Chapter, founded in 1971 by Christine Kinsey, Bryan Jones and Mik Flood, is a vibrant hub for contemporary arts and culture. This arts centre occupied the former Canton High School, playing an important role in Cardiff’s artistic development.
Chapter boasts a dynamic multi-artform program, showcasing radical ideas across visual art, film, performance and more. With over 50 artists and creative companies in its studios, it fosters a diverse community. Here’s what you can find on April’s agenda:
Performance: Experimentica 2024
11-14 April 2024. Chapter Arts Centre
Marking the turn of the seasons towards a new life, Experimentica 2024: Call to Spring will gather artists and communities in celebration of the festival’s legacy and the ecologies that sustain performance within and beyond the locality.
Music: Muriel
25 & 26 April 2024. Seligman Theatre
Following their recently released self-titled debut album back in October, Muriel returns for their second headline show in Cardiff.
Film: NT Live: Nye
23 April & 7 May 2024. Cinema 1
Michael Sheen plays Nye Bevan in a surreal and spectacular journey through the life and legacy of the man who transformed Britain’s welfare state and created the NHS.
Here’s the link for more information.
Film: Cardiff Animation Festival 2024
25-28 April 2024. Chapter Arts Centre
The theme for CAF24 is ‘treat’; audiences can treat themselves to Q&As, animation workshops, free lunch and watch screenings in person or wherever suits them, online.
Comedy: Jessica Fostekew
Saturday 27 April 2024, 8pm. Seligman Theatre
A brand new stand-up show about passion, pace and purpose from the critically acclaimed star of BBC’s QI, Live at the Apollo and C4’s Travel Man.
Performance: Dyad Productions: Austen’s Women: Lady Susan
Tuesday 30 April – 1 May 2024, 7.30pm. Seligman Theatre
Return to the Regency (or rather, Georgian) in this darkly comic tale of society and the women trapped within it; their struggles, desires, temptations and manipulations – and at the vanguard, Lady Susan: charming, scheming, witty and powerful; taking on society and making it her own. But has she met her match?
