received international acclaim for this enormously moving tale of a lonely working-class Yorkshire boy, who turns away from a life of comic books and shoplifting when he finds a baby kestrel and decides to raise and train it. Please see p31 for details of our education workshop, offered to celebrate Ken Loach’s 75th birthday.

Carry on screaming!

A test pilot is granted a mystical green ring that bestows him with otherworldly powers, as well as membership into an intergalactic squadron tasked with keeping peace within the universe.

Check out the calendar for details of our special screenings aimed at people with babies under one year old, every Friday at 11.00 am. Carry on Screaming allows parents or carers to see a film at Chapter without having to worry about their baby causing a disturbance. Free entry for babies.

Green Lantern

Kes

Sat 10 Sept • Sad 10 Medi USA/2011/114mins/12A. Dir: Martin Campbell. With Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard

wed • mer 14

tue • maw 13

mon • llun 12

sun • sul 11

sat • sad 10

fri • gwe 9

thu • iau 8

wed • mer 7

tue • maw 6

mon • llun 5

sun • sul 4

sat • sad 3

fri • gwe 2

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Kung Fu Panda 2 (PG) p35 11.00 The Salt of Life (12A) p23 2.30 In a Better World (15) p23 6.00 Sarah’s Key (12A) p23 8.30 Carry on Screaming: Captain America 2D (12A) p35 11.00 Point Blank (15) p25 2.30+6.15 Beautiful Lies (12A) p24 8.15 Captain America 2D (12A) p35 11.00+3.00 Beautiful Lies (12A) p24 6.00 Point Blank (15) p25 8.15 Beautiful Lies (12A) p24 2.30 Kind Hearts And Coronets (U) p28 5.00 Point Blank (15) p25 7.30 Superhero Workshop p35 9.45 Captain America 2D (12A) p35 11.00 Point Blank (15) p25 6.15 Beautiful Lies (12A) p24 8.15 Kind Hearts And Coronets (U) p28 2.30 Beautiful Lies (12A) p24 6.15 Point Blank (15) p25 8.30 Film Socialisme (PG) p25 2.30 6.15 Point Blank (15) p25 8.15 Beautiful Lies (12A) p24 SWDFAS Lecture p20 2.00 Beautiful Lies (12A) p24 6.15 Point Blank (15) p25 8.30 Carry on Screaming: One Day (12A) p26 11.00 One Day (12A) p26 2.30+8.30 6.15 The Guard (15) p29 Green Lantern 2D (12A) p35 11.00+3.00 One Day (12A) p26 6.15 The Guard (15) p29 8.30 One Day (12A) p26 2.30 The Lavender Hill Mob (U) p28 5.00 The Guard (15) p29 7.00 The Guard (15) p29 6.15 One Day (12A) p26 8.30 The Lavender Hill Mob (U) p28 2.30 One Day (12A) p26 6.15 8.30 The Guard (15) p29 Powder (adv15) p27 2.30 The Guard (15) p29 6.15

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6.15 8.30

6.00 8.15

6.00 8.00

6.00 8.15

BAFTA Cymru Screening Cathy Come Home (PG) p31

Powder (adv15) p27 Potiche (15) p27 Potiche (15) p27 Powder (adv15) p27

Music Geek Monthly p20 Powder (adv15) p27 Potiche (15) p27 Potiche (15) p27 Powder (adv15) p27

6.00 8.30

6.00 8.15 6.00 8.15

3.30 6.00 8.15 6.00 8.15

Honey (PG) p25 2.30+6.00 Film Socialisme (PG) p25 8.15 Potiche (15) p27 6.00 Powder (adv15) p27 8.15

Up The Junction (12) p31 Honey (PG) p25

Honey (PG) p25 Film Socialisme (PG) p25

Honey (PG) p25 5.30 Bad Film Club: House of the Dead (15) p27 8.15 Chapter MovieMaker p27 6.00 Honey (PG) p25 8.30

Film Socialisme (PG) p25 Honey (PG) p25

Honey (PG) p25 Film Socialisme (PG) p25

The Tree (12A) p23 6.00 The Salt of Life (12A) p23 8.15

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Calendar • Calendr SEPTEMBER • MEDI 2011

