Dynamic Pricing
ARC’s policy is to set ticket prices based on demand, like budget airlines, which means we set a price when the event goes on sale and then sometimes put the price up or down depending on how the show is selling. Usually, the price will increase as we get closer to the event, so it is advantageous to book in advance, although sometimes we will put special offers on and reduce the price. Our website will always show the current ticket price.
ARC’s theatre and dance performances are priced on a Pay What You Decide basis, which means you don’t have to pay until after you have seen a show!
We want to encourage more people to come and see shows at ARC, more often. Pay What You Decide not only allows you to pay what you can afford, rather than a fixed ticket price, but also removes the financial risk of buying a ticket for a show in advance without knowing whether you are going to enjoy it or not.
Tickets are available to book in advance as usual, but there is no obligation for you to pay until after you have seen the show. You can then decide on a price which you think is suitable based on your experience, which means if you haven’t enjoyed it at all, you don’t have to pay anything.
All money collected will help ARC pay the artists who have performed, and we therefore hope you will give generously.
Please ensure you have arrived and collected your tickets 15 minutes before the show starts in order to secure your seats. At the end of the show, you can decide what to pay, either by cash on the door or by card at the Box Office.
General Prices: £10 / Groups of 6 or more: £8 per person + £0.10 booking fee per ticket
Duration: 1 hour
Seating: Reserved seated
This Christmas, meet the most unusual duckling the pond has ever seen!
In their nest at the edge of a pond, the baby ducklings wait impatiently for Mummy’s enormous egg to hatch. But their new brother doesn’t look like everyone else. He doesn’t even quack like a proper duckling!
Teased and called Ugly by his siblings, our hero goes on an adventure in search of a place to fit in. As the woodland trees change from dark weathered branches to silver sticks of frost, the lost and lonely fledgling hides in brushwood and stares skyward at the migrating swans, yearning to belong and marvelling at their beauty…. Where does he really belong?
Moving through all four seasons, tutti frutti and York Theatre Royal bring to life Hans Christian Andersen’s well known tale. With a menagerie of mischievous animals, depicted through inventive physicality, and live music that quacks and trills, this charming production plays with the importance of identity, self-worth and takes us on a journey to discover inner beauty.
Running Times
| Tue 4 Dec | 10.30am | 1pm |
| Wed 5 Dec | 10.30am | 1pm |
| Thu 6 Dec | 10.30am | 1pm |
| Sat 8 Dec | 11.30am | 2.30pm |
| Sun 9 Dec | 11.30am | 2.30pm |
| Tue 11 Dec | 10.30am | 1pm (relaxed) |
| Wed 12 Dec | 10.30am | 1pm |
| Thu 13 Dec | 10.30am | 1pm |
| Sat 15 Dec | 11.30am | 2.30pm |
| Sun 16 Dec | 11.30am | 2.30pm (relaxed & BSL) |
| Tue 18 Dec | 10.30am | 1pm |
| Wed 19 Dec | 10.30am | 1pm |
| Thu 20 Dec | 10.30am | 1pm |
| Sat 22 Dec | 11.30am | 2.30pm |
| Sun 23 Dec | 11.30am | 2.30pm |
| Dynamic Pricing We set ticket prices based on demand; the price can go up or down depending on how well a show is selling. The price will usually increase closer to the event date, so we always recommend booking in advance to take advantage of best price. You can read more about our dynamic pricing policy here. |