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.
Hi, I am Alice Roots. I am a theatre maker. I am one fifth of performance company Figs in Wigs. We make absurdist comedy dance theatre that charms and disarms audiences of all ages. Outside of this collaboration, I sometimes perform with other artists, such as Kit Green and Hunt & Darton.
This week I am researching and developing a new interactive community arts project called Bank of Hope. This is a fictional parody bank, where the currency is hope instead of money. Audience members will be invited to deposit and withdraw messages of hope for the future. In doing so, messages and sentiments will be anonymously shared and spread.
I will be spending my time at ARC Stockton meeting people, and exploring what the Bank of Hope is beyond a deposit/withdrawal box. What other features would be in the ‘bank’ installation, and how can these be designed, developed and delivered collaboratively, with people in the places where Bank of Hope might later tour to?