2.30+7.30

8.00

6.30

8.00

8.30

Tony Law p15

8.00

On The Edge: Kick for Touch p14 8.00

Boardgaming Sunday p20 5.30 Fabler Shakespeare Readers p20 6.30

Click p14

Atlantic p13

Coffee Shop Debate p20

Cardiff Storytelling Circle p20

Go Faster Stripe Comedy p15

Drones Comedy Club p20

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Oh So Crafty p20 11.00-6.00

gallery • oriel

36 A Fire in the Master’s House is Set, pp4+5

fri • gwe 30

thu • iau 29

wed • mer 28

tue • maw 27

mon • llun 26

sun • sul 25

sat • sad 24

fri • gwe 23

thu • iau 22

wed • mer 21

tue • maw 20

mon • llun 19

sun • sul 18

sat • sad 17

fri • gwe 16

thu • iau 15

8.30 2.30 6.15 8.30 11.00 2.30+8.15 6.00 11.00+3.00 6.00 8.30 2.30 5.00 7.00 6.00 8.15 2.30 6.00 8.30 2.30 6.00 8.30 2.30+6.00 8.15 11.00 2.30+8.30 6.00 11.00+3.00 6.00 8.30 4.00 6.00 8.30 6.00 8.30 10.00+1.00 6.00 8.30 10.00 2.30 6.00 8.30 10.00 2.30+6.00 8.15 9.30-3.30 8.30 6.00 6.00 8.15

6.15 8.30 6.00 8.00

6.15 8.30 2.30 6.15 8.30 6.00 8.30

8.00

6.00 8.00

8.30

Ballet Nimba p13

Rabab Ghazoul p13

Pub Quiz p20

Subtitled Screenings. Check website for details.

8.00

6.30

7.00

2.30+8.00

WITH, p7 AUDIO DESCRIPTION. Check website for details.

The Drowned World p17

Between Text and Performance p13 6.30 The Drowned World p17 8.00 The Drowned World p17 8.00

The Drowned World p17

Viva Vitis – Chile p20 India Dance Wales p13

Drones Comedy Club p20

India Dance Wales Workshop p13 6.00

Carry on Screaming: tbc p34 11.00 Ballet Nimba p13 Mademoiselle Chambon (15) p34 2.30+6.15+8.30

The Inbetweeners Movie (adv15) p33 6.15 Inside The New York Times (ctba) + SciScreen p33 8.30

The Inbetweeners Movie (adv15) p33 Inside The New York Times (ctba) p33 A Run For Your Money (U) p28 Inside The New York Times (ctba) p33 The Inbetweeners Movie (adv15) p33 Poor Cow (15) p31 Inside The New York Times (ctba) p33

The Inbetweeners Movie (adv15) p33 6.15 Inside The New York Times (ctba) p33 8.30 A Run For Your Money (U) p28 5.00 The Inbetweeners Movie (adv15) p33 7.30

A Better Life (12A) p29 Kill List (18) p29 Inside The New York Times (ctba) p33 The Inbetweeners Movie (adv15) p33

Kill List (18) p29 6.15 A Better Life (12A) p29 8.15 Kill List (18) p29 6.00 The Skin I Live In (15) p30 8.15 The Price of Coal (PG) p31 5.45 Kill List (18) p29 8.45

A Better Life (12A) p29 Kill List (18) p29

6.15 8.30

6.00 8.15

Kill List (18) p29 A Better Life (12A) p29

A Better Life (12A) p29 Kill List (18) p29

Powder (adv15) p27 Potiche (15) p27

Please note: the stated film times represent the start of the adverts and trailers.

One Day (12A) p26 Potiche (15) p27 One Day (12A) p26 The Guard (15) p29 Carry on Screaming: A Better Life (12A) p29 The Skin I Live In (15) p30 One Day (12A) p26 Horrid Henry: The Movie (U) p35 The Skin I Live In (15) p30 One Day (12A) p26 The Skin I Live In (15) p30 Whisky Galore! (U) p28 One Day (12A) p26 One Day (12A) + Adaptations p26 The Skin I Live In (15) p30 Whisky Galore! (U) p28 One Day (12A) p26 Pearl Jam Twenty (adv15) p34 A Better Life (12A) p29 The Skin I Live In (15) p30 One Day (12A) p26 One Day (12A) p26 The Skin I Live In (15) p30 Carry on Screaming: Jane Eyre (PG) p33 Jane Eyre (PG) p33 The Skin I Live In (15) p30 Kes (PG) p35 Jane Eyre (PG) p33 The Skin I Live In (15) p30 Inside The New York Times (ctba) p33 The Skin I Live In (15) p30 Jane Eyre (PG) p33 Jane Eyre (PG) p33 The Skin I Live In (15) p30 Study Event: Looking For Eric (15) p31 The Skin I Live In (15) p30 Jane Eyre (PG) p33 Study Event: Kes (PG) p31 The Inbetweeners Movie (adv15) p33 Jane Eyre (PG) p33 The Skin I Live In (15) p30 Study Event: Kes (PG) p31 The Skin I Live In (15) p30 Jane Eyre (PG) p33 playARK talks p19 Senna (12A) p34 Jane Eyre (PG) p33

