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.
General Prices: £15 + £0.10 booking fee
Seating: Unreserved seated
This unique and dedicated concert begins with an introductory set of timeless songs by brilliant songwriters who were contemporaries of Nick Drake; Richard Thompson, Bert Jansch, Sandy Denny, Al Stewart, Vashti Bunyan, John Martyn, Bridget St John, and Roy Harper. Also featured are transcriptions of poems by William Blake – one of Nick’s greatest influences.
Nick Drake is the most revered and loved of all of this country’s singer-songwriters. He recorded three cherished albums between 1969 and 1972 but was almost entirely unknown in his day. Now, thanks to a massive resurgence of interest and a worldwide re-evaluation of his genius, Nick Drake has become a national treasure and was inducted into the Hall of Fame at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2018.
Keith James has always been the most consistently devoted concert artist, transfixing gig-goers across the country with his beautiful series of concerts entitled The Songs of Nick Drake.
He was the first artist to bring this fragile and intriguing music to live audiences. The result has now been 17 years of highly acclaimed concerts amounting to over 1500 shows in the UK, Ireland, Holland, France, Italy and Spain including all of Nick’s schools and colleges, as well as Glastonbury Festival.
‘Meticulous dissection of Nick Drake’s idiosyncratic guitar techniques, handled with surgical precision’ – Northern Sky
‘Musicians brave enough to make the music they really believe in. Keith James is one of these’ – Bob Harris, BBC Radio
‘Some of the most atmospheric and emotive music you will ever hear’ – The Independent
‘an extremely accomplished guitarist, with an ability to breath fresh light in material with his imaginative arrangements’ – Acoustic Magazine