A Chat With Michael Ball 

Fun Fact : My gran missed my birth because she was at a Michael Ball concert.

CARRIE!!!! I AM IN LOVE WITH MICHAEL BALL!!! THANK YOU FOR SHARING!!!!

Michael Ball is absolutely precious! He seems so down to earth and genuine, I felt like we were watching a conversation rather than an interview. I saw him in Sweeney Todd and he was literally breath-taking, you're so lucky Carrie! x

Fun fact: I accompanied Michael Ball twice with my orchestra. He's lovely, and he gave us all a pep talk before the concerts. Lovely chap!

Can't believe Michael has recorded the True Blood theme. love it! x

Watching this the day she announced she would be returning to the show as Truly Scrumptious! Look how far you've come! So proud of you Carrie xx

Hi Carrie, thank you very much for sharing your talking with Michael Ball. Last sunday he played "A man without love" by Engelbert released in 1968 in his Radio Show on BBC 2.. Simply a very good song, my generation. He is an amazing guy. He loves all the melodies which comes from the bottom of the heart.. He just knows what sounds great.

That's so cute that the two of you were in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang together! I love Michael Ball, and this just makes me really happy.

And then a few years later she was performing with him again in Les Mis, again! This video came up on my recommendations (I may have been binging a lot of Carrie videos during lockdown) and it was so nice to see it again. The Cameron Blakely story with the cat still makes me cry with laughter!!

I'm literally a musical geek I met Michael when he was doing hairspray!! Coming over to London to see you in February carrie ❤️❤️

OOOH SHIT Michael Ball is amazing! My 10th anniversary Les Mis CD is my favorite! He is a king of musical theater!

Words cannot express how much I adore Michael Ball :D he is my idol and inspiration, and his voice... to die for!! I love him and I'm so jealous of Carrie :p

I went to see you two for my 6th birthday doing chitty chitty bang bang! Probably the best day of my childhood, this is so odd but it must be so lovely for you both! Ahh nostalgia is a beautiful thing

Michael ball. Oh my . Love him!

Carrie, I saw you in CCBB with Michael, twice. You both were amazing! Shame I won't see you in Les Miz before you leave, but break a leg in your next show. ❤️🎶🎶🎶🎶

Every musical theatre fans dream is to work with Michael ball. You are so flipping luky to have done that also can we have a video of just funny things that have happened at les mis cos i loved that meow cameron blakely story hahaha xx

Oh my goodness I grew up watching him as Marius in the 10th Anniversary recording!! It's so lovely to see him in this sort of setting. Thanks for sharing things like this, Carrie! Your success is very motivating.

There's something so beautiful about listening to people talk with such passion and evident love for what they do.

Why is nobody eating those cakes! ;P

I LOVE hea ring about all of these little stories on stage! So funny!

I am so excited to know he enjoys Allison Krauss, she is an amazing singer and musician. Very loved here in America. Country/ Bluegrass/ artist.

I loved seeing someone who inspired you and I could see your happiness and the memories you described! Love you carrie!!

OH MY GOD I LOVE MICHAEL BALL WITH ALL MY HEART

Mrs Lovett is my dream role. It makes me so happy that Carrie also loves the character

Both your and michaels voices are so relaxing to listen to! (Is that just me) x

really lovely surprise to see this pop up on my feed because I'm such a big michael ball can after repeatedly watching the tape version of the 10th anniversary for les mis!! honestly very happy that you got to do this with him :)

You have the most lovely community of fans...I've just been scanning the comments and everyone is so nice!

This makes me so happy! I love Michael Ball, and he's such a fantastic talent. This looked like a lot of fun for you too, so thank you for sharing it with us!

I really love Once. Falling slowly especially. Lyrically it's beautiful. I'd actually quite like to hear it as a solo

I went to Chitty Chitty Bang Bang when you were in it! Must've been about 7. It's what made me catch the musical bug xx

I love Alison Krauss! Her song Down to the River to Pray is amazing. (Also Sweeney Todd is favourite musical - I can't even express how much excited I would be if Carrie was Mrs Lovett!!)

This is such an interesting,informative chat with lots of funny moments. It's evident that Michael loves what he does. Lucky for us that he shares his musical talent with us. I am never disappointed when I listen to any of his albums. I'm sure this next one will also be great.

Ah this is amazing Carrie! Love him in Les Mis and Hairspray and basically everything he's ever done. That is incredible that you've gotten to work together and you still keep in touch! I really wanna get his album :)

Your hair looks amazing !!! And a great vid :)

Such a great interview it put me on a great mood!

Oh mY GOD THIS IS TTHHEE MARIUS. HE IS TTTHHHHHEEEEE MARIUS.

geeked out a bit when I saw this in my subscriptions box! Gotta love Michael Ball!

this is such a lovely video!

carrie is literally the definition of perfect can we just

Carrie, you're such a wonderful interviewer! You're charming and warm and funny and friendly and just an absolute natural!

