Hannah Lowther

Hannah Louise Lowther was born on 11 September 1997 in Basingstoke, Hampshire. She grew up in Oakley and attended Testbourne Community School.^[1] She began her stage career as a child, appearing in productions including The Sound of Music, Oliver! and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.^[2] Lowther trained at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts, before going on to study at the London School of Musical Theatre. She graduated in July 2019 and was starting to get stage roles until the COVID-19 pandemic impacted live theatre. She therefore took a job in her local Tesco shop, a job she was grateful for due to the job market becoming competitive in the pandemic.^[3]

Whilst working at Tesco, Lowther missed the creativity of being on stage and began creating videos on TikTok. Her first video to go viral was a rendition of Dolly Parton's "9 to 5", with the lyrics altered to Tesco references.^[4] She quickly amassed a following after creating singing and dancing videos, and in 2021, she was cast in the Other Palace's production of Heathers: The Musical.^[5] She was cast as New Wave Party Girl in the ensemble, as well as the understudy for the lead characters.^[6] She later became the only person to have played all three lead roles in one run,^[3] most notably filling in for the role of Heather Duke, a role she was not the official understudy for, with four hours' notice.^[7]

Also in 2022, she made various theatre appearances, including Babies the Musical, Millennials and Kinky Boots in Concert, as well as a one-off appearance at an Emojiland concert.^[8] She also portrayed the titular role of Snow White in a pantomime production of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.^[9] In 2023, she was cast in the UK premiere of SpongeBob SquarePants, which toured across the country.^[10] She was cast as Karen Plankton.^[11] She then appeared in No Limits at the Turbine Theatre.^[12] Later in 2023, she was cast in the West End theatre production of Six as an alternate.^[13] She remained in the show until 2025.^[14]

In January 2026, it was announced that Lowther had been cast as Margot and as the alternate Elle Woods in the UK and Ireland Tour of Legally Blonde. She will appear in the production from 2026 to 2027 and will portray Elle in productions where lead Amber Davies is absent.^[15]