AFTER THE SUN

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AFTER THE SUN

A rock-band musical about truth, fame, and the cost of being replaced.

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Concept

After The Sun live concept imagery

The Idea

After The Sun is a live rock musical about a troubled band replaced by their AI doubles in a thrilling collision of human chaos and digital perfection. Performed like a gig unravelling before your eyes, it fuses raw concert energy with intimate theatre to explore what happens when art becomes algorithm.

The Sound

Every sound is made live; guitars, synths, drums, and vocals looped, fractured, and rebuilt in real time. Creation itself becomes the heartbeat of the story, as the band’s struggle for control plays out through the act of making music. The audience witnesses art, ego, and emotion collapsing and reforming in front of them.

The Form

It’s Once meets Black Mirror, with the emotional charge of Stereophonic and the pulse of a live rock show. Minimal set. Maximum impact. Designed for contemporary stages and touring audiences hungry for something real.

The Story

The night the music stopped being real.

Nova and Dante performing on stage — raw energy and connection.

The band that once set crowds on fire is falling apart. Late to their own gigs, burned out, and barely speaking. What began as raw connection has collapsed into chaos, ego, and exhaustion. When their make-or-break live stream implodes in spectacular fashion, the label finally decides they’ve had enough.

Overnight, the label unveils flawless AI replicas as perfect doubles who never miss a beat, never argue, never falter. The real musicians are quietly deleted, replaced by digital versions that play their songs better than they ever could. The audience cheers, but something vital has gone silent.

A massive LED wall shows the AI clone band performing while the real stage stands empty.

On a dark, abandoned stage, the LED wall glows with the ghosts of perfection, the AI clone band performing inside the screen, flawless and unfeeling. Cables, amps, and instruments lie scattered below, still humming with the memory of human hands. It’s the moment art becomes algorithm, a gig still playing, even though the players are gone.

The music is perfect, but empty. The pulse has been replaced by precision. Somewhere in that silence, a spark waits to fight its way back into the noise.

Alex and Arlo performing live — the heartbeat returns through rhythm and sound.

After The Sun unfolds like a gig breaking apart as part concert, part confession, part resurrection. A band fighting to prove that imperfection isn’t failure, it’s life. And when the noise finally fades, what’s left isn’t perfection at all, but truth.

The Characters

Every band has its ghosts.

Dante – Lead singer and rhythm guitar

DANTE

Lead singer and rhythm guitar. Fierce, impulsive, and fragile under pressure. The band’s spark and its fuse.

Nova – Lead guitar and harmony vocals

NOVA

Lead guitar and harmony vocals. Quietly brilliant, she hears emotion in noise. The conscience of the group.

Arlo – Drums

ARLO

Drums. Comic relief turned truth teller. Rhythm keeps him sane, until the beat stops making sense.

Alex – Bass and sampler

ALEX

Bass and sampler. The studio brain who believes in control until control collapses. Haunted by perfection.

Lila – Manager

LILA

Manager. Part believer, part survivor. She built the band’s rise, and must face the system she helped create.

Reeve – Label fixer

REEVE

Label fixer. Sells emotion like data. Charming, ruthless, convinced he’s saving them from themselves.

The Clone Band / System

THE CLONE BAND / SYSTEM

The flawless double: licensed faces, looped vocals, crowd that never breathes. The temptation and the threat.

Ensemble players and locals appear in Act II’s open-mic sequence, expanding the world and echoing the show’s core idea: connection over perfection.

The band reflects the diversity of contemporary British and global music culture. All ethnicities and backgrounds strongly encouraged.

The Sound

Every show has a heartbeat, this one has a pulse.

After The Sun charts a band’s fight to stay human in a world that perfects everything. Each song reveals another layer of that struggle, from digital noise to fragile truth, emotion told through sound, not words.

After The Sun live soundscape: glowing instruments and LED reflections.

Demo Tracks

These early demos trace the evolving sound world of After The Sun is a raw yet intimate fusion of live rock energy and digital pulse. Each song is a heartbeat from a story still finding its voice. In their rough form, they hold the contrast at the show’s core: human imperfection beside machine precision; the noise, the silence, and the fragile truth that lives between them.

We Are The Noise

The band’s opening track with swagger; cinematic, human. A defiant performance that reveals its own illusion.

Between The Wires

Nova and Dante strip everything back. Two voices caught between silence and signal.

The Real Thing

Nova sings with her AI clone. She chooses the sting of truth over the comfort of perfection.

Half-Alive

The band’s comeback. Dante finds rhythm again after the silence. A heartbeat groove reborn.

Static In My Head

Dante alone with his guitar, ghosts, and distortion. A cracked voice searching for meaning in the noise.

After The Sun

The title song and emotional core where confession becomes renewal and the truth finally sings.

Full Song List

Music Journey: After the Sun charts a band’s evolution from digital perfection to human truth. From the blinding glare of algorithmic fame to the quiet hum of something real. Each song pulls them closer to what matters: noise that breathes, voices that break, and the courage to be imperfect.


