Carla trained in Nottingham, London and New York.

Design credits include: Pride and Prejudice (Nottingham Playhouse and York Theatre Royal); Looking At Lucian (Theatre Royal Bath); 23.5 Hours (The Park Theatre); Blue (Seven Dials Playhouse); The Book Of Will (Octagon Theatre Bolton, Shakespeare North Playhouse); Guy Fawkes (York Theatre Royal); Bystanders (Cardboard Citizens); Martha, Josie and the Chinese Elvis (Stephen Joseph Theatre); Lunatic 19’s (Finborough Theatre); Lose Yourself (Sherman Theatre); Romeo & Juliet (Orange Tree); Wolves Are Coming For You, As the Crow Flies (Pentabus/Everyman Theatre/Salisbury Playhouse); Joy (Stratford East);  Gabriel (Richmond Theatre and UK Tour); Ariodante (Royal Academy of Music); Heartbreak Hotel (The Jetty, Greenwich); Miss Nightingale (The Vaults); How To Date A Feminist, Kitchen to Measure (Arcola Theatre); Rise (Old Vic New Voices); Jack and the Beanstalk (Cast Theatre Doncaster); Miss Julie (Etcetera Theatre); Pig Farm, Exposure (The Other Palace); Truce (New Wimbledon Theatre); What Flows Past The Baltic (Nottingham Playhouse); Theatre Uncut (Traverse Theatre & UK Tour); Listen, We're Family (Wiltons Music Hall); Mush and Me (Bush Theatre); I Am Your Neighbour, Ondisting (Oval House); A New Face For Fast Times (Soho Theatre); The Love Project (Arts Depot & UK Tour); Nola (Underbelly, Edinburgh); Step Live! (Southbank Centre); Mr Happiness (Old Vic Tunnels); Bud Take The Wheel (Shaw Theatre & Underbelly, Edinburgh) Footloose, Our House, A Change Of Seasons, The Protecting Veil (Trinity Laban) Don Juan Comes Back From The War (RADA); Julius Caesar (Guildhall); Saturday Night, Sunday Morning (LAMDA).