The Generating Company, the aerial acrobatic act from the Millennium Dome show, will be taking York Theatre Royal by Storm this month.

Storm, a show created by British circus-training organisation The Circus Space, will be staged at 6.30pm and 9pm on July 20 and 4pm and 8pm on July 21.

Storm is set over a 24-hour period and follows the day-to-day activities of a group of characters - a postman, a club DJ, a lollipop lady - who live in 'the city'. Tracing their individual stories as the day unfolds, the show presents a series of snapshots and incorporates vivid imagery, video, aerial daring and technical wizardry, culminating in the storm, when reality and fantasy merge in a torrent of swirling bodies.

Twenty-two performers, including two musicians, will be taking part in a performance created by director/performers Matt Costain, Abigail Yeates, Corinne Pierre and Sean Kempton.

This directing team has been working with production designer Mark Fisher, a British architect with an international reputation for his designs for rock concerts and shows. Fisher, who was the creative director of the Dome's Millennium Show, has designed for Pink Floyd and The Rolling Stones and is now working with Janet Jackson, U2 and Aerosmith.

The show's musical score incorporates anything from salsa to hard-core club music and has been composed by Akintayo Akinbode, who has worked with the Royal Exchange in Manchester and Bristol Old Vic and for film and television companies too.

The York shows will be the only northern dates for Storm, a production rooted in the performance style of Canada's Cirque de Soleil and Cirque Eloize, Argentina's De La Guarda and Australia's Circus Oz.

Tickets are on sale at £10 upwards, with concessions available, at the Theatre Royal box office, tel 01904 623568.