Coram Boy

Adapted by Helen Edmundson from the novel by Jamila Gavin
Directed by Melly Still

Coram Boy was a smash hit at London's National Theatre in both 2005 (its opening year) and a bring-back in 2006.

It transferred to Broadway in May 2007.

Coram Boy's score was Adrian's first work for the stage, and was a central pillar of the production. It drew partly on George Frederick Handel's 'Messiah' and 'Theodora, and featured a 20-strong SATB choir, 7-piece live orchestra and backing tapes..

LINKS

NT Stagework site:
video interviews with Adrian on the creation of this score

New York Times:
Don't Trust Your Ears: This Play Is Not a Musical

PRESS QUOTES

"..ingeneously underpins the drama.."
Thomas Kemp

"Adrian Sutton's jubilant variations..offer lovely ironic counterpointing.."
Nicholas De Jongh, Evening Standard

"[Mr. Sutton's] array of dissonant, macabre sounds...contribute mightily to the piece's gothic delights"
Eric Grode, New York Sun

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