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
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.
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!
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
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.
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'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
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 :)
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 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 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.
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
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
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!
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.
Went to two Les Mis performances in a week when I was in London. I really loved the show and your performance was spot on. For someone who has never seen a West End performance before in my life, I was just continuously stunned by the quality of the production. Think I might go down to London some weekend this Autumn just to watch it again.
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!
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 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 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.
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 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
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!!!
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
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
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!
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. :)
So cool to see behind the scenes stuff technically! Find it so interesting and I can't actually come down and see it for real! Follow me Friday sounds good!!
Haha a Dutch person who's usually late! I feel like that's a rarity. Breaking the mold! Goodness, that sure is a ton of white in the theatre stairwells you walk through. Guess they saved up all the bold colors for the stage...and the lovely ladies' rouge. Or they made the stairs look so simple that you'd never guess they take you from London to Paris :). Unassuming. Hey, I have the same color phone. Banana power! Hahaha that sounds ridiculous. Scratch that. Sunflower power? I dunno. Wow I'm harping on colors today. Thanks for sharing your Friday! Peace and blessings!
I graduated college as a theatre major in 2010 and funny enough saw les mis in London in 2010 when Samantha was in it. Wish I could see you as im sure your performance is excellent! So I absolutely LOVE seeing you vlog about being in Les Mis! All the backstage/ behind the scenes shots are awesome! Follow me Fridays is an amazing idea! Keep it up!
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!
So interesting to see the different stages of your journey through the show, and which characters are around at each point when you're not on stage. :)
This was so magical!!! I'm glad kids and teenagers will see this because it proves that hard work will get you where you want to be. I feel like Carrie can die happy now, no matter what.
As I live in the US I probably won't be seeing you in Les Mis anytime soon but I love seeing glimpses of what you do and all your different costume changes! It really makes me appreciate how hard actors work! xx
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 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
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
Oh my goodness I LOVED this. I loved seeing behind the scene stuff--ordinary to you, but FASCINATING to me! :)
I totally agree!
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
It's so great watching backstage shenanigans! Loving the vlogs C,
Lia x
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
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?
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
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!!!!
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 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'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'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
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 TH-cam portal
Me too
Nicholas rowe Is it way past your bedtime then? xx
pumpkinss02 lol
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.
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 :)
Love follow me Fridays! It's brilliant to see all the show stuff
You look so good with dark hair!!
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 swear every video I just stare at your hair because it's SO BEAUTIFUL.
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! :)
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!!
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.
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
I love the idea of Follow Me Fridays and I can't wait to see more in the future :)
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?
Bring back follow me Friday
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
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
I love the idea of us following you around every friday Carrie! Please do more!
This was fun :) yes to every Friday! But only if it's not too much work.
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!
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.
Went to two Les Mis performances in a week when I was in London. I really loved the show and your performance was spot on. For someone who has never seen a West End performance before in my life, I was just continuously stunned by the quality of the production. Think I might go down to London some weekend this Autumn just to watch it again.
YES YES YES!! Please make lots of Follow Me Friday! :3
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!
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.
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
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
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 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!
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!!!
FOLLOW ME FRIDAY HAS TO BECOME A THING
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
EVERY FRIDAY!!!
I like this, this was fun! You definitely should do more :)
Fantastic video Carrie! Love getting to see a little bit of your experience in the show! So cool. You're lovely as usual. ^.^
Does Carrie play supporting characters when she's not playing Eponine? Because I didn't know this. :P
TH-cam Losers R Us Yup! :) All the principals do bar Val Jean and Javert as they're in it from the start! :) xxx
Please keep up the Follow Me Fridays!! I LOVE seeing what you get up to around the theatre :)
Wait, do you perform in major Les Mis shows in London?
Aquascape Yup. The West End production on Shaftesbury Avenue! :) xxx
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!!!
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!
Yes please do follow me Fridays! There really interesting to see you in the theatre xxxx
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
Was really fun to get a look at behind the scenes of Les Mis!
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
Yes please do more follow me Friday's. I love seeing you as Eponine behind the scenes!!!
If you want to, a vlog every friday would be absolutely AMAZING! I would love to watch them!!
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 can't believe we just got to see behind the scenes of Les Mis! Thank you Carrie!!
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. :)
I've seen the show so it was so cool to see all the actors! 😄All though a difference person played Enjolras and Eponine when I watched it 😊
ROBBBBBBB and Jessamy! And she spoke about MICHAEEELLL
Loving your work Carrie! Great to get an insight into your busy life.
I loved this. I love seeing behind the scenes theatre stuff. It makes me miss it.
Absolutely loved this video! I'm a big musical theatre fan and it's great to see what it's like to be working in a professional show! Please do more!
So cool to see behind the scenes stuff technically! Find it so interesting and I can't actually come down and see it for real! Follow me Friday sounds good!!
As someone who is going to uni for musical theatre, I would love to keep seeing what life is like backstage. Thank you for letting us get a peek!
Haha a Dutch person who's usually late! I feel like that's a rarity. Breaking the mold!
Goodness, that sure is a ton of white in the theatre stairwells you walk through. Guess they saved up all the bold colors for the stage...and the lovely ladies' rouge. Or they made the stairs look so simple that you'd never guess they take you from London to Paris :). Unassuming.
Hey, I have the same color phone. Banana power! Hahaha that sounds ridiculous. Scratch that. Sunflower power? I dunno.
Wow I'm harping on colors today.
Thanks for sharing your Friday!
Peace and blessings!
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.
Yes I love Follow Me Friday... I love seeing backstage and seeing the cast as themselves as such lol... But yeah do more follow me Fridays :) xx
I graduated college as a theatre major in 2010 and funny enough saw les mis in London in 2010 when Samantha was in it. Wish I could see you as im sure your performance is excellent! So I absolutely LOVE seeing you vlog about being in Les Mis! All the backstage/ behind the scenes shots are awesome! Follow me Fridays is an amazing idea! Keep it up!
I would love to see more follow me Fridays! I love when we get to see you at the theater!
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!
I loved this! It was really cool to see all of your different costumes before Eponine.
Love the idea of Follow Me Friday, can't wait to see some more in the future!
i love the clips with others from the cast so much!
I love the idea that I get to see your costume changes and life in the theater. Oh man I miss it so much..... Thank you for sharing.
Loved the video!! Thanks for sharing your life with us Carrie, we love you!!
loved this vlog!! and the little time update in the corner was a really good idea!
I absolutely adore the idea of follow me friday! please continue to do it! i love watching you around the theater!!!! :) xxx
I'm already loving follow me Fridays!
So interesting to see the different stages of your journey through the show, and which characters are around at each point when you're not on stage. :)
I love this follow me friday thing!! It's so fun to see your everyday life!
Yes, make follow me around Fridays a thing!! And Rob is such a sweet guy in person guys ❤
i like Follow me Fridays :) and i would deffinetly love more of them !
This was so magical!!! I'm glad kids and teenagers will see this because it proves that hard work will get you where you want to be.
I feel like Carrie can die happy now, no matter what.
Please do more! The show looks amazing!
I definitely want more of these! I love them ❤️
Yes! Love the idea of weekly follow you fridays!
As I live in the US I probably won't be seeing you in Les Mis anytime soon but I love seeing glimpses of what you do and all your different costume changes! It really makes me appreciate how hard actors work! xx
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
Love your vlogs. It's so interesting seeing what you get up to back stage.
I really loved follow my Friday Carrie! Its so cool to see behind the scenes! Xxx
I'm loving the idea of Follow Me Friday!
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