There’s some great entertainment and events for the community at Pontio in Bangor this week
For more information and to Book for all events visit the Pontio website here: https://www.pontio.co.uk/
Cinema:
The Haunting in Venice (12A)
Friday 29 September – Thursday 12 October
Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot investigates a murder while attending a Halloween seance at a haunted palazzo in Venice, Italy.
The Equalizer 3 (15)
Friday 6 – Monday 9 October
Since giving up his life as a government assassin, Robert McCall finds solace in serving justice on behalf of the oppressed. Now living in Southern Italy, he soon discovers his new friends are under the control of local crime bosses. As events turn deadly, McCall becomes their protector by taking on the mafia.
Passages (18)
Tuesday 10 – Wednesday 11 October
Tomas and Martin are a gay couple living in Paris whose marriage is thrown into crisis when Tomas impulsively begins a passionate affair with young schoolteacher Agathe. But when Martin begins an affair of his own, Tomas must confront life decisions he may be unprepared—or unwilling—to deal with.
LGBTQ+ Film Night Pride (15)
Thursday 12 October Panel Discussion: 8pm/Film: 8.30pm
Realising that they share common foes in Margaret Thatcher, the police and the conservative press, London-based gay and lesbian activists lend their support to striking miners in 1984 Wales.
There will be a Q&A session held before the screening chaired by Pontio Artistic Director Osian Gwynn in conversation with Dr Gareth Evans-Jones editor of Curiadau: Blodeugerdd LHDTC+ and lecturer Dr Nia Jones.
The Old Oak (15)
Friday 13 – Wednesday 19 October
A pub landlord in a previously thriving mining community struggles to hold onto his pub. Meanwhile, tensions rise in the town when Syrian refugees are placed in the empty houses in the community.
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.
Disney 100: Frozen (PG)
Saturday 14 October, 11am
When the newly crowned Queen Elsa accidentally uses her power to turn things into ice to curse her home in infinite winter, her sister Anna teams up with a mountain man, his playful reindeer, and a snowman to change the weather condition.
FAMILY TICKET available on Saturday mornings
3: £9, 4: £12, 5: £15
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Theatr Bryn Terfel
Cabaret Pontio presents The Trials of Cato with Annie Dressner and Melda Lois supporting.
Friday 13 October 8pm
Formed in Beirut, the band returned to the UK in 2016 and set to performing tirelessly up and down the country, leading to BBC Radio 2’s Mark Radcliffe hailing them as “one of the real discoveries on the folk circuit in recent times.” Their debut album, Hide and Hair, gained attention in national publications, receives repeated national airplay on BBC Radio 2 and BBC 6 Music, and won Best Album at the 2019 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.
Following a year of wall-to-wall touring across the UK, Europe, and North America in 2019, the band’s march was halted by the live silence of the global pandemic. Now, they emerge from their chrysalis transformed. As ever, ‘The Trials Continue’ – but this time the multi-talented instrumentalist and singer Polly Bolton joins their ranks.
Deep in the wintry woods of Gog Magog Hill something stirred. New sounds tangled with woodsmoke as The Trials of Cato fused their usual flashing Celtic instrumental interplay with striking new compositions to bring us the follow up to their award-winning debut. Gog Magog is The Trials of Cato’s hugely anticipated second album, released in the winter of 2022.
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Studio Theatre:
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Tuesday 10 October 8pm
Alandale Trio: J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations
Andrew Harvey, violin
Alex Mitchell, viola
Alex Holladay, cello
We’re delighted to welcome the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra’s Alandale Trio to our Studio theatre this Autumn for an intimate concert following a sell-out full orchestra concert in the Summer. Performing J.S Bach’s stunning Goldberg Variations as part of their repertoire, make sure to book your tickets early to avoid disappointment
80-minute concert with no interval
Cracking
Thursday 12 October 7.30pm
Presented by SDJ Productions, originally developed for BBC Radio 4, co-produced by Theatre Royal, Plymouth
A new dark comedy by Shôn Dale-Jones
A completely made-up true story
CRACKING is a dark and comic story about love and hatred, and celebrates how searching for connection beats disconnecting. It’s a heart-warming and uplifting comic story that blends fiction and reality into one seamless whole. 14+
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Community Events:
Vertical Dance Kate Lawrence and Pontio presents Lunch on the Fly
Monday 9 October
Monday 13 November
Monday 20 November
Monday 27 November
12pm Stiwdio
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
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National Dance Company Wales Dance for Parkinson’s
Tuesdays, 1.30pm – 2.45pm Studio £3.50
10 October
17 October
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.
