Dates & Times
10:00am
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.
This one day workshop is an introduction to the key concepts at the heart of Spymonkey’s Theatre of Funny. We believe that everyone can be funny in their own unique way, and that the best theatre is one that embraces this quality in its artists. With the emphasis on supporting a space that is accessible, supportive and safe for all to laugh, we will use our favourite games and exercises as practical illustrations, to create belly-laughter with games and improv exercises (the sometimes scary pleasure of saying ‘yes’ to the unknown), explore practical concepts such as ‘finding the game’, the importance of complicity, or fixed point, of playing together with our friends, and of sharing that particular quality of Funny that you and only you can be.
We have taught these workshops all over the world for 30 years and we are still amazed how much fun can be had by a brand new group of people, as long as they come ready to laugh and equipped with a sense of humour about themselves and others.
EXPERIENCE – enthusiastic newcomers, performing arts students, emerging artists, seasoned pros and everyone in between.
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About Spymonkey
“The greatest clowns in British theatre today” Time Out
“The remarkable Spymonkey – headlong absurdism and physical brilliance” The Times
Since their founding in 1998 Spymonkey have created some of the most outstandingly original comedy theatre, including STIFF, COOPED, MOBY DICK, OEDIPUSSY, THE COMPLETE DEATHS, CHRISTMAS CAROL, HAIRY and THE FROGS.
TV and stage appearances have seen them work alongside Sacha Baron Cohen, Naomi Campbell, Miranda Hart, Sandi Toksvig, Ronnie Corbett, Fiona Shaw and Nick Frost.
Widely acknowledged as world leaders in the fields of Clown and Physical Comedy, they are keenly sought as teachers, consultants and directors for their insight and experience in creating brilliant, original and singular work, including the Royal Shakespeare Company, National Theatre and the Vienna Volksoper.
Their programme of professional training sees them teaching around the world, with regular visits to New York, Los Angeles, Bilbao and London. More information on our workshop pages Home « Spymonkey | Theatre of the Funny
