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.
Launch Event details: The launch for Move:Still by Francis Fitzgerald will take place Thursday 4 December at 6pm. Refreshments will be provided and Globadelic (Vinyl DJ) on the decks will be bringing the background soundtrack.
A major new photography exhibition celebrating the incredible diversity of dance across the Tees Valley.
Move:Still showcases the work of Saltburn-based photographer Francis Fitzgerald, featuring stunning images of 250 dancers captured across solo, duet and ensemble performances. From ballet to breakdancing, contemporary to classical, flamenco to sword dancing, and aerial to Afrobeats, the exhibition embraces almost every form of dance imaginable.
The exhibition emerged from Francis’s partnership with TeesDance, documenting their community participation project HOME in 2024. When rioting threatened to disrupt Middlesbrough Mela and other events, the creative community responded with resilience, bringing together dancers of all ages and backgrounds in a joyful celebration of colour, music and movement.
Move:Still is divided into six distinct areas, taking you on a journey through the region’s vibrant dance scene. Explore images captured at major festivals including SIRF, Between the Tides, Billingham International Folk Festival, Saltburn Folk Festival, Wintertide and Middlesbrough Mela. Go behind the scenes with intimate rehearsal shoots, discover striking studio portraits and location photography, experience the energy of on-stage performances, and witness the power of TeesDance’s mass participation piece HOME.
