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Fri 05 Sep 2025

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Dates & Times

Fri 05 Sep 2025
12:00pm

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Book Tickets

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.

Dates & Times

Fri 05 Sep 2025
12:00pm

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Free

Book Tickets

Dynamic Pricing

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!

All money collected will help ARC pay the artists who have performed, and we therefore hope you will give generously.

The Meal Deal is a project by foodie performance-maker Sean Wai Keung about making local connections through fast food. Over the course of nine days Sean will develop recipes for a sandwich, a snack and a drink, each inspired by community groups and stories around Stockton.

This will culminate in a drop-in, takeaway-style lunch event in ARC on Friday 5th (12-2pm) during which Sean will give out free meal deal packs while telling the stories of the people and the food he has encountered during his research. The Meal Deal takes a form of lunch usually reserved for eating alone and instead flips it into something both celebratory and communal.

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