Big Films, On the Big Screen, right here in Bangor
There’s another great week of films, entertainment and events for the community at Pontio in Bangor.
Don’t Miss: The Color Purple (12A) in Pontio Friday 1 – Thursday 7 March
Bangor Aye’s Film of The Week: The Iron Claw
The true story of the inseparable Von Erich brothers, who made history in the intensely competitive world of professional wrestling in the early 1980s.
Showing in Bangor from Saturday 2 – Wednesday 6 March
Rotten Tomatoes Score: Critics: 89% Audience: 94%
Critics Consensus Powerfully acted and profoundly sad, The Iron Claw honours its fact-based story with a dramatization whose compassionate exploration of family ties is just as hard-hitting as its action in the wrestling ring.
Audience Says The Iron Claw is a powerfully emotional movie with some outstanding acting in support of a very sad real-life story.
More information and https://www.pontio.co.uk/
Cinema:
National Theatre Live Vanya (15)
Sunday 25 February, 2pm
Andrew Scott (Fleabag) brings multiple characters to life in Simon Stephens’ (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time) radical new one-man version of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya.
American Fiction (15)
Friday 22 – Wednesday 28 February
Monk is a frustrated novelist who’s fed up with the establishment that profits from Black entertainment that relies on tired and offensive tropes. To prove his point, he uses a pen name to write an outlandish Black book of his own, a book that propels him to the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.
The Zone of Interest (12A)
Friday 23 – Thursday 29 February
Rudolf, Hedwig and their family live the perfect suburban dream with their beautifully ordered house and garden. But audible from behind the wall are the sounds of mechanised death, for Rudolf Höss is the commandant of Auschwitz. Jonathan Glazer (Birth, Under the Skin) offers his most ambitious film yet, displacing the usual tropes of the Holocaust drama to depict the pampered life of executioners inhabiting the bubble of bourgeois denial, keeping the reality of genocide hermetically sealed on the outside.
Painting a Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse (U)
Tuesday 27 February + Sunday 3 March
Step into the gardens of some of the world’s best-loved artists to explore the unique eccentricities and loving care which went into creating private spaces that the world would come to know through the masterpieces they inspired.
Cardiff Animation Festival on Tour: Welsh Work (15)
Thursday 29 February, 7.30pm
The Cardiff Animation Festival team will be traveling across Wales with a brand new touring programme featuring ten award-winning animated short films. Made by Welsh and Wales based filmmakers! The screenings are followed by recorded Q+As with the filmmakers.
The Color Purple (12A)
Friday 1 – Thursday 7 March
Torn apart from her sister and her children, Celie faces many hardships in life, including an abusive husband. With support from a sultry singer named Shug Avery, as well as her stand-her-ground stepdaughter, Celie ultimately finds extraordinary strength in the unbreakable bonds of a new kind of sisterhood.
Turning Red (PG)
Saturday 2 March, 11.00am
A thirteen-year-old girl is torn between staying her mother’s dutiful daughter and the changes of adolescence. And as if the challenges were not enough, whenever she gets overly excited she transforms into a giant red panda.
The Iron Claw (15)
Saturday 2 – Wednesday 6 March
The true story of the Von Erich brothers, who make history in the intensely competitive world of professional wrestling in the early 1980s. Through tragedy and triumph, the brothers seek larger-than-life immortality on the biggest stage in sports.
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Studio Theatre:
Little Wander in association with Pontio presents FEBRUARY COMEDY CLUB
Thursday 29 February 8pm
Join us for a night of comedy with Lousie Leigh, Morgan Rees and Julia Stenton! A great night out! Comedians will be announced soon!
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A Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru production Ie Ie Ie
Friday 1 November 7.30pm
Two young people have a crush on each other. Another two fancy each other as well.
Their stories are almost identical.
Until they’re really not.
Ie Ie Ie is a Welsh adaptation of Yes Yes Yes; an award-winning show from award-winning Aoteaora/New Zealand-based theatre makers Karin McCracken and Eleanor Bishop. Directed by Juliette Manon, the show features honest interviews with young Welsh people, a gripping solo performance, and an opportunity for the audience to take part. This is an important piece of theatre about the real lived experiences of young people today that raises essential questions around healthy relationships, lust, and consent.
In association with Aurora Nova.
Yes Yes Yes was originally commissioned by Auckland Live.
– Welsh captions will be located Stage Left
– English captions will be located Stage Right
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Community Events:
Vertical Dance Kate Lawrence and Pontio presents Lunch on the Fly
Monday 4 March
Monday 18 March
Monday 8 April
Monday 22 April
Monday 13 May
Monday 20 May
Monday 3 June
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
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.
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Caffi Babis at Pontio, Bangor
1 March
5 April
3 May
7 June
5 July
Caffi Babis is a great session for new parents and their babies.
This is a creative hour with Siwan Llynor and Angharad Harrop that gives new parents the opportunity to meet other parents, as well as to relax with your baby for a while. An hour to bring parents together, in a safe space. Each session will last around 45 minutes, with the opportunity to have a chat afterwards.
The session is most suitable for children up to 24 months; however, older children are welcome to join.
First Friday of the month 10am £3
Only one ticket required for adult and child
