Carly Mercedes Dyer is an English actress, singer, and dancer. She was intended to play Jane Seymour in the 2020-21 UK Tour of Six the Musical; however, she never made her debut in the show due to both COVID-19 restrictions and the fact that she was cast in Anything Goes. On 22 April 2021, she announced that she would not return to the touring production.[1]
Personal Life[]
In August 2022, Carly publicly stated that she had been diagnosed as having fibroids, which are non-cancerous growths that develop in and around the uterus. She mentioned that she had been dealing with the growths since 2018, and launched a GoFundMe to fund surgery to remove them; the GoFundMe reached its goal within days.[2][3][4]
Role[]
Timeline[]
| Production | Timespan | Principal |
| 2020-21 UK Tour | 27 November 2020 – Spring 2021 (Cancelled) | Jane Seymour |
Stage Credits[]
| Stage Credits | |||
| Year | Production | Role | Theatre |
| 2008 | High School Musical | Ensemble, Cover Taylor McKessie/Martha Cox | Hammersmith Apollo |
| 2009 | Hair | Ensemble/Cover Jeanie | English Theatre Frankfurt |
| 2009-10 | Chicago | Ensemble | Cambridge Theatre |
| 2010-11 | Dirty Dancing | Featured Singer/Ensemble | Aldwych Theatre |
| 2011 | Rock of Ages | Waitress #1/Dance Captain | Shaftesbury Theatre/Garrick Theatre |
| 2014 | Dance 'Til Dawn | Ensemble | UK Tour |
| 2015 | Memphis | Blondie | Shaftesbury Theatre |
| 2015 | The Lorax | Ensemble | The Old Vic Theatre |
| 2016 | West Side Story | Francisca | Salzburg Festival 2016 |
| 2016-17 | Dreamgirls | Ensemble/First Cover Lorelle/Michelle | The Savoy Theatre |
| 2018 | Sweet Charity | Helene | Nottingham Playhouse |
| 2018 | Hadestown | Fate (Atropos) | National Theatre |
| 2019 | Ain't Misbehavin' | Charlaine | Mercury Colchester & Southwark Playhouse |
| 2019 | The View Upstairs | Henri | Soho Theatre |
| 2019-20 | West Side Story | Anita | Curve Theatre |
| 2021, 2022 | Anything Goes | Erma | Barbican Centre, UK Tour |
| 2021 | A Chorus Line | Cassie | Curve Theatre |
| 2022 | Gypsy | June | Alexander Palace Theatre |
| 2023 | Assassins | Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme | Chichester Festival Theatre |
| 2023-24 | The Drifter’s Girl | Faye Treadwell | UK & Ireland Tour |
| 2024 | A Chorus Line | Cassie | Curve Theatre |
Trivia[]
- Carly was in the same production of Ain't Misbehavin' as Renée Lamb.
- Carly was in the same production of Dreamgirls as Candace Furbert.
- Carly was in the same production of Hadestown as Aiesha Naomi Pease.
- Carly has teased a return to Six many times in the past.
- On the BBC One channel during a fundraiser for Children in Need on 13 November 2020, Harriet Watson filled in for Carly as Jane Seymour.
- Carly would have been the first principal actress of colour to portray Jane Seymour.
- She would have also been the first Black principal actress to portray Jane.
- If Carly wasn't a performer, she would want to be a physical education teacher.[5]
Gallery[]
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References[]
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CN9fNnXHH9x/
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch9YpNJIJ6P/
- ↑ https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/anything-goes-carly-mercedes-fibroid_57261.html
- ↑ https://www.gofundme.com/f/carlys-september2022-myomectomy-fibroid-surgery
- ↑ https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/actor-carly-mercedes-dyer-our-west-side-story-is-shining-a-light-on-whats-happening-today
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