An ensemble dances across a purple-lit stage with arms outstretched, holding small dolls aloft beneath bright blue and white concert-style beams.

The Backstage Theatre, Mountview2026

Carrie: The Musical

The Production

Mountview’s BA Musical Theatre students staged Carrie: The Musical at The Backstage Theatre, Mountview, from 14–21 February 2026, with performances shared between Prom Cast and Prayer Cast. The amateur production was presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals.

47 photographs in the curated edit

Director: Dan Herd
Musical Director: Lindsey Miller
Choreographer: Sam Wilson-Freeman
Lighting Design: Alex Musgrave
Set Design: Nicky Bunch
Costume Design: Kat Stone
Sound Design: Russell Ditchfield
Commissioned by: Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts
Photography: Steve Gregson

An empty bedroom set sits in moody blue light, with a bed, bedside table, window blinds, and tall illuminated display shelves on either side.

A headset-wearing technician adjusts a large stage light from an overhead rig, seen in close-up against the dark theatre space.

A performer kneels alone in a tight spotlight on a dark stage, hands bound in front and face lifted with a worried expression.

A performer stands center stage with bound hands while others surround them in wide stances, holding small dolls like microphones under a harsh overhead spotlight.

A suited performer with an ID badge holds out a small doll toward a curly-haired performer beside a bed, with window blinds behind them.

A tall transparent display case glows with purple light, its shelves filled with small dolls arranged in miniature scenes.

A group of performers crowd the stage holding dolls outward in a dramatic pose, facing a curly-haired performer seen from behind in the foreground.

In a wide, dark stage picture, a kneeling performer is isolated in a side spotlight while a group gathers around a bed under narrow vertical beams.

Performers crowd around a bed, raising and holding small dolls in bright white light, while three shadowy figures stand behind window blinds above them.

A performer in a white T-shirt stands centered under intense beams while ensemble members circle with raised dolls in a ritual-like stage formation.

A seated performer clutches a small doll in a tight spotlight as others lean over a bed behind her, extending dolls toward a blue container.

A solo performer in a striped top holds up a small doll under blue haze, framed by illuminated shelves of dolls and props.

Under three narrow spotlights, a performer stands on a bed with arms raised while others sit around it in the dim bedroom-like set.

One performer folds laundry at a table while another watches from the opposite side holding a small doll, with ghostly figures visible behind the blinds.

A performer grips a small doll in front of a wall of blinds, where two shadowy figures appear behind her in stark, cool lighting.

Two performers huddle tensely over a glowing box on a table, with a laundry basket nearby and two blurred figures behind the blinds.

Two performers stand tightly together behind a table in deep blue light, hands clasped around a small doll beneath a large window blind.

A performer stands elevated on a bed with arms outstretched as kneeling ensemble members reach dolls up toward her in vivid magenta light.

In a wide purple-lit stage view, an elevated performer raises a doll overhead while surrounding performers kneel and reach toward her.

A wide stage view shows performers gathered on a purple-carpeted bedroom set, some seated around a bed while two stand holding small dolls under sweeping spotlights.

A group of young performers kneel close together on the purple carpet, laughing and shouting as they crowd several small dolls into the centre.

Performers hold plank and kneeling positions in a circle on a bedroom set, lit by bright overhead beams and patterned floor shadows.

A curly-haired performer in a grey polo holds up a doll with a stern expression, while several others behind her hold matching dolls.

In blue stage light, a dark-haired performer looks distressed as another performer helps raise a small doll between them.

A dark-haired performer stands rigidly in front of a bed while a curly-haired performer behind her throws her arms upward in dramatic blue-green light.

Two performers face each other across a bed, each holding dolls, while a curly-haired performer watches intently from the shadows.

A bed becomes a small puppet stage as two performers hold dolls facing each other, with a curly-haired performer peering over the bedding in cool blue light.

Two dolls are held on either side of a white rectangular frame on a wooden table, with a dark-haired performer’s face visible behind it in stark light.

A performer in glasses and a floral blouse leans forward intensely, gripping a doll held by a seated dark-haired performer against a dark background.

A blonde performer kneels on a draped platform in near darkness, holding up a small doll-like figure under stark blue-white side lighting.

A performer stands at a blue-draped table in a narrow overhead spotlight, surrounded by shadowed figures in a deep blue stage wash.

Eight formally dressed performers crowd behind a rectangular transparent panel, some with hands raised against it, framed by darkness.

An ensemble stands spread across the stage under dramatic white beams, with a central performer lit from above and small props scattered on the floor.

In blue haze, performers in formal wear form a tense circle around two figures caught in a bright spotlight, with a table and balloons behind them.

An ensemble dances with arms flung upward beneath vivid pink, blue, green and yellow lights, creating a celebratory prom-like atmosphere.

A performer in a pale pink dress spins alone at center stage, skirt flaring in a purple-blue pool of light as others watch from the shadows.

A performer in a pale dress stands still while others crouch and lean in close around her under saturated blue and magenta lighting.

A central performer in a pink dress stands in a stark white spotlight as surrounding figures crouch, reach and pose in the surrounding darkness.

Performers leap and spin across the stage under rainbow-colored lights, with dresses and hair flying in energetic motion.

A blonde performer in a leopard-print jacket leans over black metal railings under vivid blue stage lighting, mouth open as if singing.

A tearful performer in a teal top and dark zip-up hoodie looks off to the side against a black background, lit tightly from the front.

A crowned performer in a pink dress and “PROM QUEEN” sash stands in a stark spotlight above a small prom scene, while shadowy figures grin behind her.

A performer in glasses and a floral blouse holds a knife close to a large red candle on a white stand, creating a tense, ritual-like moment.

A crowned performer in a pink dress and sash sits rigidly at a table, while another performer stands behind her clutching her chest in dim light.

A red-streaked performer with long hair raises both hands behind a large rectangular window, lit in eerie blue and magenta light.

The cast stands in formation on a purple-carpeted stage beneath bright white beams of light, with audience seating visible on both sides.

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