Nathan Wyburn and Wayne Courtney are radio presenters, bloggers, ambassadors for Visit Cardiff and charity patrons, who have fundraised for St Andrew’s Unity Reformed Church in Roath, for over a decade.

Wayne’s first series of events at the church — such as the infamous Roath Bake Off — was the location for this fortuitous meeting with Nathan, who was asked to come along and guest judge the Roath Bake Off in 2013. Following a string of successful Bake Offs and Roath Rocks music events, the duo established a wonderful friendship with the congregation at St Andrew’s.

Summer 2024 saw the boys take over the day to day running of the main church hall and a full renovation and restructure took place.

By rallying Roath’s local community — and Cardiff’s LGBTQ+ community — the duo have raised thousands of pounds for St Andrew’s, with one event in particular being a Roath-ian favourite: their Christmas drag show Dragged to Church.

Now, under the boys’ management, the café has a seven day a week schedule of yoga and dance classes, parent and toddler groups, theatre groups, and tabletop gaming. In addition, its Friday and Saturday events are a huge success, showcasing everything from musical theatre, children’s- and adults’-themed parties, family-friendly professional wrestling, incredible drag acts, world class tribute artists, burlesque performers, local bands, comedy, visual art and more! It has become a unique, eclectic and safe space for people to come and simply be themselves with zero judgement.

And yes — importantly — it is of course still a church! With Sunday services every week from 11am in the main building with an everyone is welcome policy.

Cardiff Theatre Café at St. Andrew’s Wellfield Road, Cardiff, CF24 3PB

Make sure to visit their Facebook page – @CardiffTheatreCafe