Pontio in Bangor offers a fantastic mix of entertainment seven days a week, from the latest film releases and independent films to music and drama, gigs, contemporary circus and aerial theatre, cabaret shows and more.
Cinema: https://www.pontio.co.uk/online/article/ffilm
Spencer (12A)
Pablo Larrain, 2021, 111m
Cast – Kristen Stewart, Timothy Spall, Sally Hawkins
Friday 19 – Thursday 25 November
£7.50 standard / £6.50 over 60 / £6 student / £5.50 child (under 18s)
The marriage of Princess Diana and Prince Charles has long since grown cold. Though rumours of affairs and a divorce abound, peace is ordained for the Christmas festivities at the Queen’s Sandringham Estate. There’s eating and drinking, shooting and hunting. Diana knows the game. But this year, things will be a whole lot different. SPENCER is an imagining of what might have happened during those few fateful days. Come and see Kristen Stewart channeling Diana in the film that everyone is talking about.
Birth Time: The Documentary (15)
Jerusha Sutton, Zoe Naylor, Jo Hunter
Wednesday 24th November 7pm
£7.50 standard / £6.50 over 60 / £6 student / £5.50 child (under 18s)
Three women embark on a mission to find out why an increasing number of women are emerging from their births physically and emotionally traumatised. Their discoveries expose the truth and lead them to join the birth revolution and forge a movement that hopes to change the face of maternity care in Australia and across the developed world. Improving women’s experience of birth helps them set up a stronger bond with their babies, decreases their risk of postnatal depression and encourages them to trust their maternal instincts when it comes to mothering their children.
Eternals (12A)
Chloe Zhao, 2021, 157m
Cast – Salma Hayek, Richard Madden, Kit Harrington, Salma Hayek
Friday 26th November – Sunday 4 December
£7.50 standard / £6.50 over 60 / £6 student / £5.50 child (under 18s)
The new Marvel blockbuster directed by Oscar winner Chloe Zhao (Nomadland). The Eternals, a race of immortal beings with superhuman powers who have secretly lived on Earth for thousands of years, reunite to battle the evil Deviants.
==
Theatre Now and Next (pontio.co.uk)
November Comedy Club
Thursday 25 November 8pm
Studio £10.50 & £8.50 concessions
Age 16+
Little Wander and Pontio present November Comedy Club
Award winning stand-up comedian Alasdair Beckett-King (BBC’s Mock the Week, BBC Radio 4 Extra), acclaimed stand-up comedian, writer and director Garrett Millerick and Welsh actress and comedian Eleri Morgan.
Join us for a brilliant night of comedy in our Studio Theatre, with three brilliant comedians!
English language event
==
Ballet Cymru – Giselle
Theatr Bryn Terfel – Saturday 27 November 2021 19:30 £13 / £11
Critics’ Circle Award winning company, Ballet Cymru, present an extraordinary new ballet based on the eternal story of Giselle, the young girl who falls in love with the wrong person and pays a terrible price.
Ballet Cymru have put their own unique stamp on this tale of love and loss, bringing relevance, poignancy and grittiness to this most romantic of ballets.
Featuring a new score by acclaimed composer and harpist Catrin Finch whose spellbinding music is interwoven with mesmerizing movement by Ballet Cymru Artistic Director Darius James OBE and Assistant Artistic Director Amy Doughty.
Don’t miss this once only opportunity to relish some of the best dance in Wales, made in Wales.
Ballet Cymru is an international touring ballet company for Wales, committed to inclusion and innovation in dance and classical ballet, and to the highest standard of collaboration. The company produce original professional dance performances based in the ballet technique which tour nationally and internationally. Its extensive Access and Outreach programme is committed to breaking down barriers to accessing the arts.
==
Events
Bangor University Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Saturday 27 November 7.30pm
Prichard-Jones Hall £12 / £10 / £5
Programme:
Bizet: Overture and Suite from Carmen
Debussy Danse Sacrée et Danse Profane for harp and strings
Massanet Intermezzo: Meditation from Thais for violin and orchestra
Faure Requiem in D minor, op 48
Join Bangor University’s Symphony Chorus and Symphony Orchestra for a special concert in Prichard-Jones Hall.
Enjoy works by Bizet, Debussy, Massanet and Faure as the orchestra and chorus bring them to life. A concert to warm you up on a cold November night!
==
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.
BLAS was launched in January 2013 following a successful bid for funding from Arts Council of Wales, and since then it 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, 6:15pm – 7:15pm – Years 5 and 6,
Wednesday: 6 :30pm – 7:30pm – Years 7, 8 and 9 – 7:45pm – 8:45pm – Years 10 – 13
Cost: £25 (discount code available for residents of LL57 1 area)
Workshops are held mainly in Welsh. It is not essential to be fluent, and we welcome everyone of all language ability.