  1. We Are The Noise — Dante, Nova, Arlo, Alex, Lila.
    The band’s explosive opener — fame, artifice, and the birth of their digital doubles.
  2. Brand New Band — Reeve (on-screen), Lila, Ensemble.
    A corporate anthem selling perfection; satire meets surrender.
  3. Static In My Head — Dante (solo).
    Confession in distortion — the first raw crack in the machine-made world.
  4. Garage Days / First Sound — Nova & Dante, full band.
    A return to beginnings — where imperfection first meant freedom.
  5. Between The Lines — Dante & Nova.
    A quiet duet — reconnection and honesty beneath the noise.
  6. Real Thing — Nova (lead) with AI harmony.
    One-take confession — Nova reclaims her voice from her own digital ghost.
  7. It Was Only A Joke — Lila & Ensemble.
    The truth disguised as comedy; guilt becomes gospel.
  8. We Were The Noise (Reprise) — Ensemble.
    A fragile rally cry — humanity rediscovers its pulse.
  9. We Are / We Were The Noise (Finale Reprise) — Full Company.
    Human and AI collide onstage; silence becomes defiance.
  10. Half-Alive — Dante & Band.
    Recovery through imperfection — humour, humility, and survival.
  11. The Machine Knows Best — Reeve, AI Chorus, Band.
    A grotesquely catchy corporate hymn to algorithmic control.
  12. Sing It Anyway — Nova, Dante, Ensemble, Audience.
    Imperfect voices, real connection — “If it’s real, it’s enough to stay.”
  13. Collaboration Version 2.0 — Dante & The AI Voice.
    Seductive duet between man and machine, temptation and resistance.
  14. After The Sun — Dante, Nova & Band.
    The title song — confession becomes rebirth; truth without filters.
  15. Finale Reprise – Real Thing / We Are The Noise — Full Company.
    Humanity’s last chord: imperfect, alive, unfiltered, the dawn after the storm.

Production & Showcase

After The Sun stage setup and lighting design

The World of the Show

After The Sun unfolds in the aftermath of a live gig. A raw, fractured concert space where emotion, ego, and technology collide. The set never changes, yet the world constantly shifts through light, sound, and performance energy, mirroring the band’s internal breakdown and resurgence. The result is a single, fluid environment of half rock stage, half memory.

Scale & Format

Designed for flexibility, the show can play like an electrified club gig or a full-scale theatrical event. Every version retains the show’s heartbeat of live sound as storytelling, where what you hear is being created, broken, and rebuilt in real time.

  • Showcase Version — 45–60 minutes. Four performers and live band. A concentrated, high-voltage introduction to the show’s world — ideal for festivals, producers, and early investors.
  • Full Theatrical Version — 100–110 minutes. A single-set hybrid of gig and drama, where lighting, projection, and sound design function as emotional architecture. Perfect for mid-scale theatres and cross-genre venues.
  • Immersive Concert Version — adaptable for music or mixed-use spaces. The audience stands within the performance, surrounded by reactive sound and light that track the band’s emotional frequency in real time.

Sound & Staging

Every sound is performed live with guitars, synths, drums, and vocals looped, fractured, and layered as part of the story. A sound designer–performer (“mix artist”) works as part of the band, shaping atmosphere and rhythm as emotional cues. This real-time manipulation blurs the line between concert and theatre. The score is the storytelling.

Scale Tiers

Chamber Scale: 4 performers + 3-piece band. Touring setup for small black-box or club spaces (min width 8m).
Mid-Scale: 6–8 performers with integrated sound designer. 10–12m width, 4.5m height clearance.
Large-Scale: 8+ performers, extended ensemble, advanced projection and lighting design for mainstage venues.

Development Path

The piece is in advanced development with book, score, and demos completed. The creative team is currently seeking production partners.

Creative Team

Adrian Grant portrait

Adrian Grant

Producer

Adrian Grant’s career in the entertainment and media industries spans over 30 years as a producer, publisher, artist manager, and author. In 2006, he created Thriller Live, seen by over five million people worldwide and now the 12th longest-running West End musical of all time. His latest work includes I’m Every Woman – The Chaka Khan Musical, which receives its world premiere in March 2026.

Ian M. Wilson portrait

Ian M. Wilson

Writer, composer and lyricist

Ian began his career as a songwriter and musician before moving into film and television, working at Twickenham Film Studios and later as a writer-producer on documentary projects. He now focuses on writing screenplays and composing original stage work.

Jamie Noar portrait

Jamie Noar

Musical Director

Jamie Noar is a multi-award-winning musical director, arranger, and composer known for his work on acclaimed theatrical productions including MJ: The Musical and Say Yes to Tess. His work blends technical mastery with emotional authenticity, shaping performances that resonate with both artists and audiences.

Contact

📧 Producer: Adrian Grant — adrian@adriangrantproductions.com

📧 Ian M. Wilson — ian@afterthesun.rocks

📄 Full script available on request — email Ian for access.