Carrie: The Musical is a dark musical drama based on the 1974 novel by Steven King, with influence from the 1976 film.

It follows an outcast teenage girl, Carrie White, who develops telekinetic powers after starting her period, and is tormented by peers and her religious mother. It highlights themes of bullying and religious trauma, culminating in a prom night disaster.

The musical premiered in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1988, before transferring to Broadway. Despite being a Broadway flop, mainly due to technical problems, it gained a cult following and has had hugely successful revivals. The themes of the show are very much still relevant, despite being written in the 1970s,  and this production sets its version of Carrie: The Musical in the modern day.

This production will be performed by two casts over a six show run.

This amateur production of CARRIE THE MUSICAL is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd, www.concordtheatricals.co.uk

Bromley Musical Theatre Company is an amateur dramatics company based in Bromley, South East London, recently celebrating it’s fifth Birthday since being founded by Jon Leech in May 2021. In that time they have supported nearly 200 members and performed 8 full scale musicals: The Addams Family, Spring Awakening, Legally Blonde, Big Fish, Into The Woods, Footloose, Oklahoma and now Carrie. They have also staged four full company showcases, multiple concerts and cabarets and one charity 24 hour musical.

Bromley Musical Theatre Company strives to be a welcoming and inclusive community and everyone is welcome to join the ensemble, regardless of experience or ability. Bromley Musical Theatre Company is very excited to bring Carrie to the Jack Studio Theatre, and hope to inspire more of South London to get involved in future shows!

Carrie the Musical has a theme of periods and a lack of period education. During our production, BMTC will be supporting Bromley Hygiene Bank. We would like to encourage all of our audience members (if possible) to bring a packet of period products (or other hygiene items) with them to the show to donate. There will be a box in the foyer of the venue to collect donations. These donations will be re-distributed throughout the Bromley community to those who may not have access to period products.

You can see details about the charity here and more details on what other products you can bring to donate if you wish – https://thehygienebank.com/give-products/what-products-do-we-collect/

The videotaping or making of electronic or other audio and/or visual recordings or streams of this production is strictly prohibited and a violation of United Kingdom Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

Photos by Aimee Tregunno.