General Prices: Suggested donation £5
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.
We welcome you back after the summer break. This month’s topic is very timely, given the summer of sport we’ve been enjoying. We’re looking forward to hearing Dr Matthew Wright talk about how science is helping to improve sporting performance.
Matthew says – the incredible performances you see on your TV screens when watching the Paris Olympics, Wimbledon the European Football Championship or the ICC World T20 Cup do not happen by accident. Yes, the athletes are naturally talented and have developed their skills over years of dedicated practice, but science plays an important part in their preparation and performance. Advances in technology like “super shoes” in distance running have demonstrably improved performances, but scientific methods are also used to inform decisions on training and recovery methods, help develop talent more effectively, and inform logistics when dealing with environmental factors such as long-haul travel, changes in altitude or temperature.
About our speaker – Matthew is an accredited sport and exercise scientist and strength and conditioning coach who has been working with talented athletes for over 15 years. His PhD explored the physical development of girls’ football players where he continues to provide physical development support to talented young players in the Tees Valley. As well as co-supervising a PhD student at Middlesbrough FC he is currently working with clubs across North America’s Major League Soccer to explore the effect of the environmental challenges that come with their extensive travel.