World’s On Fire

World’s on Fire is a journey into what can happen when a town comes together to face global challenges through local strength. It is an ambitious new production written and directed by the award-winning Vici Wreford-Sinnott, whose work tours nationally and has been commissioned by the BBC for TV. Real local stories are woven together and shared by a cast of community performers and professional actors, and through original songs from the newly formed World’s on Fire Choir, to highlight Stockton as a place lit with passion, action and hope. Vici is spending time with Stockton and Tees Valley residents and local environmental groups, with whom the production is co-created and performed.

‘Local people often don’t realise the significance of what they do and the change they have the power to bring about.’ Vici Wreford-Sinnott

World’s on Fire is all about community, it’s about keeping your heads up when the world tries to say you’re rubbish, it’s about things people love, it’s about beauty all around us, it’s about remembering to breathe,  it’s about friendship, it’s about this town. It’s about you, it’s about me.

The production was commissioned by communities in Stockton On Tees and aims to be as accessible as possible so please check out all the access info below.

Access: World’s On Fire
BSL, stage captions, audio described introduction, touch tour.

Please get in touch with ARC box office if you would like to book a seat with plenty of space around you. Please feel free to come and go if you need the loo or need to go to the quiet room. The show contains a very large cast including a powerful choir, and a movement chorus. Some of the set is on wheels and moves around the stage at times. There is music, sound effects and lighting effects including moving colourful lights – there are no flashing lights or strobe lighting.

Closer to the performance we will be provide a timetabled sound map of the show so please do get in touch for that or if you have any other access queries.

If you’d like to get involved in performing in either the World’s on Fire Choir or the Performance Group contact [email protected].

Funded by Arts Council England.

• Content Awareness: World's On Fire

  Focusses on themes of climate change, climate anxiety, feeling powerless, social isolation, disability discrimination but it also deals with the amazing resilience of the people of Stockton, and how there is strength in positive community.

• Production team: World's on Fire

  Little Cog
  Writer and Director – Vici Wreford-Sinnott
  Creative Producer – Allison Birt
  Creative Researcher – Aisha Lama
  Composer and Musical Director – David Pisaro
  Movement Director – Patricia Suarez
  Conservation Poet – Kirsten Luckens
  Documentation- Black Robin
  Production Manager – Alec Peach
  Access Support – Alex Dechbamrung
  Graphic Design – Design by Kinship
  Marketing Manager – Samantha Brimer
  BSL Interpretation – Jenna Johnson

  ARC Stockton
  Creative Director – Alex Ferris
  Producer – Jameela Khan
  Technical Manager – Peter Burgon

• Seating Access Information - 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.

• Companion Ticket Scheme

  A free ticket is available to a companion accompanying a disabled person to an event, where it is an access requirement. To book a companion ticket or accessible seating as part of your order please contact the Box Office team on 01642 525199 or email [email protected]

  You can tell us about any other access requirements you have at the time of booking.

• Information about BSL Interpreted and Accessible Performances

  These performances are BSL interpreted. If you let us know you are a BSL user when booking tickets, we can ensure that we find the most suitable seats to give you a good view of the BSL interpreter.

  For further information about Accessible Performances and Events at ARC, including the Access Requirement Form can be viewed by clicking here.

• Hampton by Hilton Stockton Discount for ARC Customers

  Travelling to ARC from out of the area and need a place to stay?

  We’ve teamed up with Hampton by Hilton Stockton to offer our customers a 15% discount on room bookings at the hotel based in the centre of Stockton, just 650 metres (0.4 miles) from ARC.

  To benefit from the discount simply head over to the Hampton by Hilton website to make a booking for the dates of your stay now. The discount will automatically be applied when visiting the site on the link below.

  Visit Hampton by Hilton Stockton’s website

  For directions from Hampton by Hilton to ARC please see below.