Chapter Arts Centre

Delicious food & coffee ☕️. Need to book, as very busy. We went on early on a Sunday morning & it was full, with people queuing. Staff were very friendly & welcoming & service was very quick & efficient.

It's a hidden gem. At least it seemed to be to me. No doubt Cardiff's creative community have been using this place for years. Cinema and performing Arts as well as immersive creativity for all ages. I think it must be a hub for the Creative Community in Cardiff. Just looking at the events and classes on offer, seven days a week from early morning through to the evening. It's pretty impressive. I like the gender-fluid toilets with mirrors and cubicles for all to use. Very modern. The cafe area is relaxed and there is a long bar serving excellent beers with non-alcoholic options of course. I must mention the large free car park to the side of the main building. Free parking! I want to return and use the place again. One of the nicest places in the whole of Cardif. 💕

Thoroughly impressed with the space and the services offered. I think one improvement that could be made is to the seating area on the ground floor. It crowds the bar a bit which can quickly become a bottleneck when the venue is busy. The theatre rooms themselves were brill, great to see the sound and stage effects team working behind the scenes at the rear of the seating area. Seating was perfect for a 1-2 hour showing, any longer might be rougher on the knees and back. Staff were super friendly, offered all sorts of recommendations. Beautiful outside seating area with heatlamps provided.

Chapter Arts Centre is a creative and welcoming space with a great mix of art, film, and community vibes. The exhibitions and cinema are always interesting, and the café is a nice spot to relax. A lovely place to spend time, though it can get a bit busy at peak times.

Love this place. Such a community feel to it. Tea is reasonably priced compared to other places in Pontcanna. Good WiFi and nice films. A good place to co work from with a coffee.

Today I attended an event at Chapter Arts Centre focused on patients, medication, and our health.. bringing together doctors, pharmacists, clinics, advocacy groups, and patients alike. The event itself was wonderful: informative, inclusive, and full of positive conversations about how we can better support one another. Unfortunately, the experience was overshadowed by the venue’s actions. Attendees were asked to leave because the staff were not up to date on what CBMPs (Cannabis-Based Medicinal Products) are. This decision felt deeply discriminatory toward people who rely on prescribed medication for legitimate health conditions. It’s important to remember that the Equality Act exists for exactly this reason.. to ensure no one is treated unfairly due to their health or medical needs. Stigma should never override the law or compassion. Many of us attending were simply trying to participate in an event about health and wellbeing, yet we were made to feel excluded for managing our health responsibly. I truly hope Chapter Arts Centre takes this as an opportunity to educate their team, review their policies, and work toward becoming a more inclusive and understanding venue. No patient should have to fear being discriminated against for their prescribed treatment.

I love this place i’ve been coming here for years, its a cool space place to hang out for a drink, see a film or meet up with friends. The Cafe is great for all times of the day, they do an amazing Sunday Lunch, the veggie roast really hits the spot. Ample free parking with an overflow car park available after 6pm and on weekends. Beer garden is also a bonus for the summer months.

Chapter, the place of good food, many laptops and middle class women doing bare minimum peranting. If you want great food served by nice people it's a good choice.

Everyman are an ammeter dramatic theatre group who put on some fantastic open air plays in the grounds of the Folk Museum every summer. They generally put on three or four shows, always one aimed at young children such as Wind and the Willows, and of course one by the bard himself Shakespeare. A performance of A Midsummer Nights Dream in recent years was particularly memorable, the outdoor setting being absolutely perfect for the forest scenes. Of course there is a downside to staging the plays outdoors, whilst on a warm summers evening the experience is fantastic, on a rainy day the open air stage is disastrous, with both the performers and audiences spirit (and person) being rather dampened, though thankfully the audience are under cover, for the most part.

Everyman Theatre Group is, to put it simply, the biggest amateur dramatics society in Cardiff. Being responsible for the famous summer Shakespeare show at St. Fagin's each year, and the nearly all the local output from Chapter Arts Centre's theatrical arm, the company is a constant source of entertainment and intellectual stimulation for the city. Their output routinely consists of avant-garde pieces, both classical and updated Shakespeare plays, musicals and comedies, ensuring that the company always contains players of consummate skill, and ensuring the company rarely repeats itself. At intermittent Wednesdays, Chapter hosts the interesting "Everyman Club Night" where company members, potential patrons and everyday members of the public are able to sit in on a small performance of a pending piece and witness the director's burgeoning ideas before they come to fruition. It's an interesting experience, being packed into a room that fits maybe thirty people at a stretch, watching actors literally three feet away from you, and provides a wonderful sense of involvement to see the director's vision come to the stage several months later. There is, however, a vein of elitism within the company; a degree of snobbishness that can sometimes rear up. Luckily, this is usually quelled before it can cause any real harm to the company's image.

The Everyman Theatre Cardiff is probably the city's most active amateur theatre companies, and we have it partly to thank for the existence of Chapter Arts Centre in Canton (because back in the 1970s, the theatre was instrumental in its opening). You'll often catch Everyman productions at Chapter Arts Centre - for example 'The Crucible' is due to be performed there in November 2010, 'The Hypochondriac' in March 2011, 'Loot' in May 2011, and 'Good' in November 2011. The productions are generally well polished and really varied in their subject matter. If you fancy joining the theatre yourself, the best way to get started is to go along to one of their free regular Club Nights (Wednesday evenings at Chapter Arts Centre), when there's a mixed programme of theatrical activities in an informal environment. You can find out more about productions or joining Everyman at their website.