Out for Blood: The Story of Carrie the Musical

Out for Blood book event at the Drama Book Shop!

Enjoy this episode of The Drama Book Show! Out for Blood's Chris Adams is interviewed by David Rigano and joined by very special guests Jak Malone (Operation Mincemeat)

Listen Now - Singular Sensation: The Podcast

Join us for an extraordinary deep dive inside the most transformative decade on Broadway through gripping behind-the-scenes accounts of shows such as Sunset Boulevard, Re

Bonus! The Wrong Cat Died x Out for Blood

"You know when people say they can taste colors… I kind of get that with CATS in a weird way." This episode of THE WRONG CAT DIED features fellow Broadway Podcast Network

Bonus! The Book

Chris and Holly are BACK in your ears once again! WHY? Well, Chris's book Out for Blood: a Cultural History of Carrie the Musical is out today! In a hideously meta twist,

Bonus! 35 Years of Carrie

Chris and Holly are BACK for another packed Carrie the Musical catch-up! It's been 35 years since the very first performance of Carrie, so what better excuse to find out

Bonus! Burnt

We catch up with 'Burnt' host Blake Ross to share notes on our two favourite Broadway disasters - Blake's amazing podcast tells the twisted tale of 'Rebecca' which, unlik

Bonus! Fan messages

We just can’t tear ourselves away. We called out for messages from fans of Carrie the Musical - and the fans delivered! Here’s a montage of messages about how this infamo

Bonus! The Aftermath

You ain’t seen nothing yet! It’s gonna be a night you’ll never forget!  Chris and Holly are back with a special all-new bonus update, partly because they haven’t got anyt

Bonus! Playing Carrie

In this special mini episode featuring bonus interview footage, Holly and Chris chat with six of the talented performers who have played Carrie in the landmark production

Chapter 10: Someday, someone will know my name

It’s been quite a journey. Holly and Chris look back at their Carrie adventure and try and answer some burning questions.  We ask an expert, author of ‘Flop Musicals of t

Chapter 9: Back from the dead

Carrie the Musical is back. It’s been revived in New York, it has an official cast recording with millions of streams, and it’s about to hit the mainstream. How did this

Chapter 8: A sturdy little battleship

By 2012, over two decades had passed since Carrie the Musical’s high-profile Broadway car crash, and the last thing its creators wanted was to resurrect the show that hau

Chapter 7: Are you a Friend of Carrie?

With an epic standing ovation on closing night, and urban legends already forming about its turbulent journey to the stage, Carrie the Musical had become an instant cult

Chapter 6: Act Two: Sh*t! Look at all these pigs!

We continue our deep, deep dive into Broadway’s most infamous flop as we charge head-first into the madness and mayhem of Act Two!  And mayhem it really is! Leather outfi

Chapter 5: Act One: Cardboard cars and unitards

In the first of two special episodes, we take a close look at the original 1988 staging of Carrie, examining it song by song and scene by scene to try and work out exactl

Chapter 4: Broadway: They’ll make fun of you, they will break your heart

The eager Carrie cast arrives in the Big Apple only to discover that very little has been done to address the show’s major problems, and that the show’s set has been lost

Chapter 3: Stratford: Doesn't anybody ever get it right?

Rehearsals for Carrie the Musical continue in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. But as the show hurtles towards its opening night, the cast soon feel like they’re working on

Chapter 2: Make it like Greece!

Holly and Chris’s dreams come true as they chat with members of the original cast of Carrie the Musical over wine, including Charlotte D’Amboise (Chris), Sally Ann Triple

Chapter 1: From Page to Stage

In 1988 the Royal Shakespeare Company teamed up with the creators of Fame to turn Stephen King's horror novel ‘Carrie’ into a musical. The result was one of Broadway's mo

Official Trailer

Out now! Join hosts Chris Adams and Holly Morgan (Big Diva Energy), as they deep dive into their 20-year obsession with Carrie: The Musical, unearthing the unlikely story