After seeing you in the show it's interesting to see what you get up to whilst its all going on :D i love how you can make the dirt "slimming" haha xx ps It pleases me that Dougie was in it :D xx
I've been subscribed to Carrie for over two years, but I can't believe how much she's blossomed just in the past few months. She carries herself with such confidence now. Whatever you're doing, it's working for you!
Judging the amount of costume changes and different make ups you have to do and all those stairs you're climbing and descending every show, i can't believe you manage to do this daily and also vlog for your channel... you're an amazingly dedicated youtuber.
Tayissa Oleksyn Literally know what you mean! My ultimate life dream is to play Eponine in les mis on the west end and there's no way i have the vocal range or the experience to do it.
Yeah, I love these types of videos! I love seeing all of the roles that you play! Up until now the only ones I was sure of were Eponine and one of the Lovely Ladies, and I could only assume that you played other parts of the ensemble. Also, the way you say, "Croissant" tickles me! Xxx
I love these kinds of videos! Theatre life is something that's always really interested me so it's very cool to see some of the behind the scenes stuff
Love this since it looks like the start of Carrie and Celinde’s beautiful friendship and the first time Carrie and Rob shared the stage in Les Mis, second time was when Carrie was bumped up to Fantine
I really enjoyed this! It's always fun to me to watch behind the scenes-y type things from shows so even if you don't do this every week I'd still be glad to see these!
Oh my god Carrie PLEASE.Theatre might be my favorite thing in the world and to have this "backstage eye" on Les Mis through you is just SO EXCITING hahahaha Thanks for that!!!
I said sit in the back but all through the first part of the musical I tried to find her, I knew what she looked like in the wig but I just couldn't! I couldn't figure out which one was her!
katieisalonelypirate Wow, that's impressive! Maybe if I'd sat more in the front it would have been easier because I did sit pretty far back and I absolutely couldn't recognise her.
Yes! Please do more Follow Me Fridays!!!! I love seeing backstage stuff (especially at Les Mis) and seeing everyone else too!! You guys are all so talented!
We should make follow-me Friday a Hopeful thing - like all us Hopefuls vlog our Fridays, and then we could watch eachother's vlogs and it would be really cute :3
I never knew you had to switch costumes that often during one show! Also, I never knew being an actress involved walking so many stairs... I always assumed the dressing rooms were right back stage, like, behind the curtain there was just a floor of dressing rooms.
Eponine doesn't come into the show until about half way through Act 1. Until then, she plays characters in the ensemble (background people). To hide her hair so people don't notice that she played characters other than Eponine, she wears a brown wig until she becomes Eponine.
Yes please do it! I LOVED this video! Les miserables is my favorite musicals of all time and I have seen it 7 times. But I liked being able to look backstage and see what the actors/actresses do to get ready for the show :)
i love watching these backstage videos! i used to think having a riot backstage during a performance wasn't okay or professional so i've ended up being very quiet during performances, but now that i see the actual professionals go and have a great time backstage too, i now know that it's good to have fun and have conversation during! thank you so much for sharing these, you've truly inspired me to loosen up a little! keep up the fantastic work!!
From a fellow curly-haired girl, though not nearly, so much so, curly hair looks huge because it is curly (the curls give it a LOT of volume), but you can relatively easily, at least for me, squish it into something that small.
It's pin curled to her head. Makes it easier and smother. I know from experience. Although carries hair must be easier to pin curl than my v. Straight hair xxx
I absolutely loved this!!!!!! Lovely to see you back stage at your job, seems like you work with really lovely people. I need to take a trip to London asap to see the show. X
So, I'm so freaking happy you've done this. I miss being on stages so much, but even more I miss the fun to be had backstage. Watching this has given me a kind of heartsickness and extreme joy only known from being in shows. Please keep doing these, Carrie. :)
Couldn't be happier when I woke up to see you had uploaded a video, it really put a smile on my face after a pretty crappy week. I'd love to see more follow me Friday's! Also after watching this I subsequently spent my next 2 hours watching your re watching videos as I do when I need a pick me up. 'It's okay not to be okay' in particular made me feel better and also gave me the bit of perspective I need right now, so thank you. *hugs* xxx
So cool to tag along with you throughout your Friday. Please do more of these! I think it's my favourite vlog so far. The atmosphere backstage looks like so much fun- I think it's high time I saw les mis again!
