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Relaxed Toy Story screening in Stockton comes with free family craft session
ARC Stockton is showing Toy Story in a relaxed Saturday-morning screening on 19 September, followed by a free Film Cubs Slinky Dog craft activity.
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Classical piano meets stand-up as Aidan Jones brings Chopin’s Nocturne to Stockton
Australian comedian and pianist Aidan Jones combines Chopin’s Nocturne in E-flat major with stand-up at ARC Stockton on 18 September.
Tom Stade brings brand-new stand-up show Rules to Stockton this September
Canadian comedian Tom Stade heads to ARC Stockton on Sunday 27 September with Rules, a new stand-up show taking aim at modern life, social codes and generational divides.
Turner on Tees programme links galleries and artists across all five Tees Valley boroughs
A region-wide Turner on Tees programme is connecting galleries, museums, artists, schools and communities across Tees Valley alongside the Turner Prize 2026 exhibition at MIMA.
£5 Afrobeats class brings welcoming Wednesday-night dancing to Stockton
Dance Beats returns to ARC Stockton on Wednesday evenings, offering an adults-only Afrobeats dance class focused on fun, confidence and accessible movement rather than perfect steps.
Catch 22 brings a fresh comedy line-up to ARC Stockton this September
ARC Stockton’s long-running Catch 22 Comedy Club returns on Friday 25 September with Danny McLoughlin hosting Al Barrie and headliner Funmbi Omotayo.
Christopher Macarthur Boyd brings new nocturnal stand-up hour to Stockton
Scottish comedian Christopher Macarthur Boyd brings Howling at The Moon to ARC Stockton on 11 September, exploring neurodiversity, sexuality and mental life through stand-up.
Seann Walsh brings new stand-up show to Stockton this September
Comedian Seann Walsh brings his new hour This is Torture to ARC Stockton on 12 September as the venue's autumn comedy programme gets under way.
North East filmmaker gets Stockton big-screen slot alongside a Hollywood classic
ARC Stockton's Local Heroes series pairs Andy Berriman's North East short film Giants with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, followed by a live Q&A.
Stockton workshop turns wool into handmade bookmarks this September
A relaxed needle-felting workshop at ARC Stockton will give adults the chance to make a bookmark and take home the tools and leftover materials to keep creating.
£5 Friday ukulele sessions keep Stockton’s community players strumming together
ARC Stockton’s ARCulele Advanced group continues through September with weekly £5 Friday sessions for adult players who already know the basics.
Stockton singer Marina Josephina brings a 10-piece neo-soul show home to ARC
Stockton-born Marina Josephina returns to ARC on 18 September with a 10-piece live band, joined by North East artists Frannie Mac and Tamara Aliyaah.
John Otway and Wild Willy Barrett bring five decades of musical chaos to Stockton
Long-running duo John Otway and Wild Willy Barrett bring their Alive and Gigging tour to ARC Stockton on 11 September.
Stockton grassroots night puts Teesside bands on stage alongside rising North East talent
ARC Stockton’s Soundcheck returns on 10 September with Teesside bands Dossers and Risco joining Northern Hospitality and Rose Malus for a night built around original grassroots music.
Thursday Tai Chi sessions return to ARC Stockton this September
ARC Stockton’s weekly Tai Chi sessions return on Thursday evenings in September, offering an established, welcoming class for adults who already know the basics.
Stockton’s £5 dance class puts beginners, access and community before perfection
ARC’s weekly Move It and Shake It sessions return in September with gentle, adaptable dance-based exercise for adults of all fitness levels.
Migration, memory and movement meet in pay-what-you-decide Stockton dance show
Akeim Toussaint Buck brings Windows of Displacement to ARC Stockton on 5 September, combining dance, spoken word and song in a personal look at migration and identity.
Brenda Blethyn will close Tees Valley film festival with an evening at ARC
The Tees Valley International Film Festival will end at ARC Stockton on 14 November with Brenda Blethyn, filmmaker awards, a monologue final and live music.
Teesside poet Dominic Nelson-Ashley brings music, memory and Middlesbrough into Poetic Symphony
The Middlesbrough writer returns to ARC Stockton on 9 October with live musicians and poetry about identity, fatherhood, recovery and the place he calls home.
ARC’s Halloween Family Fest mixes free crafts, stories and a relaxed theatre show
Families can drop into ARC Stockton for free Halloween activities on 31 October before a relaxed afternoon performance of The Witch Who Couldn’t Sleep.
Stockton stories take centre stage in new accessible community play World’s On Fire
A new production at ARC will mix local stories, a community cast and an original choir to explore how Stockton people respond to big challenges together.
Counterfest will turn five Stockton venues into one giant tribute festival
Fifteen tribute acts are set to play across five stages in Stockton town centre on 24 October.
Four rising North East bands take over ARC for September Soundcheck
Teesside grunge-punk band Dossers headline a four-band Soundcheck bill at ARC Stockton with Northern Hospitality, Risco and Rose Malus.
Tees Valley artist Umar Butt brings a new trilogy about unrest and resilience to Stockton
ARC associate artist Umar Butt will present JOLT!, a three-part theatre work spanning Partition, migration and the recent Middlesbrough riots, at ARC Stockton from 17 to 19 September.
Tickets go on sale for new North East dance-theatre show heading to Stockton
Billingham International Folklore Festival's new production The Tapestry of Voices will bring dance, live music and storytelling to ARC in Stockton, after securing £30,000 from Arts Council England.