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: £100 (single room) / £140 (twin room)
Duration: 48hrs
Presented by The Albany, Entelechy Arts and Christopher Green, in association with ARC Stockton, Future Arts Centres and Saitama Arts.
An entertaining and provocative excursion into residential care.
Put yourself in the shoes of the UK’s 300,000+ care home residents in The Home – move in for the weekend for a 48-hour immersive experience, or come and visit our residents at some stand-alone events.
The Home: Durational Stay
Fri 4 – Sun 6 Oct, from 1pm
This innovative new work sees 30 people enter the world of a fictional residential care home in this large-scale show by Christopher Green. The Home gives participants an opportunity to discover the pleasures and problems of being cared for in a communal setting, and explores the care home as a place of reinvention and possibility.
The performance is customised to you: you have your own room, treatment regime, entertainment and wellbeing programme, plus dedicated key-workers who provide your care.
Venue: Hampton by Hilton, Church Road, Stockton on Tees
Tickets to experience 48 hours in The Home cost £100 (single room) or £140 (shared twin room for two people). Please note: This price includes accommodation and all meals.
The Home: Visitor’s Pass
If you aren’t able to move in for the full weekend, you can catch a glimpse of life inside The Home with a Visitor’s Pass to our short, standalone events (all separately bookable on a Pay What You Decide basis) and gain a new perspective on ageing and vulnerability along the way.
Sat 5 Oct, 2pm – 3.30pm
The Talent Show
(at Stockton Masonic Hall, Wellington Street)
Come and see our residents compete for big prizes at our favourite event The Home’s Got Talent!, or enter yourself. Book here and Pay What You Decide for tickets.
Sat 5 Oct, 7.30pm – 9pm
The Bingo Party
(at Hampton by Hilton, Church Road)
Prizes, drinks and good times with a group of great people. Ready to try your luck? Book here and Pay What You Decide for tickets.
Sun 6 Oct, 10.30am – 12pm
Non-Denominational Worship and Mindfulness Session
(at Hampton by Hilton, Church Road)
A chance to get to know our residents and perhaps even yourself a little better. Book here and Pay What You Decide for tickets.
Sun 6 Oct, 2pm – 3.30pm
The Home Open Afternoon and Cupcake Day
(at Hampton by Hilton, Church Road)
You are warmly invited to integrate with our residents and have the most fun you’ll have had for a long time at our Open Afternoon. Book here and Pay What You Decide for tickets.