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: Free
Robert Falshau is a disabled artist from Togo who was introduced to ARC by his friend and Tees Valley resident Hilaire Agnama.
Born in Lomé, Togo in 1969, Robert Falshau is a self-taught artist who discovered his talent for painting and drawing at a young age.
Wishing to continue his artistic journey, he realised that his raw talent could not show its potential without being honed further but also found a lack of educational opportunities within Togo that would help him achieve his aim. He began to study the techniques of the great painters and artists; techniques that helped to bring out the individuality of his own work which is a mixture of abstract and reality, commonly known as figurative art.
While continuing his training, he worked for several companies as a commercial artist. At that time, his early paintings of still life, life scenes, and portraits were initially minimalist and simple but his vision developed to imbue these works with a strong poetic sensibility.
His first exposure to the cultural scene of Lomé in 1998, made him more aware of his artistic ability and this was cemented in 2000 with an exhibition in Brittany, France where the quality and spiritual dimension of his paintings confirmed the singularity of his purpose. Since then, the creativity found within his work has intensified and now highlights the perfect symbiosis between earthly and spiritual ideas.
Falshau won first prize in 2004 at the Plastic Art Competition, Koumy Foundation in Togo and first prize in 2007 at Pontivy in Brittany, France and his paintings continue to showcase the originality that has been attracting interest from local and international collectors.
ARC was introduced to Robert by Hilaire Agnama who is based on Teesside. We first met Hilaire during the planning stages for the 2017 Refugee Week celebration. This was the first time ARC had hosted the event and Hilaire, who is a talented drummer, was performing. The theme for that year’s celebration was Our Shared Future and Hilaire has been working with us ever since.
Hilaire, who is also Togo born, first met Robert in early 2019 when visiting family. A mutual friend told Hilaire about Robert and that he was working to build an art school in Togo for disabled children.
Hilaire emembers a time from his childhood in Togo when disabled children were either cast out of families or hidden, as the family believed a disabled child was a curse. Because of this many disabled people end up homeless. As a disabled artist Robert feels very strongly that there should be an art school for disabled children – a small step toward the equality that disabled people in Togo rightly deserve.
After meeting Robert, Hilaire agreed to help him exhibit in the UK using his contacts. The work that Robert creates is sold to help fund his dream of opening an art school for disabled children.
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Scene de Maŕché (63.5 x 48 cm) |
£430 |
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Danse culterelle (48 x 30.5 cm) |
£260 |
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Libation (44.5 x 29 cm) |
£260 |
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Femme fabricant une calebasse (40 x 52 cm) |
£430 |
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Marché de calecasse (27 x 41 cm) |
£260 |
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Femme en activité (9.5 x 23 cm) |
£140 |
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Marché au tomate (67.5 x 48.5 cm) |
£430 |
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Retaue de Champ vin de Palme (30 x 51.5 cm) |
£260 |
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Jouruê de lessive (30 x 43 cm) |
£215 |
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Femme au retour du marché (90 x 99 cm) |
£1000 |
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La famille retour des champ (91 x 91 cm) |
£850 |
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Rejouissance popularise danse akpesse kpalimé (149 x 71 cm) |
£1150 |
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Tandresse Maternelle (100 x 110 cm) |
£1400 |
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Enfance heuŕeuse (96 x 103 cm) |
£1700 |