Watch Big Films on the Big Screen at Pontio in Bangor.
Bangor Aye Film of the Week: Wicked (PG)
Friday 22 November – Thursday 5 December
Misunderstood because of her green skin, a young woman named Elphaba forges an unlikely but profound friendship with Glinda, a student with an unflinching desire for popularity. Following an encounter with the Wizard of Oz, their relationship soon reaches a crossroad as their lives begin to take very different paths.
Find out more about what’s on at Pontio and buy tickets here: https://tickets.pontio.co.uk/
Films:
Paddington in Peru (PG)
Friday 8 – Thursday 21 November
Paddington travels to Peru to visit his beloved Aunt Lucy, who now resides at the Home for Retired Bears. With the Brown Family in tow, a thrilling adventure ensues when a mystery plunges them into an unexpected journey through the Amazon rainforest and up to the mountain peaks of Peru.
Anora (18)
Friday 15 – Thursday 21 November
Winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival 2024. Anora, a young sex worker from Brooklyn, gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as the parents set out for New York to get the marriage annulled.
Wicked (PG)
Friday 22 November – Thursday 5 December
Elphaba, an ostracized but defiant girl born with green skin, and Glinda, a privileged aristocrat born popular, become extremely unlikely friends in the magical Land of Oz. As the two girls struggle with their opposing personalities, their friendship is tested as both begin to fulfill their destinies as Glinda the Good and The Wicked Witch of the West. The first of a two-part film adaptation of the Broadway musical.
The film will start at the advertised time.
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Studio Theatre
Grist to the Mill and Red Dragonfly Productions presents The Empress and Me
Tuesday 19 November 5pm FREE but ticketed
The true story of a Chinese Princess in an ever-changing world
The amazing true story of the Princess Der Ling who, as the daughter of a Chinese Diplomat and Eurasian mother, was raised in France to be every bit the Victorian Lady only to find herself, when her father is recalled home, living in the Forbidden City and entangled in the politics of the Chinese Court as lady in waiting to the infamous Empress Cixi. Just who is Lizzie Yu? Does she really know? A story of one woman’s search for identity in an ever changing world. From the team behind ‘The Unknown Soldier’ and ‘Gratiano’.
Berk’s Nest in association with PBJ Management present TAROT: Shuffle
Friday 22 November 8pm
The best show of 2019 according to Chortle. The sixth-best show of 2022 according to the Guardian. Come watch us continue our slow descent into mediocrity.
They (our parents, partners, children) say ‘sketch is dead’, but if it’s dead then where’s all our money going?
Joyously silly and uproariously live and in-the-room, we would call it improv but we’ve got some self-respect: this is sketch in nighties. Come watch a new tour of big, daft and, above all, live comedy being conjured up in front of your very eyes.
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Events for the Community
Vertical Dance Kate Lawrence and Pontio presents Lunch on the Fly
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
17 November
1 December
15 December
National Dance Company Wales – Dance For Parkinson’s
Tuesdays, 1.30pm – 3pm
NDCWales is excited to launch new Dance for Parkinson’s classes in Bangor!
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.
Dates
19 November
26 November
3 December
