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Carrie Hope Fletcher

Carrie Hope Fletcher

English entertainer and author (born 1992)


Carrie Hope Fletcher (born 22 October 1992)[3] is an English vlogger, influencer, pantomime West End theatre actress, children's author, and sister of Tom Fletcher. Her performances include playing the roles of Éponine and Fantine in Les Misérables,[4][5] she also starred in the original British production of Heathers: The Musical and originated the role of Cinderella in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella.

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In 2015, Fletcher published a book called: All I Know Now: Wonderings and Reflections on Growing Up Gracefully, which was a Number 1 bestseller in the UK. Since then, she has published three novels and two children's books.

Early life

Fletcher was born and grew up in South Harrow, in the London borough of Harrow.[6] Her older brother, Tom Fletcher, is lead vocalist and guitarist of the band McFly.

Career

As a child, Fletcher played small roles on television and appeared in musical theatre in London's West End in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Mary Poppins and Les Miserables.[citation needed] In 2011, she started a YouTube channel called ItsWayPastMyBedTime, later retitled Carrie Hope Fletcher, which features music and vlogs. [7] She has no formal training in musical theatre.[8]

Theatre

Fletcher with the cast of Mary Poppins in July 2004.

Fletcher made her West End debut as Young Éponine in Les Misérables at the age of nine in 2001. In 2002, she was part of the original cast of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in the role of Jemima Potts, and in 2004 featured as Jane Banks in Mary Poppins.[9] Fletcher replaced Danielle Hope as Éponine in Les Misérables at the Queen's Theatre, London in June 2013. She is the only British actress to have played young Éponine, older Éponine and Fantine in the production.[10] On 23 February 2014, Fletcher was presented the WhatsOnStage "Best Takeover in a Role" award for her performance as Éponine.[11]

In November 2014, Fletcher took a hiatus from her role in Les Misérables to join the cast of Jeff Wayne's musical version of The War of the World’s national arena tour in which she played the role of Beth, alongside Jason Donovan, Brian McFadden and Shayne Ward.[12][13]

She next returned to Les Misérables, playing Éponine for the musical's 30th anniversary gala performance on 8 October 2015. Fletcher played her final performance on 13 February 2016, at which time she was the longest-running Éponine in the London production's 30-year history.[14]

In 2017, she played the role of Wednesday Addams on the UK tour of The Addams Family. The production was produced by James Yeoburn and Stuart Matthew Price for United Theatrical and Music & Lyrics in association with Festival Theatre, Edinburgh.[15][16] In December 2017, she performed in the musical The Christmasaurus. Based on her brother Tom Fletcher’s novel of the same name. It was performed at The Hammersmith Apollo.[17]

In 2018, Fletcher played Veronica in the Original West End Production of Heathers: The Musical . The show is an adaptation of the movie of the same name. First of all, it was performed at The Other Palace. Moving into the West End it was performed at the Theatre Royal Haymarket . Also she reprised her role as Beth in the 40th anniversary tour of Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds.[18]

In 2019, she returned to Les Misérables as Fantine at the Gielgud Theatre, in a fully staged concert adaptation of the musical.[19]

Fletcher was announced to be playing Cinderella in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella, a retelling of the original fairytale, in February 2020.[20] Prior to the announcement, she workshopped Cinderella at The Other Palace Theatre in 2019.[21] It opened in August 2021 to mostly positive reviews.[22] Fletcher won the 2021 WhatsOnStage Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance in Cinderella.[23] The production closed on 12 June 2022, 8 months early.[24] Fletcher and other cast members who were not present at 1 May’s matinee were not informed of the closure until after the public announcement.[25]

After the closure of Cinderella, Fletcher appeared in two concert versions of musicals: The Witches of Eastwick as Sukie, and Treason the Musical as Martha Percy.[citation needed] In October 2022, she portrayed Grusha in Brecht’s The Caucasian Chalk Circle at the Rose Theatre Kingston.[citation needed] This was her first professional play. During the Christmas season, Fletcher starred in her pantomime debut as Carabosse in Sleeping Beauty. This was performed at the Marlowe Theatre.

Following her ‘An Open Book’ tour, Fletcher joined the cast of Al Murray’s ‘The Crown Jewels’ play as Elizabeth Edwards/ The Lady of the Bedchamber alongside Mel Giedroyc. From July 2023, she has been performing in a strictly limited 11 week season at the Garrick Theatre.

In December 2023, Fletcher starred in Sleeping Beauty once again, however at Hawth Theatre instead of 2022’s Marlowe Theatre.

Writing

In April 2015, Fletcher released her first book, All I Know Now: Wonderings and Reflections on Growing Up Gracefully, based on her blog of the same name. The non-fiction book focuses on stages of Fletcher's life as a teenager and passes on life lessons and advice through highlighting her own mistakes and struggles as she grew up. Her book was a number one Sunday Times bestseller and remained in the Top 10 list for seven weeks.[26]

Fletcher has written seven novels and two children's books.

Music

Fletcher has produced two singles, "Running Through Rivers" and "The Way We Were". She performed to benefit the band Sheytoons at the St. James Theatre, as well as Ramin Karimloo on his 2012 Road to Find Out tour.[27]

In 2012, she performed the official 2012 Summer Olympics mascots song with her brother, Tom.

