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.
Holding space is more than facilitation – it’s about care, presence and co-creating the conditions for others to be heard. Luca shares her grounded, neurodiverse-led approach to creating accessible, welcoming spaces where people feel seen. She’s speaking at the Community Art Engagement Festival in Mannheim this year – because she’s that good – and brings deep experience of working in ways that centre people, not process, particularly in Tees Valley. Luca will also be speaking about her work on a project called The Fabric of Us, created here in the Tees Valley and performed at SIRF 2025. Luca is a theatre-maker, performer and facilitator.
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This event is part of the wider Borderlands training programme of activity to support the Communities of Possibility commissions. This session is for artists, producers, community workers and anyone supporting public-facing creative activity across Middlesbrough and Redcar & Cleveland.
Location: Middlesbrough Town Hall, Albert Road, Middlesbrough TS1 2QJ