Kai Fischer, National Theatre of Scotland

A traveller stands on a beach in Morocco with a small group of friends. Tonight, they are going to try it. Tonight, they are getting ready, for a journey that might change their lives. Here, we will never know their names.

Decades earlier, a young man is being strapped into a tiny sphere, on top of a powerful rocket. He is ready for his mission, trying to become the first Human Being in Outer Space. His name will soon be known all over the world: his name is Yuri Gagarin.

As if out of nowhere, a musical dialogue starts. Words are spoken, and the story of the trip of a lifetime emerges. It is a story of hope, dreams and beauty - and sheer inhumanity.

The production includes an award-winning live soundtrack with collaborations from sound designer Matt Padden and musicians Tyler Collins and Gameli Tordzoro. Audiences will experience the immersive sound world of Last Dream (On Earth) on headphones, as it is created and performed on stage in front of them.

Last Dream (On Earth) interweaves this driving live music score with accounts of those who risk their lives for a distant dream. It draws on extensive interviews and historic documents to explore journeys beyond the imaginable, and quests to find a better future in faraway places.

Kai Fischer’s research for Last Dream (On Earth) took him to seek out interviewees, travelling to the Italian island of Lampedusa, a refugee centre in Malta and onto Rabat and Tangier in Morocco. His research also led him to study the transcripts of radio communication during Yuri Gagarin's flight to become the first Human to reach Outer Space, as well as official NASA documents, in relation to their early manned space program.