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: Allocated - See Seating Plan for More Details
In 1961, Kempton Bunton, a 60-year old taxi driver, stole Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. It was the first (and remains the only) theft in the Gallery’s history. Kempton sent ransom notes saying that he would return the painting on condition that the government invested more in care for the elderly – he had long campaigned for pensioners to receive free television. What happened next became the stuff of legend. Only 50 years later did the full story emerge – Kempton had spun a web of lies. The only truth was that he was a good man, determined to change the world and save his marriage – how and why he used the Duke to achieve that is a wonderfully uplifting tale.
Starring Jim Broadbent, Helen Mirren, Fionn Whitehead, Matthew Goode, and Anna Maxwell Martin.
Screenings of The Duke on Sat 9 Apr at 2pm and Thu 14 Apr at 2pm will be presented with Descriptive Subtitles.
Audio Description is available with screenings of The Duke.
Running time: 1hr 35min
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BBFC Ratings Information
A white supervisor at a bread factory refers to a South Asian worker as “Paki” and makes fun of his race. The man’s language and discriminatory attitudes reflect the historical period in which the film is set, and they are challenged by another character.There is infrequent strong language (‘f**k’), as well as milder bad language including uses of ‘bugger’, ‘bloody’, ‘bastard’, shit’, ‘sod’, ‘bollocks’, ‘balls’, ‘arse’, ‘piss’, ‘God’ and ‘Jesus Christ’.A scene of moderate sex features sexual moaning as a man thrusts into a woman in a standing position; the couple are clothed and filmed only from the shoulders up. There are also mild sex references.A couple talk with sadness about the death of a child. There are numerous scenes of cigarette and pipe smoking which reflect the historical period in which the film is set.