Running time: 142 minutes
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.
The screenings on Fri 16 Feb at 7.30pm and Thu 22 Feb at 2pm will have descriptive subtitles. The screening on Thu 22 Feb at 2pm will be relaxed for people living with dementia.
Poor Things premiered at the 80th Venice International Film Festival in September 2023, where it won the Golden Lion.
Take a sneak peak at the world of Poor Things.
‘Emma Stone has a sexual adventure in Yorgos Lanthimos’s virtuoso comic epic’ – The Guardian ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
‘Emma Stone has never been bolder than in this odd, surreal farce’ – Independent ★ ★ ★ ★
‘Emma Stone’s beguilingly bonkers performance is worthy of an Oscar’ – Mail Online ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
‘Emma Stone has turned in maybe her richest, most interesting, utterly fearless performance yet’ – Empire
‘Scene by scene, polished detail by detail, “Poor Things” throws a great deal out for you to gawk at’ – The New York Times
Director – Yorgos Lanthimos
Cast – Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Defoe
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Information about screenings with descriptive subtitles
Descriptive subtitles, sometimes referred to as subtitles for D/deaf and hard-of-hearing people or captions, transcribe dialogue and relevant aspects of the soundtrack, including music and sound effects, attempting to give D/deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers an equal experience to those who are able to watch films without descriptive subtitles. Descriptive subtitles would include speech identifiers and descriptive elements such as [door slamming] and [kettle whistling].
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Seating accessibility information
Cinema
Seat size
Seats 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 is moderate comic violence when a woman shoots a man’s foot. It is implied that a man breaks a gull’s neck.
Language
There is use of very strong language (‘c**t’), as well as strong language (‘f**k’), and other terms such as ‘whore’ and ‘bitch’. There is a use of the discriminatory term, ‘retard’.
Sex
There is a scene of BDSM sex involving restraints and a gag. There are regular strong sex scenes which feature nudity and multiple positions. There are multiple strong references to sex, masturbation, ejaculation and oral sex.
Drugs
There are fleeting references to amphetamines, heroin and cocaine, all three of which a cancer patient claims to be high on.
Sexual violence and sexual threat
Men exploit a vulnerable woman and take sexual advantage of her. A naive young woman grabs another woman’s genitals. A man threatens to mutilate a woman’s genitals.
Suicide
A woman takes her own life by drowning.
Injury detail
A woman stabs the eyes of a corpse repeatedly. In a surgical procedure, a corpse’s brain is pulled out the back of its head, in close up detail. There are images of dead babies. There are other strong images of brain matter, anatomy lessons, close up surgery and bloodshed. A woman squashes a frog.
Nudity
There is regular full male and female nudity, often in a sexual context.
Theme
Men treat a woman abusively in a domestic context, depriving her of society, controlling her and threatening to drown her. She continually gets the better of them. A man tells of domestic abuse at the hands of his father.