eveecooper I have about twenty five minutes in which I gotta shower to get all the blood and dirt off and then I have just enough time for a cuppa before the Epilogue! :) xxx
***** She probably has to get rid of the blood - so maybe just a de-bloodied, re-dirtied Eponine! That would drive me mad having to do all the make-up again every night!
laurenisahippogriff I agree about red hair, but I'm not so sure completely black hair would suit her; I fear she would look "washed out". However, I hope she never dyes her hair, because her natural blonde looks gorgeous, and is probably the most difficult hair colour (along with certain shades of red) to get back. (You can get really natural-looking dyed brown hair, but it is usually rather obvious whether blonde hair is bleached or natural.)
I just said black haired to give the impression that any hair colour would suit her, although you're probably right! Also I agree, her hair is gorgeous as it is
I'm going to University today and I woke up feeling so nervous, but seeing your video in my subscription box made me feeI better. I love knowing that even if some scary changes happen in my life, I'll always have your videos to cheer me up and comfort me. Thank you Carrie
Love the idea of follow me friday! I also think it's really cool to see the backstage view of the life of a singer. It's really great! You're the best!
I love when you show the backstage of Les Mis in West End because I adore the show. Plus you are an amazing person and such an inspiration! So glad I had the chance ti watch your performance as 'Ponine earlier this year. Lots of love xx
As a theatre major, I absolutely LOVED this video! It's a cool little day to day and backstage insight into the world. So thank you! I would love to see more!
As an actress, I was getting all excited/nervous for you, just as you were getting ready and about to go on stage as they are feelings I experience massively when I perform. The anticipation before a show is incredible. I loved this video, thank you Carrie! xo
Oh my god please do these as often as you can! Even every second Friday is fine, I loove watching behind the scenes of Les Mis, and the cast seem so friendly xx
I love your follow me Fridays carrie and I would love if you did them every Friday but as long as you do more, that would be absolutely and undoubtably brilliant!!!
Loved it!! As a complete Les Mis nerd it's wonderful seeing behind the scenes in the theatre, plus any video of yours brightens my day - would love to see more :) xxx
I love this! I became a Hopeful after seeing you in les mis and reading about you in the programme so whenever you show us stuff in the theatre it's really insightful and interesting and I love seeing backstage! :) xx
I enjoyed this SO much
Mostly because I got to pretend I was in the west end
doddleoddle this is literally me with any vlog or video of Broadway/The West End
"So I'm dead. That kind of sucks." Ha! Love seeing Eponine just chilling with Javert like they're old chums.
IWillBeHers Back when Tam was Javert we hung out ALL the time backstage! Got to a point where we were scarily inseparable! haha xxx
After seeing you in the show it's interesting to see what you get up to whilst its all going on :D i love how you can make the dirt "slimming" haha xx ps It pleases me that Dougie was in it :D xx
Oh my goodness I LOVED this. I loved seeing behind the scene stuff--ordinary to you, but FASCINATING to me! :)
I totally agree!
I've been subscribed to Carrie for over two years, but I can't believe how much she's blossomed just in the past few months. She carries herself with such confidence now. Whatever you're doing, it's working for you!
hannahks11 It's the people and the places I associate myself with now. They make me happier! :) xxx
***** hannahks11 And we are all so happy that you are happy Carrie!!!! :D
hannahks11 no pun intended?
Judging the amount of costume changes and different make ups you have to do and all those stairs you're climbing and descending every show, i can't believe you manage to do this daily and also vlog for your channel... you're an amazingly dedicated youtuber.
Vicky Simpson Thank you! :) xxx
It's so great watching backstage shenanigans! Loving the vlogs C,
Lia x
This is a very girlie thing to say, but wow Marius is really handsome and sweet. He kind of made my heart go all fluttery :)
cielamour88 Yeah he has that affect on me too! It's very easy to "pretend" to be in love with him! haha xxx
&& he looks like Marius from the movie. both equally handsome don't you agree ;D
Really devastated that I'll forever be the person sitting in the theatre, rather than performing on the stage.
That doesn't have to be the case! You can absolutely do it if you want it enough! Believe in yourself xx
That's sweet, but unfortunately untrue. Thanks though, :) x
Tayissa Oleksyn Same :(
Tayissa Oleksyn Literally know what you mean! My ultimate life dream is to play Eponine in les mis on the west end and there's no way i have the vocal range or the experience to do it.
