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: Pay What You Decide
Duration: 65 mins
Seating: Unreserved seated
Alexander Kelly is an incredibly inquisitive man. To help satisfy his curiosity, he sat down for a three hour chat with astrophysicist Simon Goodwin, to see what he could learn.
That conversation completely changed his understanding of what it was to be a human, what it was to live on this planet, and exist in this galaxy. It changed his understanding of, well, basically everything.
In this simple show about huge ideas, Alexander recounts his meeting with Dr Simon with infectious enthusiasm, covering big issues like the enhancement of humans, ‘Stellar Wobble’, the wonder of evolution and space travel, and murderous dolphins…
‘Wow! Completely stunning!’ ‘Genuinely mind-boggling!’ (audience reaction)
‘…engaging with the big issues about how we live with a fierce intelligence’ (The Guardian)
Originally commissioned for Northern Elements, a development programme funded by Arts Council England and managed by ARC, Stockton Arts Centre.
| Pay What You Decide This performance is priced on a Pay What You Decide basis, which means that 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. Click here to find out more. |