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.
We are delighted to be joined by Professor Phil Stephens who will be discussing People Power for Wild Mammal Monitoring.
Phil says – Despite their often-controversial status in a number of respects, terrestrial mammals have not been the focus of rigorous and sustained monitoring in the UK. Widespread use of affordable camera traps presents the potential to alter that situation. MammalWeb, a citizen science platform for camera trappers, is intended to facilitate improved national monitoring. From its early beginnings in 2013, MammalWeb grew slowly and steadily in both volume of data and geographic coverage. Recently, however, it has become pivotal to the pilot of an ambitious new approach to national mammal monitoring. This has resulted in an abrupt shift in the scale of data handled and website traffic. Here, I discuss the set-up and evolution of MammalWeb as a citizen science project. I talk about the potential of the platform, the lessons learned so far and some outstanding challenges. I aim to summarise our insights into mammal recording but also into the challenges of citizen science, more generally.
About our speaker – Phil took a BSc in Zoology at Bristol University and a Masters in Conservation Biology at the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE). During his Masters he was lucky enough to travel to Ethiopia where he conducted the first systematic surveys of large mammals (including Ethiopian wolves and mountain nyala) since the civil war that ousted Mengistu. His PhD, with Bill Sutherland at the University of East Anglia, looked at features of the population dynamics of animals that live in closely cooperating groups, including alpine marmots and meerkats. Following his PhD, he worked on systems as diverse as farmland birds, Siberian tigers and the reproductive schedules of seals and their allies, experiencing locations from Bristol to Wyoming, USA, as well as the Russian Far East. Since 2007, he has been a member of the Department of Biosciences at Durham University, where he has been a Professor of Ecology since 2020. His research focuses principally on population dynamics and monitoring, in an effort to learn what makes populations grow and decline, and how rare they can get before they disappear.
You can make your (£6 suggested) contribution in ARC using the basket which is passed around in the interval. If you’d prefer to pay on-line the details are available at the event. Thank you.
Find out more at www.cafesci-stockton.org.uk
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Access Information - The Point
The Point
Seat size
In The Point, seats in rows A-GG are 36cm (14“) wide and 39cm (151/3“) deep. They are 41cm from the floor (16″) wide and 44.5cm (171/2”) deep. The seats are 44cm (171/3”) from the floor, and have a 10cm (4”) gap between seats.
Seats in rows H and W are stools, are 36cm (14“) wide and 40cm (152/3“) deep. They are 76cm (30“) from the floor, and have a 25cm (93/4”) gap between seats. The stools also feature a footrest 42cm (161/2”) from the floor.
Seats in rows K-V and Box 1are 42cm (161/2 “) wide and 45cm (172/3“) deep, 47 cm (181/2“) from the floor, and have 6cm (21/3“) gap between seats.
Seats in Box 2 are 36cm (14“) wide and 39cm (151/3“) deep, 41 cm (16“) from the floor, and have 10cm (4“) gap between seats. These are loose removable chairs.
Armrests
Seats in The Point do not have armrests.
Legroom
Seat in rows A-GG have 20cm (73/4“) of legroom in front of each seat, with restricted legroom in rows A-D.
Seats in rows H and W are stools and have 35cm (14“) of legroom.
Seats in rows K-V have 20cm (73/4“) of legroom in front of each seat, with restricted legroom in the aisle seats. Seats in row S also have a vertical backrest.
Seats in Box 2 have 50cm (192/3”) of legroom in front of the seats.
Further information
If you have any questions about accessibility our Box Office team are always happy to help and can be contacted on 01642 525199 or by emailing [email protected] - you can also tell us about your access requirements when prompted to do so during the online booking process.
