Carrie is the UK editor-in-chief for BroadwayWorld. After spending her formative years reading books and ending up with a Masters degree in English literature from King's College London, it was inevitable that Carrie should be a journalist. Her pure and simple delight in the art-form of musical theatre led to the Guardian asking her to be their West End Girl. Since then, she's picked up a PhD, and also written for many other UK publications, including the Times and the Independent. She has many eclectic loves, including sport, karaoke, reality television, MMORPGs, three-volume Victorian novels, the British seaside, embroidery and Veronica Mars.
Rebecca Caine stars in After Lydia, by Gwyneth Herbert & Denniston, adapted from a Terence Rattigan play, upstairs at Ronnie Scott's on Monday 14th March at 1pm.
Twelve year old Josh Baker from Rochester has just become the twenty-fifth boy to play the title role in the West End production of Billy Elliot the Musical as the hit show is shortlisted for the BBC Radio 2 Olivier Audience Award, the only category voted for by the public.
Arcola Theatre presents a brand-new production of Chekhov's masterpiece, UNCLE VANYA, in a new version by Helena Kaut-Howson and Jon Strickland, for a limited five-week season from 27 April to 4 June 2011.
Porn: The Musical won Best New Musical for its run at Theatre503 following a successful stint at Edinburgh 2009, and the Union Theatre's production of Assassins won Best Production and Best Sound Design while its production of Bells Are Ringing, starring Anna-Jane Casey, won Best Choreographer for t
Sasha Regan's critically acclaimed all-male IOLANTHE will open at Wilton's Music Hall on Friday 1 April, following previews from 30 March, for a limited season, ending 7 May.
After the success of Brief Encounter in the West End and on Broadway, Kneehigh's new adaptation of Jacques Demy and Michel Legrand's The Umbrellas of Cherbourg will arrive at the Gielgud Theatre following a limited run at Curve, Leicester.
Chichester Festival Theatre have confirmed that Adam Cooper, Daniel Crossley and Scarlett Strallen will star in this summer's production of Singin' In The Rain.
BWW:UK understands that David Thaxton, Olivier-nominated for his role in the Donmar's Passion, will be taking over as Raoul in Love Never Dies after next month's cast change.
As Priscilla Queen Of The Desert The Musical approaches its second birthday in the West End, Richard Grieve, best known for his role as Jonny Foster in ITV1's Emmerdale, will join the Company to play Tick from Monday 7 March 2011.