Everyday, there will be up to five live shows at the very heart of the Dome - the central arena. A breath-taking spectacular that will reach new heights, featuring great music, stunning visual effects and a cast of up to 200 performers.

The Millennium Show has been jointly created by Mark Fisher and Peter Gabriel and is a dramatic love story about the transcendent reunion of a boy of dreams and a girl of action driven apart by a family feud. The story is an allegory of the relationship between humankind, nature and technology.

The Dome Ensemble Company will consist of up to 160 performers, divided into two casts. On stage at any one time will be 60 performers including soloists. 90 young people are currently being trained by Circus Space in a range of aerial and acrobatic skills to enable them to perform at heights of up to 50 metres.

Alongside the Dome will be the zone sponsored by Sky. This will be the most popular venue for live music during the year 2000 and will also be used as two 2,500-seat cinemas showing a fantastic new British comedy film.

From this September you will be able to buy tickets for the Dome at any National Lottery outlet, through our website or by ringing our call centre.

Getting to the Dome will be easy with up to 24 trains an hour running on the Jubilee Line to North Greenwich and a journey time of 12 minutes from central London.

There will also be regular boat services to carry people to the Dome and a shuttle bus every five minutes to link Charlton station with the Dome.

To keep in touch with the exciting developments of the Dome and the National Programme as they happen, bookmark our website at http://www.dome2000.co.uk