Ore Oduba and Carrie Hope Fletcher to star in the Sleeping Beauty panto at Canterbury

Carrie Hope Fletcher will be starring as the villainous Carabosse in the Sleeping Beauty pantomime this year alongside Ore Oduba (Rocky Horror Show) as Prince Orlando at The Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury from 25 November 2022 to 8 January 2023. It is written and directed by Paul Hendy and co-produced by The Marlowe and Evolution Productions,

The cast also includes  Jennie Dale (CBeebies' Swashbuckle) as Fairy Moonbeam, Ben Roddy (Doctor Faustus) as The Dame, Max Fulham (CBBC's Crackerjack) as Jangles and Ellie Kingdon (Grease) as Aurora.

Fletcher said: "I'm so excited. I didn't see a panto until I was 19, that was my first experience of panto. I love it so much. I love how out there they are, I love that they use songs that everyone knows, I love all of the outlandish characters and I love the audience participation.The fact that I was asked to play the villain was a very, very big draw for me. Wednesday Addams was probably the closest I ever got to playing a villain and I really enjoyed playing a slightly darker character and so just playing an outright villain is going to be so much fun. I don't think I've ever looked forward to being booed before!"

Oduba added: "In many ways I feel like I was made for panto because I love having that rapport with the audience, I'm a family guy myself and I love the idea of families coming to see the show. I know that everybody loves The Marlowe panto. It's such a popular experience for everybody around Christmas so I feel really privileged and lucky to be part of this amazing group and part of the show. We're going to have fun."

Carrie Hope Fletcher to tour in 2023.

Carrie Hope Fletcher will embark on her first UK tour "An Open Book"in 2023. She will perform numbers and discuss taking on some of her most celebrated roles, including Veronica Sawyer in the UK premiere of Heathers the Musical, Fantine, Éponine and Young Éponine in Les Misérables and Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family.

She  said today: "I am absolutely thrilled to be taking on my first ever UK tour. This is something I have wanted to do for some time and next year presents the perfect opportunity.I absolutely adore being on stage and am fortunate to have performed across the West End and overseas, but there's something very special about theatres around the UK so I can't wait to get out on the road and visit these absolutely fantastic and beautiful venues.

The tour is set to open on 18 May at Bradford's St George's Hall, before visiting Southampton's Mayflower Theatre (21 May), Norwich Theatre Royal (22 May), The London Palladium (25 May), Llandudno's Venue Cymru (27 May), The Lowry in Salford (28 May), Birmingham Symphony Hall (29 May), Sheffield City Hall (31 May), Nottingham Royal Concert Hall (2 June), Newcastle O2 City Hall (3 June) and Edinburgh Festival Theatre (4 June).

Tickets go on sale this  Friday via Cuffe and Taylor.

More Concerts announced for Carrie Hope Fletcher at Cadogan Hall

Club 11 London have announced that Carrie Hope Fletcher will perform in concert next year. "Carrie At Cadogan Hall" is at 3:00 pm and 7:30pm on Saturday 31st March 2018 (the afternoon show has just been added to cope with demand. Two more shows have also just been added on 1st April

Carrie will be performing songs and telling  stories about her  career with some  special surprises still to be announced.

Alongside her acting and music career, Carrie is an established online presence with over 500,000 followers on Twitter, 460,000 on Instagram and over 650,000 subscribers on her YouTube Channel.

In 2015, Carrie released her first book All I Know Now: Wonderings and Reflections on Growing Up Gracefully which was a Number 1 Bestseller. Her debut novel, On the Other Side, was released in 2016 and her second novel All That She Can See was released in 2017. She recently announced that she was writing her third novel, When The Curtain Falls, to be published in July 2018.

Her many theatre credits include Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family (UK Tour); Eponine in Les Miserables Dubai (Cameron Mackintosh) Truly Scrumptious in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Music and Lyrics); Eponine in Les Miserables London (Cameron Mackintosh); Beth in Jeff Wayne's Arena Tour of The War of the Worlds; Wind in the Willows (Regents Park); Jane Banks in Mary Poppins (Disney Theatrical/Cameron Mackintosh); Jemima in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang; Young Eponine in Les Miserables.

Carrie said "Being alone on stage without a character to hide behind has always terrified me but I've always been one for facing my fears. Whilst I'm nervous I'm secretly quite excited that I get to sing all the songs I may never get to sing professionally. Songs only my shower, and neighbours, have heard me sing so this concert will hopefully be something very unique!"


Buy tickets for Carrie at Cadogan Hall  priced from £25.