Another great week of entertainment at Pontio in Bangor includes:
Films: Scream VI (18) A Man Called Otto (15) All Quiet on the Western Front (15) and Allelujah (12A)
Entertainment: National Dance Company Wales PULSE, Comedy Club and National Dance Company Wales Discover Dance
Events for the community include BLAS – Pontio’s arts participation project for local children and Dance for Parkinson’s – Creative class that promote feelings of freedom from the physical and social constraints of having Parkinson’s Disease.
For more information and to Book for all events visit the Pontio website here: https://www.pontio.co.uk/
Cinema:
A Man Called Otto (15)
Monday 13-Thursday 22 March
A remake of the fantastic original film adaptation of the novel “A Man Called Ove” by Fredrik Backman (2015 Swedish film “A Man Called Ove” directed by Hannes Holm). Ove is a curmudgeon-the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his bedroom window. He has staunch principles, strict routines, and a short fuse. People call him ‘the bitter neighbour from hell.’
Y Sŵn (12A)
Monday 13 – Sunday 19 March
From the team who brought you The Feast comes to a true story of how S4C was established. In 1979, when Margaret Thatcher’s first government breaks a promise to establish a Welsh language television channel, a wave of civil disobedience follows. One man – Gwynfor Evans – threatens to starve himself to death unless the government comes good on its manifesto pledge. The reimagining of one of the most colourful chapters in contemporary Welsh history.
Scream VI (18)
Friday 17-Thursday 23 March
In the next instalment, the survivors of the Ghostface killings leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter in New York City.
Joyland (15)
8, 2, 21 March
As the happily patriarchal Rana family craves for the birth of a baby boy, the youngest of the Rana men secretly joins an erotic dance theatre and finds himself falling for a fiercely ambitious trans starlet. Their impossible love story slowly illuminates the entire Rana family’s desire for a sexual rebellion.
All Quiet on the Western Front (15)
Wednesday 22 Marth, 2pm
At the start of World War I, Paul Baumer is a young German patriot, eager to fight. Indoctrinated with propaganda at school, he and his friends eagerly sign up for the army soon after graduation. But when the horrors of war soon become too much to bear, and as his friends die or become gravely wounded, Paul questions the sanity of fighting over a few hundreds yards of war-torn countryside.
ROH Live: Turandot (12A)
Wednesday 22 March, 7.15pm
In the court of Princess Turandot, suitors who fail to solve her riddles are brutally killed. But when a mysterious Prince answers one correctly, suddenly he holds all the power – and a glorious secret. When life hangs in the balance, can love conquer all? Puccini’s score is rich in musical marvels (featuring the famous aria ‘Nessun dorma’), while Andrei Serban’s production draws on Chinese theatrical traditions to evoke a colourful fantasy tableau of ancient Peking. Antonio Pappano conducts Anna Pirozzi in the title role and Yonghoon Lee as Calaf.
Allelujah (12A)
Friday 24-Thursday 30 March
Richard Eyre’s all-star adaptation including Judie Dench and Jennifer Saunders of Alan Bennett’s acclaimed play about a hospital for the elderly under threat of closure, is a lively, witty and often strikingly acerbic critique.
Magic Mike’s The Last Dance (15)
25 March
“Magic” Mike Lane takes to the stage again after a lengthy hiatus, following a business deal that went bust, leaving him broke and taking bartender gigs in Florida. For what he hopes will be one last hurrah, Mike heads to London with a wealthy socialite who lures him with an offer he can’t refuse…and an agenda all her own. With everything on the line, once Mike discovers what she truly has in mind, will he—and the roster of hot new dancers he’ll have to whip into shape—be able to pull it off?
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Theatr Bryn Terfel
National Dance Company Wales PULSE
Thursday 23 March 7.30pm
Two physically thrilling dance works to set your pulse racing.
Waltz by Marcos Morau
A haunting waltz plays in the distance. From the ashes a tangle of shining creatures emerge to inhabit a new world. In the chaos and turbulence their only hope is to remain united.
If you enjoyed the electrifying choreographic world of Tundra in 2017, this is another chance to experience work by trailblazing Spanish choreographer Marcos Morau.
Say Something
by Sarah Golding & Yukiko Masui (SAY)
Say Something explores what it means to ‘represent’, and the ever-growing expectation to have a voice. Working with beatboxers MC Zani and Dean Yhnell, this new work is a relentlessly physical, visual and sonic feast.
SAY have a passion for music that makes them want to move. Say Something will make the whole room want to get up and groove.
Join NDCWales for a powerful evening of dance.
Part of NOW, National Dance Company Wales’ 22/23 season
Studio Theatre
Clwb Comedi/Comedy Club
Thursday 23 March 2023 8pm
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Community Events:
National Dance Company Wales Discover Dance
Friday 24 March 1pm
Discover Dance is a fun and relaxed interactive performance. Try some dance, then watch the professionals in action.
This hour-long experience is ideal for schools and families.
Get the chance to warm up with our dancers from your seats, ask questions and learn some moves from the show.
You’ll also watch National Dance Company Wales’ performance all about imagination and the rhythm of life called ‘Why Are People Clapping!?’
It’s a joyous and creative experience. Young people leave feeling inspired and enthusiastic, more confident and creative.
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.
For more details email Mared: m.huws@bangor.ac.uk
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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
21 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.
