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.
Go on a Story Hunt around Stockton with Daniel Bye
As you may already know, while ARC’s building remains closed due to the current COVID-19 restrictions, we’re concentrating on arts activity you can get involved with wherever you are.
This July, Daniel Bye (with collaborator Boff Whalley) will be bringing his new show, These Hills Are Ours, to ARC’s stage and we hope that you’ll be able to join us in person. In the meantime, we wanted to share the opportunity to revisit an older performance of Dan’s.
Story Hunt, originally seen as part of the Festival of the North East in June 2013, is a treasure hunt-meets-walking-tour of Stockton, telling stories that were collected through research, interviews, and a day in a tent on the market.
Take a walk and see the moments that have defined Stockton and those that are yet to come. Stroll through sights that can no longer be seen. Marvel at monuments that are yet to be raised. Look! That man diving in the river in 1786 is changing the world for us all, now!
History was made here, and it will be made again. You are, we are, all part of that history. And this means that we all, every one of us, can change it.
The Story Hunt audio journey is available on SoundCloud until 31st May. To accompany the trip, you can download a map of the route that you may find helpful if you’re walking as you’re listening.
