Watch Big Films on the Big Screen at Pontio in Bangor.
The Bangor Aye Film of the Week: WiFi Wars Halloween Special
Saturday 26 October 3.30pm & 7pm
WiFi Wars returns with a spooky version of the live comedy game show where you all play along! Log in with your smartphone or tablet and compete in a range of games, puzzles and quizzes to win the show, and prizes!
Hosted by comedian Steve McNeil (team captain on UK TV’s hit comedy/gaming show “Dara O’Briain’s Go 8 Bit”) and aided by Guinness World-Record-Breaking tech whizz, the award-winning Rob Sedgebeer!
Recommended for ages 6+ (matinee), 12+ (evening)
There’ll be entirely different games and quizzes at each show, if you’d like to come to both!
Find out more about what’s on at Pontio
and buy tickets here: https://tickets.pontio.co.uk/
Films:
Joker: Folie à Deux (15)
Friday 11 – Wednesday 23 October
Failed comedian Arthur Fleck meets the love of his life, Harley Quinn, while incarcerated at Arkham State Hospital. Upon his release, the two of them embark on a doomed romantic misadventure.
Megalopolis (15)
Friday 18 – Thursday 24 October
Genius artist Cesar Catilina seeks to leap the City of New Rome into a utopian, idealistic future, while his opposition, Mayor Franklyn Cicero, remains committed to a regressive status quo, perpetuating greed, special interests, and partisan warfare. Torn between them is socialite Julia Cicero, the mayor’s daughter, whose love for Cesar has divided her loyalties, forcing her to discover what she truly believes humanity deserves.
The Outrun (15)
Monday 21 – Wednesday 23 October
After living life on the edge in London, Rona attempts to come to terms with her troubled past. She returns to the wild beauty of Scotland’s Orkney Islands where she grew up, hoping to heal.
Autumn Shorts Showcase with Bangor Film Society
Thursday 24 October, 7pm FREE
The premiere of 5 new films produced this summer by The Bangor Film Society, plus a special selection of shorts from around Wales, presented by the BFI Film Academy. And there’ll be an opportunity for filmmakers to network after the screening.
BFI Film Academy events in Wales are delivered by Chapter, in partnership with Pontio, and supported by National Lottery funding
Transformers One (PG)
25 October – 1 November
The untold origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron, better known as sworn enemies, but once were friends bonded like brothers who changed the fate of Cybertron forever.
The Substance (18)
Friday 25 – Wednesday 30 October
If you follow the instructions, what could go wrong? A fading celebrity decides to use a black-market drug, a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of he
Disney Jr. Cinema Club 2024 (U)
Saturday 26 October, 10am
£3
Audiences are invited to bring their little ones to enjoy the magic of Disney on the big screen, with a new fun-filled cinema experience featuring Mickey Mouse, Spidey and His Amazing Friends, Ariel, Bluey and more. Whether it’s their first time in the cinema, or they regularly enjoy the movies, it’s one not to miss! DISNEY JUNIOR CINEMA CLUB 2024 brings together songs, interactive games, and episodes for pre-schoolers.
WiFi Wars Halloween Special
Saturday 26 October 3.30pm + 7pm
WiFi Wars returns with a very spooky version of the live comedy game show where you all play along! Log in with your smartphone or tablet and compete in a range of games, puzzles and quizzes to win the show, and prizes!
Hosted by comedian Steve McNeil (team captain on UK TV’s hit comedy/gaming show “Dara O’Briain’s Go 8 Bit”) and aided by Guinness World-Record-Breaking tech whizz, the award-winning Rob Sedgebeer!
Recommended for ages 6+ (matinee), 12+ (evening)
There’ll be entirely different games and quizzes at each show, if you’d like to come to both!
The Guardian – “Not To Be Missed”
Time Out – Critic’s Choice
The Times – Hot List
Metro – Top Ten London Geek Nights Out
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Studio Theatre
Shôn Dale Jones presents The Duke
“In the spring of 2024 I sit at my desk waiting for an email that will tell me what I need to do to the script to get it onto the screen. I turn the radio on. I listen to a report about the refugee crisis. My mother calls. She tells me she’s broken The Duke. My mother, my film script and the refugee crisis all need my attention.”
Shôn Dale-Jones, the BBCaward-winning writer/performer performs the Fringe First award winner, The Duke.
Funny, poignant and playful, the one-man show weaves together the tragi-comic fate of a family heirloom – a porcelain figure of The Duke of Wellington, the quandary of a scriptwriter stretching his integrity and an unfolding disaster as thousands of children flee their homes. Blending fantasy and reality, this playful show gently challenges our priorities in a world full of crisis.
“…engaging and complex, existing somewhere between truth and fiction, drama and radio, fantasy and reality. Dale-Jones is a natural and immediately likeable storyteller” The List | 4 Star Review
12+
Guy Davis
“… one of the most gifted acoustic musicians on the planet” Blues Blast Magazine.
Multi instrumentalist Guy Davis is a two-time, back-to-back Grammy nominee for Best Traditional Blues, musician, actor, author, songwriter, so much more than ‘just a bluesman’, a troubadour of the folk tradition, and a master of his craft.
Guy uses a blend of Roots, Blues, Folk, Rock, Rap, Spoken Word, and World Music to comment on and address the frustrations of social injustice, touching on historical events, and common life struggles.
Equally at ease with six or twelve string guitar, five string banjo, harmonica, and even the didgeridoo, Guy’s work has seen him perform alongside Pete Seeger, Bruce Springsteen, Dr John, Taj Mahal and Joss Stone, opening for Chuck Berry, Joan Armatrading, and BB King, and perform all over the globe. Adventures that once saw him chased out of Red Square in Moscow for trying to sing, performing in the then Soviet occupied East Berlin, and in front of an iceberg in Greenland!
His shows feature a mixture of his own original material alongside classic cover songs from such luminaries as Muddy Water, Howlin’ Wolf, and Bob Dylan.
Guy is great! The real-deal! Interestingly, he is the son of American actors and civil-rights activists, Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee, and is also an actor himself having played the lead-role in Beat Street (1984), which almost single-handedly introduced Europe to break-dancing and hip-hop.
“…a superb songwriter whose lyrics evoke the storytelling poetic tradition of the blues” The Country Blues Magazine
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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
20 October
3 November
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
5 November
12 November
19 November
26 November
3 December
