Pontio in Bangor will be hosting a great week of entertainment.
Films include Strange World (PG), Living (12), ROH Live: Like Water for Chocolate (12A)
Great events for the community include the Chinese New Year Gala on Saturday 21 January (Free Event), BLAS is back! Pontio’s arts participation project for young children, Vertical Dance and Dance for Parkinson’s.
For more information and to Book for all events visit the Pontio website here: https://www.pontio.co.uk/
Cinema:
Strange World (PG)
Jake Gyllenhaal, Alan Tudyk, Gabrielle Union
14 – 28 January
£7.50 standard / £6.50 over 60 / £6 student / £5.50 child (under 18s)
The Clades are a legendary family of explorers whose differences threaten to topple their latest and most crucial mission into uncharted and treacherous territory.
Living (12)
Bill Nighy, Aimee Lou Wood, Adrian Rawlins
13 – 19 January
£7.50 standard / £6.50 over 60 / £6 student / £5.50 child (under 18s)
A veteran civil servant receives a medical diagnosis that inspires him to move to the south coast and cram some fun into his remaining days. He meets a sunny young female colleague who seems to have the pep that had previously escaped him.
She Said (15)
Zoe Kazan, Samantha Morton, Tom Pelphrey, Carey Mulligan
13 – 18 January
£7.50 standard / £6.50 over 60 / £6 student / £5.50 child (under 18s)
The New York Times journalists Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor publish a report that exposes sexual abuse allegations against powerful Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. The shocking story also serves as a launching pad for the #MeToo movement, shattering decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault and harassment.
ROH Live: Like Water for Chocolate (12A)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Marcelino Sambé, Francesca Hayward
Thursday 19 January, 7.15pm
£15 / £12.50 / £10
A modern Mexican classic of magic realism provides the basis for The Royal Ballet’s new full-length work, reuniting Artistic Associate Christopher Wheeldon with the creative team who transformed Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and The Winter’s Tale into dance, composer Joby Talbot and designer Bob Crowley.
The ballet is inspired by Laura Esquivel’s novel – a captivating family saga where the central character’s emotions spill out through cooking to influence everyone around her in startling and dramatic ways. In this co-production with American Ballet Theatre, Mexican conductor Alondra de la Parra also acts as musical consultant for Talbot’s newly commissioned score, and Wheeldon has worked closely with Esquivel to reshape her richly layered story into an entertaining and engrossing new ballet.
The Banshees of Inisherin (15)
Martin McDonagh, 2022, 114m
Cast – Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon
Friday 20 – Thursday 26 January
£7.50 standard / £6.50 over 60 / £6 student / £5.50 child (under 18s)
The new film from McDonagh ( 3 Billboards , In Bruges) is set on a remote island off the west coast of Ireland and follows lifelong friends Padraic (Colin Farrell) and Colm (Brendan Gleeson), who find themselves at an impasse when Colm unexpectedly puts an end to their friendship. Padraic refuses to accept the situation, but his repeated efforts only strengthen his former friend’s resolve and when Colm delivers a desperate ultimatum, events swiftly escalate, with shocking consequences.
Peter von Kant (15)
Denis Ménochet, Isabelle Adjani, Khalil Ben Gharbiam85m
Friday 20 – Wednesday 25 January
£7.50 standard / £6.50 over 60 / £6 student / £5.50 child (under 18s)
Thanks to the great actress Sidonie, Peter Von Kant, a famous and successful film director, meets and falls in love with Amir, a handsome man from a modest background.
The Italian Recipe (18)
103m
Saturday 21 January, 5.30pm
£7.50 standard / £6.50 over 60 / £6 student / £5.50 child (under 18s)
Peng is a spoiled pop star from China. When he comes to Rome for a reality show he meets young Manman, a simple girl with a big dream: becoming a great chef.