You don't know that!!!!
Yeah, I love these types of videos! I love seeing all of the roles that you play! Up until now the only ones I was sure of were Eponine and one of the Lovely Ladies, and I could only assume that you played other parts of the ensemble. Also, the way you say, "Croissant" tickles me! Xxx
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE CONTINUE TO DO THESE! I LOVE SEEING WHAT HAPPENS BEHIND STAGE! OMG I JUST LOVE YOU OK
This is the best! I saw the show last year and it's so great to be able to see what happens behind the scenes! x
I'd love to see more of these! Just wondering, do you still use the hopeful forum? There's a few of us left still using it!
Katie H Yeah of course! I always check in every few days! :) xxx
:D
I love these kinds of videos! Theatre life is something that's always really interested me so it's very cool to see some of the behind the scenes stuff
Love follow me Fridays! It's brilliant to see all the show stuff
Love this since it looks like the start of Carrie and Celinde’s beautiful friendship and the first time Carrie and Rob shared the stage in Les Mis, second time was when Carrie was bumped up to Fantine
Bring back follow me Friday
You look so good with dark hair!!
i love the clips with others from the cast so much!
Yes!! It's cool to see the behind the scenes of the theatre bc i worked in backstage for productions with my school which were so much fun :)
I love the idea of Follow Me Fridays and I can't wait to see more in the future :)
I swear every video I just stare at your hair because it's SO BEAUTIFUL.
I really enjoyed this! It's always fun to me to watch behind the scenes-y type things from shows so even if you don't do this every week I'd still be glad to see these!
Oh my god Carrie PLEASE.Theatre might be my favorite thing in the world and to have this "backstage eye" on Les Mis through you is just SO EXCITING hahahaha Thanks for that!!!
Loved this video. I didn't know you were a beggar in at the end of the day. I saw it front row and I didn't see you. You learn something new everyday.
I said sit in the back but all through the first part of the musical I tried to find her, I knew what she looked like in the wig but I just couldn't! I couldn't figure out which one was her!
Josephine-Charlotte Leyman The second time I saw the show I sat on the fifth row. I managed to "track" Carrie in every part where she is not Eponine.
katieisalonelypirate Wow, that's impressive! Maybe if I'd sat more in the front it would have been easier because I did sit pretty far back and I absolutely couldn't recognise her.
Are we not going to talk about how duckie(?) looks like Flynn?
olookitsrosa Dougie! He looks more like Prince Charming from Cinderella to me! :) xxx
Yes omg!
***** omg I see it now!! wow thats amazing
*****
I would have thought about Flynn, too, when seeing Dougie - but i always thought Anton looked the most like a Disney Prince :)
I love the idea of us following you around every friday Carrie! Please do more!
Loving your work Carrie! Great to get an insight into your busy life.
wow, I'm early on a video, cool. i probably should be asleep.... but meh,
ps, love the idea of follow me friday
me too
Yeah same but I just get sucked into the CZcams portal
Me too
Nicholas rowe Is it way past your bedtime then? xx
pumpkinss02 lol
YES YES YES!! Please make lots of Follow Me Friday! :3
Yes! Please do more Follow Me Fridays!!!! I love seeing backstage stuff (especially at Les Mis) and seeing everyone else too!! You guys are all so talented!
We should make follow-me Friday a Hopeful thing - like all us Hopefuls vlog our Fridays, and then we could watch eachother's vlogs and it would be really cute :3
***** THAT'S AN AWESOME IDEA! xxx
YES!!!! I will totally see about vlogging my way through next Friday, although because of school, all of my Fridays are very similar.
Yes!x Just a big huge yes :)
***** DarkerThan_Blue CuriouslyJustMegan ***** Yay! :D
That's an amazing idea! :)
This was fun :) yes to every Friday! But only if it's not too much work.
I love this follow me friday thing!! It's so fun to see your everyday life!
This is so cool! I didn't know that backstage was so chill like that. I always thought that it was utter chaos all the time.
I never knew you had to switch costumes that often during one show! Also, I never knew being an actress involved walking so many stairs... I always assumed the dressing rooms were right back stage, like, behind the curtain there was just a floor of dressing rooms.
