Message from Irita Kutchmy (Creator and Composer)

Exciting news! We have been able to make contact with Irita Kutchmy, who adapted and composed our version of 'The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe'. Below is a message from her to our Cast and Crew:

"It's lovely to have the inside information about the Holy Cross production as it brings the musical alive for me! 

In regards to Narnia in Ellenbrook, I noticed the jazz band straight away and thought it was great. Incidentally, I played in the band myself years ago in a performance and there are mistakes in the bass part as far as I remember. I did the woodwinds myself but someone else did the other instruments.

Some of what I have written is really difficult but I was trained as a concert pianist at the Yehudi Menuhin school from 1965 to 1968 and I only began to work in theatres in 1978. So I didn't know how to construct the music in a way that would make it more user friendly to other performers and it remains in the form that I played it in, all those years ago. Some of the songs are in really difficult keys!

Many thanks for the email and I look forward to hearing more Narnia news soon!

Irita