Crimes of the Future and the most talked about film of the year Don’t Worry Darling are among the highlights at Sinema Pontio in Bangor this week, with another chance to watch Top Gun Maverick.

Events for the community include ‘Vertical Dance’ and the monthly group fro parents and their babies ‘Caffi Babis’ will be held on Friday.

Special offer: £5 tickets for all 2pm showings Monday-Wednesday.

For more information and to Book for all events visit the Pontio website here: https://www.pontio.co.uk/

Cinema:

ROH Live: Madama Butterfly (12A)

Puccini, 2022, 165m

Cast – Maria Agresta, Joshua Guerrero, Carlos Alvarez

Tuesday 27 September, 7.15pm

Sunday 2 October, 2pm(ENCORE)

£15/£12.50/£10

Live Screening, Italian with subitles

When the young geisha, Cio-Cio-San, marries American Naval Officer Pinkerton, she believes she is entering a real, binding marriage for life. Forsaking her religion and community, she learns all too late that for Pinkerton, their marriage is merely an illusion – with tragic consequences. With a score that includes Butterfly’s aria, ‘Un bel dì, vedremo’ (‘One fine day’) and the Humming Chorus, Giacomo Puccini’s opera is entrancing and ultimately heart-breaking. Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier’s exquisite production takes inspiration from 19th-century European images of Japan. Nicola Luisotti conducts the orchestra.

Crimes of the Future (18)

David Cronenberg, 2022, 108m

Cast – Viggo Mortensen, Lea Seydoux, Kristen Stewart

Friday 30 September – Thursday 6 October

£7.50 standard / £6.50 over 60 / £6 student / £5.50 child (under 18s)

Cronenberg, the Canadian master of body-horror cinema is back with a typically controversial film journey that takes us into a bizarre new society where pain is the ultimate pleasure and ‘surgery is the new sex’. Whether you see it as a black comedy about Art and morals or a glimpse into our future it is both unmissable and horrifying and up on our screen.

As the human species adapts to a synthetic environment, the body undergoes new transformations and mutations. With his partner Caprice (Léa Seydoux), Saul Tenser (Viggo Mortensen), celebrity performance artist, publicly showcases the metamorphosis of his organs in avant-garde performances. Timlin (Kristen Stewart), an investigator from the National Organ Registry, obsessively tracks their movements, which is when a mysterious group is revealed…Their mission–to use Saul’s notoriety to shed light on the next phase of human evolution.

Don’t Worry Darling (15)

Olivia Wilde, 2022, 123m

Cast – Florence Pugh, Harry Styles, Chirs Pint, Gemma Chan

Friday 7 – Thursday 13 October

£7.50 standard / £6.50 over 60 / £6 student / £5.50 child (under 18s)

The most talked about film of the year is here. Alice (Pugh) and Jack (Styles) are a lucky 1950s couple living in Victory, the company town housing the men who work for the top-secret Victory Project and their families. While the husbands spend every day inside the Victory Project Headquarters, their wives get to spend their time enjoying the beauty, luxury and debauchery of their community. Life is perfect, with every resident’s needs met by the company. All they ask in return is discretion and unquestioning commitment to the Victory cause. But when cracks in their idyllic life begin to appear, how much is Alice willing to lose to expose what’s really going on in this paradise?

Top Gun Maverick (12A)

Saturday 08 October 2022 11:00

ROH Live: Mayerling (12A)

Live Screening

MacMillan, 2022, 180m

Cast – Ryoichi Hirano, Natalia Osipova

Wednesday 5 October 7.15pm

£15 / £12.50 / £10

Inspired by dark and gripping real life events, this Royal Ballet classic depicts the sexual and morbid obsessions of Crown Prince Rudolf leading to the murder-suicide scandal with his mistress Mary Vetsera. The oppressive glamour of the Austro-Hungarian court in the 1880s sets the scene for a suspenseful drama of psychological and political intrigue as Rudolf fixates on his mortality. Kenneth MacMillan’s 1978 ballet remains a masterpiece of storytelling and this revival marks 30 years since the choreographer’s death. Expect to see The Royal Ballet at its dramatic finest across potent ensemble scenes and some of the most daring and emotionally demanding pas de deux in the ballet repertory.

NT LIVE: Jack Absolute Flies Again (12A)

Bean, Oliver Chris, Emily Burns, 2022, 180m

Cast – Caroline Quentin, Kelvin Fletcher, Laurei Davidson

Thursday 6 October, 7pm + Sunday 9 October, 2pm (Encore)

£13 / £11 / £10

A rollicking new comedy based on Sheridan’s The Rivals. After an aerial dog fight, Pilot Officer Jack Absolute flies home to win the heart of his old flame, Lydia Languish. Back on British soil, Jack’s advances soon turn to anarchy when the young heiress demands to be loved on her own, very particular, terms.

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Studio

Still Floating

Thursday 6 October

7.30pm

Studio

£12 / £10 (over 60s, students, under 18s)

STILL FLOATING is a brand new piece of warm-hearted comic storytelling by BBC award-winning writer/performer Shôn Dale-Jones. A story about love, resilience and laughing at the things that should make us cry.

When someone suggests that Shôn should remount his 2006 Total Theatre award-winning hit show FLOATING (Barbican, Sydney Opera House) about the Isle of Anglesey floating away from mainland Britain, he is sure it isn’t what the world needs right now. 2006 is not 2022. As Shôn explains why he shouldn’t present the show we find out that sometimes going backwards helps us move forewords. Told by two-time Fringe First winner, this is a funny, uplifting and moving story, making the real and unreal fit together in one surprising whole.

“Reduces audiences to tears and rapture” The Guardian

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Community Events

Vertical Dance Kate Lawrence and Pontio presents Lunch on the Fly

Monday 3 October

This is a fun session in which you can have a go at vertical dance. Starting with an easy warm up, you will then try to stand on and jump off a vertical floor using waist harnesses. You will be guided through some simple positions, and then you will fly!

Wear comfortable clothing with snug layers around waist and top of legs.

Age: 16+

Limited capacity – space for 12 people only.

No experience necessary

Caffi Babis

Friday 7 October

Caffi Babis is a new session that we offer for new parents and their babies.

This is a creatvie hour with Siwan Llynor and Angharad Harrop that gives new parents the opportunity to meet other parents, as well as to relax with your baby for a while. An hour to bring parents together, in a safe space. Eeach session will last around 45 minutes, with the opportunity to have a chat afterwards.

The session is most suitable for children up to 24 months, however, older children are welcome to join.

First Friday of the month 10am £3

Only one ticket required for adult and child