[1] While at Carleton, Barrie co-founded a college theatre group called Sock 'n' Buskin with Ken Chubb, who she would later marry.
[4] In 1972, Barrie co-founded the Wakefield Tricycle Company in London, England with husband Ken Chubb.
In 1980, the two set up the Tricycle Theatre, dropping Wakefield from the name, at Kilburn High Road.
[2] Barrie was inspired to write the play after reading a Globe and Mail article that claimed that, "81% of Canadian female university students admit to having experienced psychological, sexual or physical abuse on a date".
[10] Carrying the Calf won a Dora Mavor Moore Award for outstanding play for young audiences in 1992.