Dawn Again is a unique theatrical experience – a hectic, hilarious soap opera set in an NHS maternity ward, with every line of dialogue rapped.
Government special adviser Elliot has a problem. His two girlfriends are giving birth on the same day in the same hospital. To keep his infidelities secret, he needs the reluctant support of overworked midwife, Liz, but things are much more complicated than even Elliot can imagine.
Cloudy Clouds wrote Dawn Again after the success of his short on-screen rap opera Uber Pool – a domestic drama played out in a shared taxi ride.
Actor and comedian Edmund Fargher (ITV’s Keith Lemon: Coming in America, BBC3 and ITV2 comedy sketches and award-winning web pilot Sideliners) also stars as Elliot’s boss, an MP who is superficially charming but has questionable morals.
A finalist in the LET (Les Enfants Terribles) 2022 Awards for “exceptional emerging artists”, Dawn Again is directed by Claudio’s sister, theatre-maker Rafaela Elliston. She explains: “My job is to take Claudio’s witty lyrics & zany ideas & to use clever set design, creative choreography & the audience’s imagination to put together a mixed-up, modern-day farce for fringe theatre”.
About the venue:
The Rotunda Theatre: Bubble is a pop-up dome-shaped venue in Regency Square. It seats 120 people and is just up from the i360 observation tower on Brighton seafront.
| Title | Dawn Again |
| Performances | Saturday 4 May – 3.00pm and 7.30pm Saturday 18 May – 3.00pm and 6.00pm (60 mins without an interval) |
| Location | The Rotunda Theatre: Bubble, Regency Square, Brighton, BN1 2FH |
| Box Office | https://www.brightonfringe.org/events/dawn-again/ |
| Tickets | £10 |
| Social Media | Instagram: @dawnagainplay
Twitter: @dawnagainplay1 |
| Writer | Cloudy Clouds |
| Director | Rafaela Elliston |
| Producers | Claudio Elliston, Rafaela Elliston, Juliet Elliston |
| Production Designer | Dave & Lesley Clay |
| Lighting Designer | Rafaela Elliston |
| Cast | Claudio Elliston, Edmund Fargher, Zara Cooke, Annie Foreman, Rachel Goodacre, Cathy Mcmanamon |
| Promotional artwork |