Oh my gosh I love Falling Slowly and Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band - Micheal Ball seems like such a lovely man!

Omg...this is amazing and brought me so much joy... I loved Chitty so much (still listen to the cast recording).

This is so lovely xx

Wow. What a wonderfully charismatic man. He seems like such a warm gentlemen, I feel like he'd be so much fun to hang out with, and visit for tea. Gosh darn you, Carrie, for all these people you know!

Ah I love Michael Ball. Really want to see him on stage but I keep missing him!!

what a man! I've looked up to him for years! Such a great video, thank you Carrie Xx

Love this so much, Awwwh I just smiled so much watching and listening to you and Micheal Carrie Xx

What an absolutely gorgeous voice he has! And also i have to say, those mugs are a proper satisfying size haha

What a lovely interview Carrie. I really enjoyed that. Also got me curious what other mischief happens during a performance.

this is so sweet :) what a lovely interview.

This was such a lovely interview

Love Michael Ball! You're a great interviewer Carrie, very relaxed and genuinely interested!! Xx

Absolutely loved this! Also now you've mentioned playing Mrs Lovett I can't get the idea out of my head and I really need that to happen, you'd be brilliant!

Michael Ball singing Bob Seger. I need to hear this!!!!

I saw Chitty Chitty Bang Bang around 12 years ago.. I can't remember exactly when, and I wouldn't know if you were on that exact day anyway but regardless it was a magical experience!! :D I saw Michael Ball in Hairspray too and he was so funny. Nice video. :)

carrie, you're a star! thank you for making me smile 💓

Brilliant interview.

Ah I love this ❤️❤️ I love how you both are just so casual and chatty :) ❤️❤️xxx

loved hearing you guys swap stories (especially the cat story)!

I LOVE Michael Ball, thank you Carrie!x

Michael Ball has the loveliest speaking voice! And singing voice too, obviously ☺

Gorge interview, you're great at this Carrie :) Although the history might have helped the chemistry a bit, still a great job. Love it :D!

Aww Once is my favorite musical! So moving! xx

I am excited about this video beyond belief

What an incredible man.

This is a really lovely interview! Well done as a 'host' Carrie, this was natural, fun and very watchable. I'm sure you've noticed but having the chairs turned to the camera a touch more would have been good. But really, HOW did you not eat those cakes!! They look great! om. :)R

Oh this video made want to cry! I love Michael Ball! Two of my favourite people in one video!! I hope to see another video of you both together again or better yet, you two in a show together again!!! Thank you for the video Carrie, you are adorable together! :D

That was really interesting to watch. Carrie you're so lovely!

My jaw dropped when I found out he did 'Falling Slowly.' MAN, I need to hear that!

I LOVED this!!!!

This was a great interview Carrie! I can see you doing this more often, you're really good at interviewing. :)

Aww this is a great interview

Wow her hair is amazing. I cant stop staring. Michael Ball is the bomb

I shouldn't stay up way past my bedtime to watch this video with my first stage crush in it but if there is a better channel to do it on, I don't know what it is! Oh, this was so wonderful! Thank you!

Michael Ball is such an amazing man! this interview was perfect :D

So excited about you playing Truly Scrumptious! Congrats! :) xxx

Michael Ball. Classic. Your relationship is so sweet

This is so nice! Love the cupcakes

It's so lovely to hear people talking about music for the reason I love it- recording studios, beautifully produced, crafted albums. It's getting too rare :/ xxx

You and Emma are the most inspiring people ever. Such amazing personalities.

THIS IS THE CUTEST VIDEO EVER!!! You guys have the sweetest relationship, i swear

you look particularly beautiful here, carrie. xxx

Such a Michael Ball fan, he's awesome :)

Still remains to be one of my favorite Raoul's out there

Falling Slowly is one of my favourite songs.

I could listen to you tell stories all day :)

In love with Michael Ball!

Carrie you are so good at singing and you should really release an album

this made me smile!

I just realized who Michael Ball was and I almost squealed! I love Michael Ball! He is just so amazing!

I saw chitty chitty bang bang in the west end when both Michael and Carrie were in it!

This was the sweetest thing!

I love your giggle Carrie! :) xox

Lovely video, Carrie and Michael :) P.S. Those cupcakes look scrumptious!

Awesome interview.

One musical Legend, and a rising one in the same room! Gahh!xx I love both of you! :)

Aw he's so nice!

This video put a huge grin on my face like the Chesire Cat! Aww I just simply loved it!

Carrie your such an inspiration!!! Love you bunches!

Would love to hear more funny stage stories with you and Michael!!