There’s another great week of films, entertainment and events for the community at Pontio in Bangor.
Bangor Aye’s Film of The Week: Priscilla (15)
Reviews: A meticulously crafted character study that tells it’s story through it’s character, Priscilla is a beautifully written and tremendously well-acted film that will stay in your mind days after viewing.
A star is born with Cailee Spaeny’s portrayal of Priscilla Beaulieu, the 14-year-old schoolgirl who grew up to marry Elvis Presley, in Sofia Coppola’s ravishing and gothic tale of how teen dreams can very often turn toxic.
More information and https://www.pontio.co.uk/
Cinema:
Wish (U)
Friday 4 – Saturday 27 January
Wish will follow a young girl named Asha who wishes on a star and gets a more direct answer than she bargained for when a trouble-making star comes down from the sky to join her.
Priscilla (15)
Friday 19 – Thursday 25 January
When teenage Priscilla Beaulieu meets Elvis Presley at a party, the man who is already a meteoric rock-and-roll superstar becomes someone entirely unexpected in private moments: a thrilling crush, an ally in loneliness, a vulnerable best friend. Through Priscilla’s eyes, Sofia Coppola tells the unseen side of a great American myth in Elvis and Priscilla’s long courtship and turbulent marriage, from a German army base to his dream-world estate at Graceland, in this deeply felt and ravishingly detailed portrait of love, fantasy, and fame.
Ferrari (15)
12 – 18 January
Set during the summer of 1957. Ex-racecar driver, Ferrari, is in crisis. Bankruptcy stalks the company he and his wife, Laura, built from nothing ten years earlier. Their tempestuous marriage struggles with the mourning for one son and the acknowledgement of another. He decides to counter his losses by rolling the dice on one race – 1,000 miles across Italy, the iconic Mille Miglia.
Bangor Film Club: The Red Turtle (PG)
Sunday 14 January
A shipwrecked sailor washes ashore and explores his new home. He finds a sandy beach fringed by palm trees, a swaying bamboo forest, limpid freshwater pools and a rocky incline. It’s an earthly paradise that our lanky castaway is desperate to leave, but his escape plans are mysteriously thwarted.
Maestro (15)
16 January
Maestro will tell the complex love story of Leonard and Felicia, a story that spans over 30 years-from the time they met in 1946 at a party and continuing through two engagements, a 25 year marriage, and three children: Jamie Bernstein, Alexander Bernstein and Nina Bernstein Simmons.
Anselm (PG)
Tuesday 16 – Wednesday 17 January
Anselm Kiefer is one of the greatest contemporary artists. His past and present diffuse the line between film and painting, thus giving a unique cinematic experience that dives deep into an artist’s work and reveals his life path.
How To Have Sex (15)
Wednesday 17 – Thursday 18 January
Three British teenage girls go on a rites-of-passage holiday – drinking, clubbing and hooking up, in what should be the best summer of their lives.
The Red Shoes (PG) 1948
Thursday 18 January
In this classic drama, Vicky Page is an aspiring ballerina torn between her dedication to dance and her desire to love. While her imperious instructor, Boris Lermontov, urges to her to forget anything but ballet, Vicky begins to fall for the charming young composer Julian Craster. Eventually Vicky, under great emotional stress, must choose to pursue either her art or her romance, a decision that carries serious consequences
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Theatr Bryn Terfel
Welsh National Opera Orchestra A Viennese Celebration
Thursday 11 January 7.30pm
Kick-start the New Year the right way, with WNO Orchestra.
In this unmissable New Year concert by WNO Orchestra, experience the musical pulse of Austria’s capital city, where the air is full of music and its soul rooted in Viennese.
Full of fun, attractive and zesty rhythmic masterpieces, enjoy some of the most brilliant examples of Viennese music, from Weber’s romantic concert waltz and Strauss II’s riveting polka to Josef Strauss’s Dynamiden waltz and Lanner Der Romantiker waltz, complete with a few rousing, and familiar, surprises. Under the direction of Leader and Concertmaster David Adams and joined by WNO’s latest Associate Artists, soprano Emily Christina Loftus and mezzo-soprano Beca Davies, sit back and delight in this vibrant showcase of favourites from Vienna.
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Community Events:
Connecting Sunday 14 January 5.30pm – 8pm
The Interactive Exhibition opens from 5.30pm
Immerse yourself in Paint Film Clay Movement and Sound as we share our unique and exciting project.
Come and SOUND YOUR VOICE – BE HEARD – RE-CONNECT – RECOVER!
Have some fun and be challenged by our ideas for supporting improved mental health through a smorgasbord of creative arts as part of a rainbow social prescribing programme! We believe North Wales is ahead of the curve in terms of offering social prescribing as an effective alternative to medicine. We invite everyone affected by struggles with poor mental health – including family members and those involved in the referral process, from GPs to local councillors, to come and experience for themselves how Cysylltu’s rainbow could enhance the social prescribing programme.
“The time has come to recognise the powerful contribution the arts can make to our health and wellbeing” (All Party Parliamentary Report on Creative Health 2017) The isolation felt by many during the lockdowns, has long been the lived experience of many who struggle with poor mental health.
All the artists involved in this project, have personal experience of this struggle and how the creative process can help
Vertical Dance Kate Lawrence and Pontio presents Lunch on the Fly
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
16 January
23 January
30 January
6 February
20 February
27 February
5 March
12 March
19 March
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.
