Dates & Times
Running time – 122 minutes
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
In Wolof and French with English subtitles.
Directed by two-time BAFTA-nominee Matteo Garrone (Gomorrah, Tale of Tales), IO CAPITANO has been nominated for Best International Feature at the Academy Awards and won Best Director and Best Young Actor Awards at the Venice Film Festival. Io Capitano tells the story of the adventurous journey of two young Senegalese teenage cousins – Seydou and Moussa, who leave their hometown Dakar for Italy to escape poverty. 
Their journey begins through Mali equipped with false passports but the forgery is discovered by policemen. Avoiding prison in exchange for a bribe they continue the next leg of their journey in Niger, paying to join a group to cross the desert on foot until they enter Libya.
After entering Libya, rebels intercepted the group and shake them down for any valuables. The rebels discover that Moussa has been hiding his money and they take him to jail. Seydou continues with the others miserable. The trip turns out to be a ruse as the group finds itself locked in a mafia-run prison with hundreds of people from all over Africa.
The inmates are extorted for contact information of relatives to enable them to be contacted for ransom money. Rather than allowing his family to know he has been captured, Seydou is subjected to torture. What will happen to Seydou and what will be Moussa’s fate? Io Capitano is an epic story, that offers a deeply human perspective on the migrant crisis.
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Listen to Io Capitano (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) on Spotify
‘chilling indictment of the refugee exploitation economy’ – ★★★★ The Guardian
‘Extraordinarily rich drama… Seydou and Moussa are impossible not to root for’ – ★★★★ Daily Telegraph
‘Stunning’ – ★★★★ The Times
‘A must-see’ – The Observer
‘Puts a human face on the global refugee crisis’ – The Washington Post
‘Stunning…One of the most impressive and transfixing acting debuts in recent memory – Indiewire
Director – Matteo Garrone
Cast – Seydou Sarr, Moustapha Fall
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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.
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Seating accessibility information
Cinema
Seat size
Seats in the Cinema are 45cm (172/3“) wide and 46cm (18“) deep, are 40cm (152/3“) from the floor, and have 12cm (42/3“) between seats.
Armrests
Seats in the Cinema have armrests that do not fold away, and cannot be completely removed.
Legroom
Seats in the cinema have 30cm (112/3”) of legroom in front of seats, with additional legroom on row A and seats B1-B4 and B11-B14.
Further information
If you have any questions about accessibility our Box Office team are always happy to help and can be contacted on 01642 525199 or by emailing [email protected] - you can also tell us about your access requirements when prompted to do so during the online booking process.
