Pay What You Decide Info
Age: 15+
Running time: 80 mins (no interval) plus post-show Q&A
Content advice: The show deals with the subjects of migration, addiction and violence
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: Unallocated - Theatre Style
This performance will be BSL interpreted.
An ARC Stockton production
Written and directed by Umar Butt
After being placed in grave danger, Tamanna has fled from her family home in Pakistan, travelled illegally across continents, spent time in the Calais Jungle, and has ended up here.
Charlie has been at a nightclub, dancing and drinking, looking for her own kind of refuge from the weight of caring for her terminally ill mum.
As Charlie emerges from the club into the night air, she sees a figure standing on the edge of a nearby bridge, and is compelled to run to them.
This is the moment Charlie’s and Tamanna’s lives entwine. As these strangers meet at a pivotal moment in both their lives, are they able to accept each other, share their truths with one another, is this a chance meeting, or fate?
Welcome to the Jungle is the epic, intensely personal tale of how two strangers came to meet each other in the middle of the night, on an empty bridge.
It explores vital, contemporary issues around identity, migration, belonging, family and community. It seeks to help neighbours understand each other better – their experiences, their points of view, their hopes and their values. A story which helps us all find connection with each other, and celebrate our differences.
Welcome to the Jungle deals with serious, complex, global and intimate issues – but is fun, filled with beautiful music, dance, and like all of Umar Butt’s work, is full of heart and humanity.
Content advice: The show deals with the subjects of migration, addiction and violence.
Post-show Q&A: Following the performance of Welcome to the Jungle, there will be a Q&A with writer & director Umar Butt, the cast of the show, and ARC’s Chief Executive and Creative Director, Alexander Ferris.
“The process of writing this play was hard because it deals with themes that I find uncomfortably close to who I am, where I come from, and what I want in life. However, I didn’t just want to write about my experience of immigration and addiction, because I know what that is/was. I felt that if I went down that road, then I’m not leaving any room for other people’s experiences, directly or indirectly, and it is always important for me to make space for people to talk about and share their stories.
I spoke to many people from migrant communities, homeless people and people with addiction, throughout the country, but especially from the Tees Valley.”
– Umar Butt, Writer/Director
Creatives:
Writer/Director Umar Butt
Assistant Director Jameela Khan
Music Composer Seweryna Dudzinska
Animation Adam York Gregory
Cast:
Umar Butt
Anisa Butt
Liz Simmons
Alberto Dumba
Juho Hankela
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Theatre: Seating Accessibility Information
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.
