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.
*Please note: This talk will be taking place via Zoom only.*
Professor Brett Smith
President, International Society of Qualitative Research in Sport & Exercise
Director of Research, Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences Durham University
When we think of disability, sport and physical activity many images and assumptions can come mind. These often include the athlete that inspires, the superhuman Paralympian, the wannabe Paralympian, the physically active benefit cheat or welfare scrounger and the poor young disabled child who needs help. This talk will unpack such images and assumptions in the hope of generating a more accurate and affirmative dialogue about disability and what it means to be human.
Brett Smith is a professor of disability and physical activity in the department of sport and exercise sciences at Durham University. He has conducted research with disabled people and numerous organisations for over 20 years such as Disability Rights UK, Sport England, the European Disability Golf Association and the Department of Health and Social Care. He also is the chair of the Disability and Physical Activity Expert Working Group for the Chief Medical Officer’s Disability and Physical Activity Guidelines.
Brett’s most favourite place to talk about research is in The Station House pub in Durham. Along with research, he is passionate about music. He also enjoys playing Lego, Connect 4 and mini golf with his young son as well as jumping on the trampoline with him.
To book this talk, please contact [email protected].