Fra was born in Dungannon, Northern Ireland and read music at the University of Manchester before studying at the Royal Academy of Music, London, graduating in 2009. Fee appeared in numerous productions at Belfast's Grand Opera House in conjunction with the Welsh National Opera, including The Beggar's Opera, The Mikado, Sweeney Todd, as well as a production of The Elixir of Love as Nemorino, directed by John Doyle. In 2004, he was a guest soloist for Irish tenor Ronan Tynan in Tynan's Dublin concert, The Impossible Dream. Immediately following his graduation from the Royal Academy of Music, Fee was cast as Billy Kostecki in the West End production of Dirty Dancing. He played Schlomo in the RTE Irish tour of FAME, before essaying the title role in Aladdin at Dublin's Gaiety Theatre. From June 2011 to 2012 he played Jean Prouvaire, and covered the roles of Marius and Enjolras in Les Miserables at the Queens Theatre, London. During his time in the West End production, Fee was cast as Courfeyrac in Tom Hooper's Les Misérables, starring alongside Hugh Jackman as Jean Valjean and Russell Crowe as Javert. From November to December 2012, Fee played Florizel in Howard Goodall's professional world premiere of A Winter's Tale. Fee played Young Buddy in Stephen Sondheim's Follies at the Toulon Opera in March 2013 before playing Robbie in A Man of No Importance for Salisbury Playhouse. On 16 June 2013, he portrayed Henrik Egerman in a special concert performance of Sondheim's A Little Night Music at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford, starring alongside Janie Dee, David Birell and Joanna Riding.
