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.
Join us at ARC for two days of live music, cabaret performances, screenings, workshops, market stalls and fashion shows at the inaugural Stockton Steampunk Festival this November.
Friday 17 November
Market (5pm – 7pm)
Browse and buy from a fantastic range of traders at the Stockton Steampunk Market! Free entry.
The Clockwork Cabaret (7.30pm)
Steampunk cabaret featuring: The Wattingers, Rock Vixen, Pansy Cheung, Greg Chapman, Ben Culkin, and Madam Misfit. (Please note: line up is subject to change)
Saturday 18 November
Market (10am – 7pm)
Browse and buy from a fantastic range of traders at the Stockton Steampunk Market! Free entry.
Hugo (U) (11am)
In 1931 Paris, an orphan living in the walls of a train station gets wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton.
Bartitsu & Antagonistics Forum Demo One – Historical Gang Violence (1pm)
In this demo we cover a few of the famous gangs of UK history and look at some of the tactics they used. From the Manchester Scuttlers to the Yorkshire Peaky Blinders, we look at how they intimidated and fought their way into being historical legends.
Mortal Engines (12A) (2pm)
In a post-apocalyptic world where cities ride on wheels and consume each other to survive, two people meet in London and try to stop a conspiracy.
Fashion Show (2pm)
Free entry.
Bartitsu & Antagonistics Forum Demo Two – The Form and Function of Swords (3pm)
Starting with the earliest prehistoric weapons and tracing through time, we’ll look at why the sword changed shape and what impact that had on the way they were used.
Bartitsu & Antagonistics Forum Demo Three – The Voyage of the A.S. Isambard (4pm)
Something a little less historic and a little more steampunk. Come along and find out what happened on the maiden crossing of the Air Ship Isambard and be entertained.
Fashion Show (5pm)
Free entry.
The Cogs and Corsets Cabaret (7.30pm)
Live music event cabaret evening (running without interval) featuring: Captain of the Lost Waves, Victor Sierra, Elvira 0.0, Greg Chapman, Lady Violet Hugh, Pansy Cheung, Madam Misfit, and Parissa Zarifi. (Please note: line up is subject to change)
In collaboration with David Smith Steampunk Events.
