Running time: Film 20mins + Q&A 40mins (approx)
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.
Seating: Allocated - See Seating Plan for More Details
Please join us for a screening of Broken Hearts for the DWP: a short documentary by Dolly Sen. Broken Hearts for the DWP is about how the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is driving disabled people to starvation and suicide, and how disabled people are fighting back using art, love and rage. The film is about two art interventions at the DWP to protest the deaths of disabled people from current DWP policy, and includes an interview with Joy Dove, mother of Jodey Whiting, who took her own life after her benefits were wrongly stopped.
Joy Dove is a local to ARC and will be attending the event in person to answer any questions in the Q&A session after the screening. Dolly Sen, the director, and Caroline Cardus, the producer, will be joining online.
Content Advisory: The film includes themes of suicide, discovery of suicide, and people starving to death.