Fletcher is featured in Alex Day’s 2013 album Epigrams and Interludes on the songs covering "Poison" and "This Kiss". Fletcher can also be seen in The Vamps' music video for their cover of McFly's "That Girl". In 2014, Fletcher had featured in Daniel Koek's album High in the song "Remember Me".[28] Koek was a fellow cast member of Fletcher's in Les Misérables.[29]

Her most successful video on YouTube, currently with 1.7 million views (as of 23 April 2024), is a live interpretation together with her brother Tom Fletcher of the McFly song "Love Is on the Radio".[30]

Fletcher released her first solo album When The Curtain Falls on 30 March 2018. It was released via musical theatre concert and record producers Club 11 London and accompanied her first four solo concerts at Cadogan Hall, London, on 31 March and 1 April 2018.[31]

In 2023, she embarked on her first solo UK concert tour,[32][33] with 20 performances scheduled across May and June.

Discography

Studio albums

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Singles

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Cast recordings

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Personal life

Fletcher announced on February 14, 2014 that she had been dating fellow YouTuber Alex Day since October 2013. However, Fletcher announced their break-up via Twitter on March 14, 2014.[40]

In March 2023, Fletcher married theatre actor Joel Montague at Gretna Green in Gretna, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.[41][42][43] Together, they have one child, a daughter, Mabel Hope (b. March 1, 2024).[44][45]

After the birth of her daughter, she expressed her desire to keep her own "identity" at the onset of motherhood before announcing that the majority of her content would indeed focus on being a mother.[46]

Published works

  • All I Know Now: Wonderings and Reflections on Growing Up Gracefully (Sphere, 2015) ISBN 978-0-75-155751-0
  • Winters Snow (Sphere, 2017) ISBN 978-0-75-156870-7
  • On The Other Side (Sphere, 2017) ISBN 978-0-75-156316-0
  • All That She Can See (Sphere, 2018) ISBN 978-0-75-156320-7
  • When The Curtain Falls (Sphere, 2019) ISBN 978-0-75-156320-7
  • In the Time We Lost (Sphere, 2019) ISBN 978-0-75-157126-4
  • Into the Spotlight (Puffin, 2020) ISBN 978-0-24-146209-6
  • With This Kiss (HQ, 2022) ISBN 978-0-00-840095-8
  • The Double Trouble Society (Puffin, 2022) ISBN 978-0-24-155890-4
  • The Double Trouble Society and the Worst Curse (Puffin, 2023) ISBN 978-0241558942

References

  1. "Carrie Hope Fletcher returns to role of Éponine". Whatsonstage.com. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  2. "20 Questions with ...Les Miserables' Carrie Hope Fletcher". Whatsonstage.com. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  3. "Carrie Hope Fletcher | West End Performers | London Theatre Direct". London Theatre Direct. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020.
  4. "Major Cast Change in the West End". Cameron Mackintosh Overseas Limited. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  5. "Carrie Hope Fletcher wins at the WhatsOnStage awards". Curtis Brown. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  6. "Review: Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds at Metro Radio Arena". The Journal. Archived from the original on 1 July 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  7. "Carrie Hope Fletcher's Les Mis Journey". The Lone Swift. 14 September 2019. Archived from the original on 27 December 2021.
  8. "The Addams Family Musical Comedy | UK Tour". The Addams Family. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  9. Fletcher, Carrie Hope (18 October 2016). "*click click*". YouTube. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  10. Fletcher, Carrie Hope (2 November 2017). "*click click*". WhatsOnStage. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  11. Devonshire, Daisy. "Carrie Hope Fletcher To Star In The War Of The Worlds Anniversary Tour". TenEighty Magazine. TenEighty Digital Ltd. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  12. "Les Misérables - The Staged Concert Extends Run Again". bestoftheatre.co.uk. 30 November 2020.
  13. Meyer, Dan (14 February 2020). "Carrie Hope Fletcher Will Star in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella Musical". Playbill. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  14. Wolf, Matt (19 August 2021). "Review: Andrew Lloyd Webber's Delayed 'Cinderella' Is Worth the Wait". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  15. Wiegand, Chris (13 June 2022). "'A costly mistake': Andrew Lloyd Webber booed as Cinderella closes in West End". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  16. "Cinderella cast voice anger over cancellation announcement". BBC News. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  17. All I Know Now. ASIN 075155751X.
  18. "Cast and Creatives: Carrie Hope Fletcher". Lesmis.com. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  19. "Les Miserables star Daniel Koek launches new album". Musical Theatre Review. 5 July 2014. Archived from the original on 31 July 2016.
  20. "Carrie - Album - Club 11 London". Club 11 London. Archived from the original on 23 February 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  21. Wood, Alex (31 October 2022). "Carrie Hope Fletcher adds extra dates to solo tour". WhatsOnStage. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  22. Mokrynski, Kat (28 March 2023). "Interview: Carrie Hope Fletcher on Imposter Syndrome and Touring Her New Show AN OPEN BOOK". BroadwayWorld. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  23. McIntosh, Steven (15 March 2018). "Why this YouTuber actually writes her own books". BBC News.
  24. "Original West End Cast". Acharts.co. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  25. "Independent Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  26. "Cast Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  27. Day, Alex (14 February 2014). Sweets For Two. YouTube. Retrieved 14 February 2014.[dead YouTube link]
Preceded by Actress to portray Truly Scrumptious
4 May 2016 – 2 October 2016
Succeeded by
Charlotte Wakefield

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