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.
Award-winning romantic novelist Mike Gayle discusses his writing career with local writer Laura Degnan.
A former journalist and agony uncle, Mike became a full-time novelist after publishing his Sunday Times top ten bestseller My Legendary Girlfriend. His debut was hailed by the Independent as ‘full of belly laughs and painfully acute observations.’ Since then, he has written seventeen novels, including The Man I Think I Know, Richard and Judy Book club pick Half a World Away, All The Lonely People and The Museum of Ordinary People. His books have been translated into more than thirty languages. In 2021, Mike was the recipient of the Outstanding Achievement Award from the Romantic Novelists’ Association.
Laura Degnan is a freelance writer and community filmmaker based in Middlesbrough. She runs Writers’ Block North East, a writing development organisation that supports aspiring novelists towards publication.