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.
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Anek is a political action thriller, in which Joshua (Ayushmann Khurrana), a fierce undercover agent, is on a mission to unite the country.
The film follows Joshua’s journey in a conflict-ridden region of Northeast India, where he’s posted to facilitate a Peace Accord with the largest militant group and its rebel leader – Tiger Sanga.
As a part of his mission, Joshua tries to infiltrate a separatist group by befriending one of its member’s daughter, Aido. A ferocious boxer, Aido dreams of winning a gold medal for India. Even though she faces discrimination at every step, she continues to fight for a spot in the national team, hoping to be accepted as an Indian by making the country proud.
Will Joshua triumph in his mission to unite the country? Will Aido get to prove her mettle? Anek is a heart-wrenching tale that examines what it means to be an Indian and what it takes to rise above the divides plaguing the country.
In Hindi, with English subtitles.
Join us from 6pm on Wednesday 3 August before the screening of Anek to meet some of the ARC team and chat to us about our plans for upcoming South Asian content in our cinema.
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BBFC Ratings Info (May Contain Spoilers)
flashing/flicking lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
suicide
A man attempts suicide, with strong bloody detail.
violence
There are bloody shootings and bludgeonings. People are thrown into the air by an exploding bomb. Other people are beaten, without visible injuries, and another a man is shown bleeding from the head after being struck with a rock.
There are references to racism and scenes of racist behaviour, including one in which a woman repeatedly slaps another woman of South East Asian ethnicity and accuses her of being a sex worker. There is a use of the term ‘chinkies’ in reported speech, in addition to sight of a sweatshirt featuring a Muhammad Ali quote which contains the word ‘n****r’. Discrimination is not condoned. There is use of implied strong language (‘whatever the f–’); milder terms include ‘whorehouse’, ‘bloody’ and ‘shit’. Other issues include moderate threat, moderate visual and verbal references to drug addiction and dealing, and infrequent moderate references to sex work and brothels.
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Information about screenings with subtitles
Subtitled screenings offer captions which transcribe dialogue only. Subtitled screenings attempt to give D/deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers an understanding of the spoken dialogue within the film, but do not include description about other aspects of the soundtrack, including music and sound effects.