TheLuluTrue Nope the theatre is 7 floors worth of dressing rooms! xxx
Some theatres do have dressing rooms at stage level (Lighthouse in Poole) but most you do use lots of stairs!
i would love more follow me fridays :)
also, sometimes you wear a wig and sometimes you don't. i don't understand the wig protocol.
I think she plays more than one character ((not sure))
I think she plays extras like the "lovely ladies", and the working ladies for the "At The End Of The Day".
She wears the wig when she's on as a background character (lovely ladies, factory worker, etc.) and has the wig off when she's playing Eponine.
Eponine doesn't come into the show until about half way through Act 1. Until then, she plays characters in the ensemble (background people). To hide her hair so people don't notice that she played characters other than Eponine, she wears a brown wig until she becomes Eponine.
Yes please do it! I LOVED this video! Les miserables is my favorite musicals of all time and I have seen it 7 times. But I liked being able to look backstage and see what the actors/actresses do to get ready for the show :)
i love watching these backstage videos! i used to think having a riot backstage during a performance wasn't okay or professional so i've ended up being very quiet during performances, but now that i see the actual professionals go and have a great time backstage too, i now know that it's good to have fun and have conversation during! thank you so much for sharing these, you've truly inspired me to loosen up a little! keep up the fantastic work!!
I like this, this was fun! You definitely should do more :)
How the HELL did all of your hair fit under that little cap? WHAT?!
From a fellow curly-haired girl, though not nearly, so much so, curly hair looks huge because it is curly (the curls give it a LOT of volume), but you can relatively easily, at least for me, squish it into something that small.
It's pin curled to her head. Makes it easier and smother. I know from experience. Although carries hair must be easier to pin curl than my v. Straight hair xxx
Major headache after
Yes! Love the idea of weekly follow you fridays!
I absolutely loved this!!!!!! Lovely to see you back stage at your job, seems like you work with really lovely people. I need to take a trip to London asap to see the show. X
so weird to see you with straight brown hair :o it suits you but I love your crazy curls more :p xx
Its a wig so that she can play a farmer, factory girl and one of the lovely ladies in Les Miserables
EVERY FRIDAY!!!
I definitely want more of these! I love them ❤️
Does Carrie play supporting characters when she's not playing Eponine? Because I didn't know this. :P
CZcams Losers R Us Yup! :) All the principals do bar Val Jean and Javert as they're in it from the start! :) xxx
Is it just me or does she look like that red head from Wizards of Waverly place with the wig on
harper? hehe
Harper
Harper Finkle is the character's name I believe.
So, I'm so freaking happy you've done this. I miss being on stages so much, but even more I miss the fun to be had backstage. Watching this has given me a kind of heartsickness and extreme joy only known from being in shows. Please keep doing these, Carrie. :)
Was really fun to get a look at behind the scenes of Les Mis!
FOLLOW ME FRIDAY HAS TO BECOME A THING
Wait, do you perform in major Les Mis shows in London?
Aquascape Yup. The West End production on Shaftesbury Avenue! :) xxx
Couldn't be happier when I woke up to see you had uploaded a video, it really put a smile on my face after a pretty crappy week. I'd love to see more follow me Friday's! Also after watching this I subsequently spent my next 2 hours watching your re watching videos as I do when I need a pick me up. 'It's okay not to be okay' in particular made me feel better and also gave me the bit of perspective I need right now, so thank you. *hugs* xxx
So cool to tag along with you throughout your Friday. Please do more of these! I think it's my favourite vlog so far. The atmosphere backstage looks like so much fun- I think it's high time I saw les mis again!
After you've died in the show, do you have any other chorus roles or do you just wait til curtain call for your bow?
eveecooper I have about twenty five minutes in which I gotta shower to get all the blood and dirt off and then I have just enough time for a cuppa before the Epilogue! :) xxx
***** She probably has to get rid of the blood - so maybe just a de-bloodied, re-dirtied Eponine! That would drive me mad having to do all the make-up again every night!
I'm sure it's probably been said already but you look great as a brunette
Also blonde
Probably redhead and black haired too. All the hair colours!
laurenisahippogriff I agree about red hair, but I'm not so sure completely black hair would suit her; I fear she would look "washed out". However, I hope she never dyes her hair, because her natural blonde looks gorgeous, and is probably the most difficult hair colour (along with certain shades of red) to get back. (You can get really natural-looking dyed brown hair, but it is usually rather obvious whether blonde hair is bleached or natural.)
