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This production is recommended for ages 14+.
Performance Dates
28 July - 8 August 2026
Run time: 1hr 15mins
No interval
Dreamscape is an award-winning production inspired by the shocking true story of the shooting of Tyisha Miller. An electrifying fusion of beatboxing, rap and hip-hop dance, don’t miss this critically acclaimed show. Playing a limited run at the Arcola Theatre, book your official tickets today.
In 1998, 19-year-old Tyisha Miller was fatally shot by four California police officers while unconscious in her car. In Dreamscape, the brutal reality of her death is powerfully contrasted with the vibrant story of her life. As the Coroner's report recounts each of her twelve bullet wounds in stark clinical detail, the stage fills with memories of Tyisha's joy, resilience and humanity – from dancing and softball games to first love and styling hair.
This deeply moving production transforms a devastating true story into a celebration of a young woman whose life was far more than the circumstances of her death.
In 1998 Tyisha Miller, a 19-year-old African-American woman, was lying unconscious in a car at a Californian gas station when she was shot by police officers called to the scene. She was hit by 12 bullets. In Rickerby Hands’ acclaimed poetic Dreamscape, first seen in Edinburgh last summer and now transferring to the Arcola, each of those bullets becomes a memory. It is an effective device in a show which mixes choreography and spoken word to good effect to tell the story of a life cut short. It’s done with grace and gravity.
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27 Jul, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner