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.
Declaration
Writings and recycled paper artworks mapping the journey towards becoming a signatory with Culture Declares Emergency. Using collage and experimental techniques in handmade paper and piped papier mache, Kirsten Luckins presents poems and visual provocations on themes of biodiversity loss and personal engagement with the climate crisis.
With a special guest installation by paper artist Ellie Clewlow. First shown in 2022, Not waving… is an interactive installation originally composed of a flotilla of 200 seed-paper origami boats. Visitors can choose to take a boat, play with it and plant it, or leave it for others to see – an invitation to reflect on how we manage finite resources. Updating this work for 2025, Ellie will be constructing a paper river in situ from recycled office papers and gig posters donated by members of Stockton’s Creative Coalition for Climate Change.
Launch Event
Declaration will open on World Environment Day, Thursday 5th June, with a drop-in live-folding installation of Not waving… from 1pm-3pm. Everyone is invited to join the artists for a creative conversation about what climate issues mean to you. Find out more about Ellie’s curved origami techniques, and leave a message about your eco-emotions among the river’s waves.