Assembly: Art in the Bar: Elizabeth McDonald, p8

Shop • Siopa

Shop open: Tue — Sat 10am-8pm, Sun 2-8pm. Closed Monday

Why not treat yourself to some quirky college notepads and sketchbooks from new stockist Archie Grand? Perfect for the new school and college term, with titles like ‘Teachers I met and Liked’ and ‘Lies I told and Liked’. Our favourite is ‘Artists I met and Liked’ which we’re filling fast! We also welcome new stockist Dear Prudence with her forestryinspired greeting cards, sure to put a birthday smile on anyone’s face. Welsh jeweller and maker extraordinaire Buddug is back with an even greater selection of delicately handcrafted animal transfer necklaces, quote brooches and sweet brass earrings — and she’s also planning to join us for the Oh So Crafty faire on Sat 10 Sept (see p20) We’ve also handpicked some of CubicUK’s quirky gifts, including record album coasters and purses, tea time and bunting espresso sets or eco cups for the more ecologically friendly of you and fingerstache stickers — a hit at any party. Lauren, Visual Arts Officer

Eat • Bwyta YOUR TWEETS “Lovely evening and yummy food courtesy of @chaptertweets new menu” — Lisa Innes “Delish burger at @chaptertweets earlier... yummy” — James Reid “God I love @chaptertweets breakfast”— Sara Robinson “I can highly recommend @chaptertweets falafel, washed down with a nice pint of Cherry Picker. Delightful” — FattysLeg Café open: Mon — Sat 8.30am-9.30pm Sun 9.30am-9.30pm Breakfast: 9-11.30am (Sun 10am-12pm) Lunch: 11.30-3pm Main Menu: 12-9pm

“Enjoying lush aubergine, harissa & couscous concoction” — Rules of Play

Drink • Yfed

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.

Introducing our latest new draft beer: Sagres Specially created in 1940 to represent the Sociedade Central de Cervejas at the Portuguese World Exhibition, Sagres is a pale lager created with 100% natural ingredients with no additives or preservatives. Brewed according to exclusive traditional methods, it uses water, malt, cereals which have not been malted and a selection of the finest hops. Moderately rich, with a light, golden colour, it has a dry and pleasantly bitter taste. If you’re more of a cocktail person, don’t forget that the Chapter Cocktail Bar is open every Friday and Saturday evenings from 5pm, serving a selection of new mixes and old favourites with a distinctly Chapter twist. Go on — treat yourself! Louise, Bar Supervisor

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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: www.chapter.org Consesiynau: Fyfyrwyr, pobl dros 60 oed, plant, pobl ddi‑waith, pobl anabl, 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 £4.00 (£3.50) £3.00 (£2.50) £2.50 (£2.00)

From 5pm • O 5pm ymlaen £7.30 (£6.60) £5.50 (£4.80) £4.50 (£4.00)

Advanced/online prices in brackets. Prisiau ymlaen llaw/ar-lein mewn cromfachau. NB: Advanced = any time before the day of the screening.

Market Road, Canton, Cardiff CF5 1QE Heol y Farchnad, Treganna, Caerdydd, CF5 1QE

029 2030 4400 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

The Baring Foundation, Garfield Weston Foundation, Foyle Foundation, Trusthouse Charitable Foundation, The Welsh Broadcasting Trust, Jane Hodge Foundation, Simon Gibson Charitable Trust, Garrick Charitable Trust, The Millennium Stadium Charitable Trust, Ceredigion Community Fund ,The Steel Charitable Trust, Gibbs Charitable Trust, Oakdale Trust, Coutts Charitable Trust, Bruce Wake Charity, Finnis Scott Foundation, Follett Trust Chapter is a recipient of a Google Grant award

A’r holl unigolion hynny sydd wedi ein cefnogi’n hael drwy gydol y gwaith ailwampio a thu hwnt And all those individuals who have generously supported us through the redevelopment and beyond

Registered Charity No. 500813* Rhif Elusen 500813

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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, 18 a 33 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 Market Place; a’r dde nesaf ar Heol y Farchnad; mae maes parcio Chapter ar y dde. 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 Cowbridge 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, 18 and 33 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 Market Place; take next right onto Market Road; Chapter car park is on the right. 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.

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