Dates & Times
11:00am
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.
Seating: Unreserved seated
Storiescapes is an original drama created by Full Circle. It has a running time of 45 minutes and tells the story of a group of people trapped in an Escape Room and how telling their stories and uniting as a community helps them get out.
Freedom Train Premiere: Co-created by internationally acclaimed singer-songwriter Beccy Owen and a group of learning disabled poets and lyricists: Philip Dawes, David Courtney, Adele Hudson, Megan Rees, and Shetha Jaz . Beccy and the group joined forces with the incredible SYSTEMIC Choir to prepare the song for its debut performance at this year’s festival to celebrate our wonderfully diverse community and the feeling of belonging.
Part of the Our Stomping Grounds Festival 2025 Celebrating Learning Disabled Neurodivergent Culture.
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Access Information - Storiescapes Theatre and Freedom Train Song Premiere
Storiescapes
Deaf audiences: The show will be BSL interpreted and have integrated captions.
Wheelchair accessible spaces: Please get in touch with Box office to arrange wheelchair accessible seating.
Sensory information: Please note that Full Circle has a very visual theatrical style with stage lighting and an impactful set design of an escape room. There is colourful lighting and sometimes it creates a shadowy effect but there are no flashing lights or strobes. At the beginning of the performance all appears happy in the world of the actors as they go about their business but with a few rumbles of thunder the security force arrives to lock them into the escape room. There are some loud clanking door sounds to symbolise being locked in and there is some sinister style music to let us know they are in a new and unhappy world. But Full Circle has a brilliant way of bringing things back to a safer feeling space with humour and fantastic music. There is some suspense as we don’t know if they will escape to be able to tell their stories, and there are some occasional loud sound effects to create the effect. There is lots of lively and characterful music throughout which some audiences love to clap along to. The show will have a lively ending and some audience members may want to get up and dance on stage with the company.
Advisory content: The storyline is based on learning disabled people being treated unfairly. However, the group in the play show how coming together gives them strength and there is a celebration of learning disability culture as all the characters tell their stories.
Freedom Song Choir Performance
Information: This is the launch of a song co-created by singer-songwriter Beccy Owen and a group of learning disabled artists. The song has then been rehearsed with Systemic Choir. The performance consists of a live choir lewd by Beccy who will appear on film.
A visual description of the choir will be provided when they are introduced.
Deaf audiences: Stage captions and BSL interpretation are available.
Sensory information:There are train sounds in the music – a train’s whistle, steam, the sound of trains on tracks, and there is a call and response section.
Further Access Information about Our Stomping Grounds events can be found HERE.
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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Seating Access Information - The Theatre
Seat size
In our theatre the seats are 38cm (15″) wide and 44.5cm (17½”) deep. The seats are 44cm (171/3”) from the floor, and have an 8cm (3”) gap between seats.
Armrests
Seats have armrests on either side of the seat which cannot be removed completely. Seats on rows A, C and D have armrests which can be folded away and slot between the seat backs. On all other rows armrests are fixed and cannot be folded or removed.
Legroom
There is 30cm (112/3“) of legroom in front of each seat, with additional legroom in rows D and L, and in Box 1 and Box 2.
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.