Aftersun (12A)
102m
Paul Mescal, Frankie Corio, Celia Rowlson-Hall
Friday 20 – Wednesday 25 January
£7.50 standard / £6.50 over 60 / £6 student / £5.50 child (under 18s)
Sophie and her dad Calum are on holiday in Turkey in the late 1990s. Despite a rough start (such as Calum’s broken arm and a room with a double bed rather than twins), it should be bliss – the ‘Macarena’ is blaring, the warm air is filled with the smell of sunscreen and Sophie is capturing it all on her mini-DV cam. However, cracks begin to emerge in the façade Calum is trying to maintain to give Sophie a perfect holiday.
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Community Events:
Chinese New Year Gala with the Confucius Institute at Pontio
Saturday 21 January 10am – 4pm
Chinese culture workshops, Tai Chi and musical performances throughout the day
Chinese Calligraphy workshops
Pontio, Level 2 (to be confirmed)
10.00-11.00 am and 2.00-3.00pm
Try your hand at the ancient art of Chinese calligraphy.
Chinese music
Pontio, Level 2 – Gorad bridge
11.00-11.20pm
A live performance of the Chinese guzheng by Kewen Yu
3.50-4.10 pm
Mengling Li plays the traditional Xun, Vessel flute
Tai chi and Wu Qin Xi (Outside Pontio on the plaza)
11.30-11.45pm
Join us for an uplifting performance by members of Bangor University’s Confucius Institute of Tai Chi and Wu Qin Xi on the plaza.
Chinese Gala
Bryn Terfel Theater
12.30-1.40pm
Join Bangor University’s Confucius Institute to celebrate the Chinese New Year 2023, the Year of the Rabbit, with a spectacular audio-visual feast of Chinese traditional music and dance. A display of fascinating performances by a young group of artists from Goldsmith University featuring Chinese dance and musical performance will take the audiences to the heart of China! Welcome to our festive and vibrant Chinese gala for all ages!
Chinese Knots and Bracelets
Pontio, Cledwyn Jones room
11.45-12.20pm and 3.00-4.00pm
Drop in and learn how to make Chinese knots and bracelets
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Blas
BLAS is Pontio’s arts participation project offering children and young people various experiences of the arts. There are three aspects to BLAS, firstly, weekly drama workshops for children and young people, from school year 3 to 13. Secondly, health and well-being arts projects with children and young people. Thirdly, youth arts projects in conjunction with professional companies that visit Pontio.
Launched in January 2013 following a successful bid for funding from Arts Council of Wales, Blas has gone from strength to strength undertaking a number of projects with inspiring practitioners and Bangor’s enthusiastic children and communities.
The project is run by Pontio Arts Development Co-ordinator, Mared Elliw Huws and is funded by the Arts Council of Wales and the Widening Access programme at Bangor University
Weekly Drama Workshop
The weekly workshops are returning to Pontio Studio!
Weekly drama and performance workshops to develop confidence, stage presence, performing skills and have fun!
Where: Studio, Pontio
When: Every Monday and Wednesday night – Term Time
Monday: 5:00pm – 6:00pm – Years 3 and 4
Mondays 6:15pm – 7:15pm – Years 5 and 6,
Workshops are held mainly in Welsh. It is not essential to be fluent, and we welcome everyone of all language ability.
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National Dance Company Wales Dance for Parkinson’s
NDC Wales is excited to launch new Dance for Parkinson’s classes in Bangor!
No experience necessary
Studio £3.50
Tuesdays, 1.30pm – 2.45pm
Dates
17 January, 24 January, 31 January, 7 February, 14 February, 28 February, 7 March, 14 March, 21 March, 28 March,
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.
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Vertical Dance Kate Lawrence and Pontio presents Lunch on the Fly
Monday 16 January
Monday 30 January
Monday 13 February
Monday 27 February
Monday 13 March
Monday 27 March
Monday 3 April
Monday 17 April
12pm
Stiwdio
TICKETS
£6 for 1 session
£40 for 8
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
