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.
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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 West African Pidgin, English, and Fon, with English subtitles.
Mami Wata is a 2023 black-and-white fantasy, thriller based upon West African folklore. Set in the matriarchal village of Iyi, where the West African deity, Mama Wata, reigns via village leader Mama Efe. When the harmony in a village is threatened by outside elements, two sisters must fight to save their people and restore the glory of a mermaid goddess to the land.
The film premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, making it film director & writer Obasi’s third feature at Sundance.
‘Mami Wata’ serves up a gorgeously rendered West African fable, tinged with mysticism – Los Angeles Times
‘bold visual style matches mythic reach in this Nigerian epic’ – BFI
Director: C.J.Obasi
Cast: Evelyn lly Juhen, Uzoamaka Aniunoh, Emeka Amakeze
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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 sizeSeats 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.
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BBFC rating information (may contain spoilers)
Violence
There are instances of moderate violence including a woman being impressionistically stabbed with a spear, people shooting each other with guns, and a man and a woman trading punches to the face.
Threat and horror
Scenes of threat see armed soldiers holding their captives at gunpoint, and a sequence in which a woman is tied up and knocked out before being dropped into the ocean where it is intended she will drown.
Language
There is use of moderate bad language (‘pussy’) as well as milder terms including ‘son of a bitch’, ‘ass’, ‘bullshit’, and ‘hell’.
Sex
A man and woman embrace passionately, and the woman’s sexual moaning is heard as it is briefly implied the man performs oral sex off screen.
Discrimination
A man makes brief sexist comments which are immediately challenged.
Injury detail
There is the brief sight of a man’s apparent castration wound. After fighting, a woman is seen with blood around her nose.
Nudity
There is brief sight of a man’s buttocks when he is seen showering.
Sexual violence and sexual threat
There is a sense of sexual threat when a man menaces a group of women, telling them they will need to share their homes with his soldiers, and picking one of the women for himself. However another character quickly steps in to counter this and reduce the threat. A man reveals that his wife was raped and murdered by rebels, and it is later implied that they castrated him.
Theme
There are scenes of very mild emotional upset in which characters grieve over the death of loved ones.