There’s another great week of films, entertainment and events at Pontio in Bangor this week.

Films include The Creator (12A) and The Great Escaper (12A) The Exorcist Original 1973 film (18) The Exorcist: Believer (15) and Trolls Band Together (U) Family Ticket available on Saturday mornings.

Bangor Aye’s Film of The Week:  The Exorcist (18) 1973 version showing on Thursday 26 October

A visiting actress in Washington, D.C., notices dramatic and dangerous changes in the behaviour and physical make-up of her 12-year-old daughter. Meanwhile, a young priest at nearby Georgetown University begins to doubt his faith while dealing with his mother’s terminal sickness. A frail, elderly priest recognizes the necessity for an infamous show-down.

More information and https://www.pontio.co.uk/

Cinema:

La Hoja de la Caleta (The Caleta’s Leaf) + Q&A

Sunday 22 October, 5.30 PM (FREE)

The relationship between an alcoholic father and his son in a deprived Cuban household, marked by forced emigration and the absent mother, is interrupted when she returns to take the boy out with her. Father and mother leave their nine-and-a-half-year-old son the full responsibility of deciding, but… How could he decide on his own? Is it fair? What does he want?

Spanish with English subtitles

There will also be a question and answer session with the writter Pavel Alejandro Barrios Sosa

The Creator (12A)

Friday 13 – Thursday 25 October

As a future war between the human race and artificial intelligence rages on, ex-special forces agent Joshua is recruited to hunt down and kill the Creator, the elusive architect of advanced AI. The Creator has developed a mysterious weapon that has the power to end the war and all of mankind. As Joshua and his team of elite operatives venture into enemy-occupied territory, they soon discover the world-ending weapon is actually an AI in the form of a young child.

The Great Escaper (12A)

Friday 20 – Thursday 26 October

In the summer of 2014, Bernard Jordan made global headlines. He had staged a “great escape” from his care home to join fellow war veterans on a beach in Normandy, commemorating their fallen comrades at the D-Day Landings 70th anniversary.

It was a story that captured the imagination of the world as Bernie embodied the defiant, “can-do” spirit of a generation that was fast disappearing. But of course, it wasn’t the whole story. It was an inspirational but sanitised retelling of one man’s need to come to terms with the lasting trauma of war.

Bernie’s adventure (played by Michael Caine), spanning a mere 48 hours, also marked the culmination of his 60-year marriage to Rene (Glenda Jackson) – ‘The Great Escaper’ celebrates their enduring love but always with an eye to the lessons we might learn from the Greatest Generation.

The Exorcist (18) – Director’s Cut

Thursday 26 October

A visiting actress in Washington, D.C., notices dramatic and dangerous changes in the behaviour and physical make-up of her 12-year-old daughter. Meanwhile, a young priest at nearby Georgetown University begins to doubt his faith while dealing with his mother’s terminal sickness. A frail, elderly priest recognizes the necessity for a show-down with an old demonic enemy.

The Exorcist: Believer (15)

Friday 27 October – Thursday 2 November

Sequel to the 1973 film about a 12-year-old girl who is possessed by a mysterious demonic entity, forcing her mother to seek the help of two priests to save her.

Trolls Band Together (U)

Friday 27 October – Sunday 5 November

Poppy discovers that Branch was once part of a boy band, BroZone, with his brothers: Floyd, John Dory, Spruce, and Clay. But when Floyd is kidnapped, Branch and Poppy embark on a journey to reunite the other brothers and rescue Floyd.

FAMILY TICKET available on Saturday mornings

3: £9, 4: £12, 5: £15

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Theatr Bryn Terfel

Catrin Finch + Aoife Ní Bhriain Friday 27 October 7.30pm

A MWLDAN PRODUCTION

Dublin native Aoife Ní Bhriain is one of her generation’s most versatile and gifted violinists, a dazzling musician who commands both the classical world and her Irish traditional heritage. From across the Irish Sea and the west coast of Wales, harpist Catrin Finch has also built an impressive classical career and ventured into unchartered musical territory, most notably through her award-winning collaborations with Seckou Keita and Cimarrón.

Together, Aoife and Catrin form a formidable virtuoso duo, eager to explore a musical world of creative possibility, challenge and discovery, inspired by a multitude of influences and linked by the cultures of their home countries. Their debut public performances at Other Voices Cardigan in November 2022 drew rapturous audience acclaim. Their extraordinary and original new material will be released on their debut album, Double You, on 27th October 2023.

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Studio Theatre:

Little Wander in association with Pontio presents October Comedy Club

Thursday 26 October 8pm

Join us for a night of comedy with three comedians from the British comedy circuit! A great night out!

Lullaby for Mother by Gravida Collective

Saturday 28 October 7.30pm

LULLABY FOR MOTHER is a new multimedia dance piece that builds on a previous R&D, funded by ACW; Gravida Project (2018).

Gravida Collective through this production offers the space of immersion for the audience, a space for introspection, gentleness, comfort and reassurance to be authentic self in life.

Imprinted through time and generations of both the beauty and oppressions of existence

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Community Events:

National Dance Company Wales Dance for Parkinson’s

Tuesdays, 1.30pm – 2.45pm Studio £3.50

24 October

7 November

14 November

21 November

28 November

5 December

NDC Wales is excited to launch new Dance for Parkinson’s classes in Bangor!

No experience necessary

Dance for Parkinson’s classes are fun and informal.

Dance has been proven to develop confidence and strength, whilst temporarily relieving some participants of symptoms in everyday life. Classes are creative and promote feelings of freedom from the physical and social constraints of having Parkinson’s.

We are an Affiliated hub of English National Ballet’s Dance for Parkinson’s programme.

Classes are 90 minutes long, and all you’ll need is a chair.

English National Ballet’s Dance for Parkinson’s programme has been running since 2008. We are proud to be part of the Dance for PD membership, to support Dance for Parkinson’s Partnership and People Dancing and to have an affiliation with Parkinson’s UK. ENB’s national Dance for Parkinson’s programme enjoys close links with Parkinson’s UK and the European Parkinson’s Disease Association EPDA.