I just said black haired to give the impression that any hair colour would suit her, although you're probably right! Also I agree, her hair is gorgeous as it is
Love your vlogs. It's so interesting seeing what you get up to back stage.
Please keep up the Follow Me Fridays!! I LOVE seeing what you get up to around the theatre :)
Love the idea of Follow Me Friday, can't wait to see some more in the future!
I love follow me friday!! Keep making them!
Yes! I love your follow me around vlogs!
I loved this! Acting and Theater are my fav things so this was awesome!
loved this vlog!! and the little time update in the corner was a really good idea!
I'm going to University today and I woke up feeling so nervous, but seeing your video in my subscription box made me feeI better. I love knowing that even if some scary changes happen in my life, I'll always have your videos to cheer me up and comfort me. Thank you Carrie
Loved the video!! Thanks for sharing your life with us Carrie, we love you!!
Love the idea of follow me friday! I also think it's really cool to see the backstage view of the life of a singer. It's really great! You're the best!
I loved these follow me fridays! i loved behid the scenes on the video:)xxx
Please do more! The show looks amazing!
I love when you show the backstage of Les Mis in West End because I adore the show. Plus you are an amazing person and such an inspiration! So glad I had the chance ti watch your performance as 'Ponine earlier this year. Lots of love xx
I'm already loving follow me Fridays!
This is amazing! You should definitely do more of these!!
I loved this. I love seeing behind the scenes theatre stuff. It makes me miss it.
Loved follow me Friday. Wonderful to see you and the cast of Les Mis as you'd never normally see them. Your videos are always amazing.
As a theatre major, I absolutely LOVED this video! It's a cool little day to day and backstage insight into the world. So thank you! I would love to see more!
As an actress, I was getting all excited/nervous for you, just as you were getting ready and about to go on stage as they are feelings I experience massively when I perform. The anticipation before a show is incredible. I loved this video, thank you Carrie! xo
I LOVE THIS SO MUCH i am a theatre person and i LOOOOVE seeing that aspect of your life in vlog form! thanks for making this!
Loved this! :) I love musicals, so it was fun seeing the behind the scenes!
I absolutely adore the idea of follow me friday! please continue to do it! i love watching you around the theater!!!! :) xxx
i love these vlogs so much!!
I can't believe we just got to see behind the scenes of Les Mis! Thank you Carrie!!
Absolutely loved this!
I absolutely loved this carrie! MORE FOLLOW ME FRIDAYS!!
I loved this! It was really cool to see all of your different costumes before Eponine.
Oh my god please do these as often as you can! Even every second Friday is fine, I loove watching behind the scenes of Les Mis, and the cast seem so friendly xx
I love your follow me Fridays carrie and I would love if you did them every Friday but as long as you do more, that would be absolutely and undoubtably brilliant!!!
Loved it!! As a complete Les Mis nerd it's wonderful seeing behind the scenes in the theatre, plus any video of yours brightens my day - would love to see more :) xxx
I'm loving the idea of Follow Me Friday!
You've got such a good speaking (and singing) voice, it makes your videos very enjoyable to watch
I loved this video! You should do more like it but only if you have time! Can't wait to see you and the whole show in October! x
This was so lovely :D I loved seeing behind the scenes of Les Mis, the cast is all really cute! Please do more of these! x
Loved the behind the scenes of the show! It was great to see a background to what's going on in a theatre! More of these maybe? Please?
YES! PLEASE DO A ONE OF THESE EVERY FRIDAY! I loved this video so much (and you, you're great Carrie!
If you want to, a vlog every friday would be absolutely AMAZING! I would love to watch them!!
I love this! I became a Hopeful after seeing you in les mis and reading about you in the programme so whenever you show us stuff in the theatre it's really insightful and interesting and I love seeing backstage! :) xx
I was at that show, and it was so so so brilliant, thank you for an amazing performance!
Please do more of these, it's fascinating seeing the life of someone in the performing arts industry, can't wait until I can do what you do :) xxxx
please do more of these!!! it was so cool to see back stage :)
Yes please do follow me Fridays! There really interesting to see you in the theatre xxxx
Love you carrie!! That made my day! Love follow me Friday!
LOVED THIS VID! Great to see what you do in your day especially at les mis!