
Families
Our venue is family friendly and we warmly welcome visitors of all ages. We want to spark imaginations and support creative learning and play.
Above all, we want Chapter to be a fun, engaging and safe place where young people and their families can spend time together and get to know other people in our neighbourhood.
Read on to see how we support families.
Our venue has a spacious cafe bar and plenty of room to entertain the little ones.
We have a range of games and puzzles to play while you’re waiting to eat or watch a film. We also have free crayons and colouring sheets made by our studio associates Flossy and Boo. You can pick some up from our Information Desk.
We’re breastfeeding-friendly and there’s plenty of quieter spaces if you’d like to go somewhere more discreet.
We have plenty of highchairs available to use.
See our Visit page for information about opening times and travel.
See our Access and Facilities page for information about accessibility, parking and toilets.
We serve healthy meals for little tummies including sandwiches, cheesy pasta and homemade gluten-free chicken goujons. See our full menus.
During school holidays, we offer free packed lunches for children under 18. Look out for our friendly volunteers who hand out our distinctive stripey lunch bags full of delights! We cater to everyone with vegan, vegetarian, halal and gluten free options available.
Our family-friendly programme offers accessible and low-cost events throughout the year. Check out what’s on.
Gallery
Let your imagination run wild in our free gallery. You can visit our exhibition from Tuesday – Sunday, 11am-5pm.
Our friendly gallery assistants are happy to chat about the work to inspire little minds!
Our exhibitions are always accompanied with colouring sheets and sensory packs containing a range of fidget toys and ear defenders.
Please note that children under 14 should be accompanied by an adult as our exhibitions sometimes contain more grown-up material or very delicate works that are vulnerable to little, inquisitive hands.
Cinema
We offer low-cost family films on Saturday mornings with £3 tickets. These screenings are relaxed with raised lights. You’re welcome to come and go and bring in snacks to keep everyone occupied! We offer a range of sweet and savoury options in our caffi bar including popcorn, vegan sweets and crisps.
Our Friday morning Carry On Screaming films are for parents and guardians with babies under twelve months. Complete with a relaxed environment and no worries about causing a disturbance. Entry for babies is free.
If you’re looking to integrate film in young people’s learning, check out our studio associates Into Film Cymru.
Theatre
We showcase family-friendly performances throughout the year, check out our programme below. You can also keep an eye on our studio associates Theatr Iolo, Flossy & Boo and Taking Flight Theatre who produce brilliant family-friendly theatre.
Caffi Bar
Throughout the year we host a lively range of free events in our social spaces and outdoors in our beautiful community garden. These include dancing, performances, festivals and drop-in art & craft workshops. This is a great way to bring the community together and they usually include a range of activities for young people. Sign up to our mailing list to be the first to know!
Classes
Our creative community bring a dynamic range of weekly classes to our building. From ballet and tap to music, Tae Kwondo and drama, there’s guaranteed to be something to captivate your little ones. Find out about the classes we host.
For their safety, all children under 12 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian when in our building.
Due to our license, we're unable to allow under 18s in our building after 9pm. This excludes anyone who's attending a film, performance or class that finishes after this time.
What's on
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Carry on Screaming: Flow (U)
Cat is a solitary animal, but as its home is devastated by a great flood, he finds refuge on a boat populated by various species, and will have to team up with them despite their differences.
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Family Film: Wicked Singalong (PG)
A lavish adaptation of the smash Broadway musical about the origin of the witches of Oz.
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Carry on Screaming: Mr Burton (12A)
The moving story of how wild Richie Jenkins became one of the greatest actors in the world.