Pay What You Decide Info
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: Unreserved
The Northern School of Art MA Directing & Theatre-Making present A Bunch of Plays. 6 plays across 3 nights at ARC. The works look at a variety of different styles and themes including grief, power, friendship and war. This is the culmination of our students’ hard work over the academic year having started working on these pieces in September. The pieces feature performances by students from our BA Acting for Stage & Screen and are being supported technically by students and recent graduates from our BA Film, Tv & Theatre Production.
See the Programme Schedule below.
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Programme Schedule
Tue 23 Jun | 7pm
A Type Of Fungus – Written and Directed by Zoe Hudson
A Type of Fungus looks at a world where nature has decided that we were the virus, “reclaiming” humans as part of herself, a twisted way of saving both the world and the human race . . . But humans have never seen an invasion as a good thing and now they must face the consequences.
The piece deals with themes of environmental damage, human morality and survival.
Suitable for ages 14+
Fish In A Fish-bowl – Written and Directed by Paige Dyson
‘And then boom! Sex. Pregnancy. A shotgun wedding and Wham-bang-guess-what?-its-twins-ma’am, and now you’re literally a mother.’
Maria is a young woman who is balancing on the edge of a lot of things. Her tether, a tight-rope…an orgasm. As she juggles the impossible of trying to make sure her children survive at least past infancy, that her husband eats all his vegetables and that her vibrator doesn’t run out of batteries, it’s only a matter of time before things begin to slip through the cracks.
Written and directed by Paige Dyson, and set as a modern retelling of Medea, Fish in a Fish-bowl is a darkly comedic solo show that explores themes such as womanhood, toxic relationships and just what it means to be a mother in today’s society though this adaptation.
Suitable for ages 16+ due to sexual language, graphic profanity and dark themes.
Wed 24 Jun| 7pm
The Camp Thing – Written & Directed by Georgia Purvis
With the apocalypse finally over – the government said so, so it must be true – a group of teens, alongside their very competent camp leaders, embark on a camping expedition. With unicorns, space cakes and insects — oh my! Surely nothing could go wrong. And everybody is vaccinated right? RIGHT?! This is a play written by Georgia Purvis, taking inspiration from real camping escapades and young adult coming of age dramas of the 2000’s, this dark comedy follows a group of young people as they learn to adjust to a world changed by a zombie outbreak.
Suitable for ages 14+. Contains mild language and gore.
Crown Intentions – Written & Directed by Edie Gall
‘Shall we go grieve together? Preferably over a glass of something older than both of us, in a building with central heating.’
With their older brothers recently dead in a tragically stupid accident, all eyes are now on Richard and Mary. As the country’s new heir and spare, everyone wants a piece of them – and will do anything to get it. Their lives could improve, if they just stop listening to their surviving friends and family long enough to think for themselves.
Crown Intentions is a blackly comic examination of the corrosive effects of the family unit on the lives of individuals and a humanitarian argument for the end of the aristocracy.
Suitable for ages 16+. Contains strong language, sexual content and moments of violence.
Thu 25 Jun | 7pm
Monochromatic – Written & Directed by Kieran Lowe
‘Behind every sweet smile, there is a bitter sadness that no one can ever see and feel and somewhere along the way something inside me just broke. That’s the only way I could describe it.’
Monochromatic follows the story of a person who’s struggling to live day to day in the society around them, they are fed up with almost everything. They begin to realise how much of a hold technology has on them and everyone around them, how it’s slowly tearing their family and friends apart. We watch as the person lives each day struggling to stay afloat, but will they slowly learn to accept themselves and this new world around them or will they become just another number in a world that barely sees them?
Suitable for ages16+. Contains themes of: Strong Language, Divorce, Depression / Mental Health, Car accident.
World War Why? – Written & Directed by Shaun Wilson
‘Right Then lads, this is it, The war, breath it in, it’s what you’ve been training for all them many days, to show them freaks exactly who the right side are!’
The world is at war once more, not between nations, or factions. But between right and left-handed people. The plays follow the Right army with the soldiers in battle and the Generals in office. We see how does war differ from each of them; how do they live it? and do they really care? Or is it all just a big game?
World War Why? Is Written and directed by Shaun Patrick Wilson (Implosion, Arc Stockton and Newcastle Fringe Festival). This is his new satirical take on war. Showcasing the absurdity and how lifestyles can differ through the abuse of power. This is explored through comedic moments but the gut-wrenching reality of war itself.
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Access Information - Studio Theatre
Seat size
In our Studio the seats in row A are 37cm (141/2″) wide and 44cm (171/3”) deep, are 44cm (171/3”) from the floor, and have a 12cm (43/4”) gap between seats. Seats in row A are also removable as single seats.
Seats in rows B-H are 43cm (17“) wide and 46cm (18“) deep, are 44cm (171/3 “) from the floor, and have 8cm (3“) between seats.
Seats in rows J-K are 43 cm (17“) wide and 44cm (171/3“) deep, are 44cm (171/3“) from the floor, and have 8cm (3”) between seats.
Armrests
Seats in the Studio do not have armrests.
Legroom
Seats in row A have 50cm (192/3“) of legroom in front of seats.
Seats in rows B-H have 30cm (112/3“) of legroom in front of seats.
Seats in rows J-K have 24cm (91/2“) of legroom in front of seats.
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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Companion Ticket Scheme
A free ticket is available to a companion accompanying a disabled person to an event, where it is an access requirement. To book a companion ticket or accessible seating as part of your order please contact the Box Office team on 01642 525199 or email [email protected]
You can tell us about any other access requirements you have at the time of booking.
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Hampton by Hilton Stockton Discount for ARC Customers
Travelling to ARC from out of the area and need a place to stay?
We’ve teamed up with Hampton by Hilton Stockton to offer our customers a 15% discount on room bookings at the hotel based in the centre of Stockton, just 650 metres (0.4 miles) from ARC.
To benefit from the discount simply head over to the Hampton by Hilton website to make a booking for the dates of your stay now. The discount will automatically be applied when visiting the site on the link below.
Visit Hampton by Hilton Stockton’s website
For directions from Hampton by Hilton to ARC please see below.
