BIO
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 (musical) in the role of Jemima Potts, and in 2004 featured as Jane Banks in Mary Poppins. 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. On 23 February 2014, Fletcher was presented the WhatsOnStage "Best Takeover in a Role" award for her performance as Éponine.
In November 2014, Fletcher took a hiatus from her role in Les Misérables to join the cast of Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds national arena tour in which she played the role of Beth, alongside Jason Donovan, Brian McFadden and Shayne Ward.
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.
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. 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.
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 Theatre. 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.
In 2019, she returned to Les Misérables as Fantine at the Gielgud Theatre, in a fully staged concert adaptation of the musical.
Hope Fletcher was announced to be playing Cinderella in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s retelling in February 2020. Prior to the announcement, she workshopped Cinderella at The Other Palace Theatre in 2019. Cinderella opened in August 2021. Cinderella received positive reviews. However, the plot was received negatively. She won the WHATSONSTAGE Award for Best actress in a musical.
The production closed on 12 June 2022, 8 months early. Hope Fletcher and other cast members who were not present at 1 May’s matinee, found out after the public announcement.
After the closure of Cinderella, Fletcher appeared in 2 concert versions of musicals: The Witches of Eastwick as Sukie and Treason the Musical as Martha Percy.
In October 2022, she portrayed Grusha in Brech’s Caucasian Chalk Circle at The Rose Theatre in Kingston. It marked her first professional play.
Fletcher made her Panto Debut this Christmas at the Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury in Sleeping Beauty playing the villain Carabosse (Carrie-Bosse) alongside Ben Roddy, Obe Oduba, Jennie Dale and Max Fulham from Friday 25th November 2022 - Sunday 8th January 2023. The pantomime received positive reviews.
In 2023, she will star in a 2 night production of Once alongside Jamie Muscato. It will be performed at The London Palladium.