Denise Van Outen's Blondes

Synopsis

The West End and Broadway star, acclaimed actress and TV presenter will be bringing us her hit list of blonde bombshells through the decades. Dumb blondes, self-destructive blondes, country blondes, pop princess blondes, smart blondes and sexy blondes take the mike and strut their stuff in a peroxide paradise of hairspray, gossip and highlights. From Mae West, Marilyn and Madonna through Dusty, Doris Day and Duffy, the show will pay tribute to all those angel-haired divas who have given blondes a good - and a bad - name. Denise will provide her own take on some very famous numbers accompanied by the very wonderful Mike Moran on the Reid Hall’s very wonderful Steinway grand piano. In between songs Denise will be waxing flaxen about her blonde icons, whose stories are sometimes sad, often saucy and definitely salacious.

Our Review:

Michael Coveney - 10 August 2009

I was looking forward to Denise Van Outen’s solo show in praise of peroxide, pulchritude, Mae West, Dolly Parton and, er, Olivia Newton-John, among others, as much as anything. So was the Edinburgh public: the show’s almost entirely sold out. But the end result is in urgent need of an overhaul before it comes to London.

Blonde’s not a hair colour, it’s a vocation; and this lovely “Basildon blonde” (the original, sadly abandoned title) is much cleverer in her calling than she makes out in her depressing back chat and sentimental ramblings about her ginger nan, her mum, and her best friendsDenise sings and presents a song as well as anyone on the West End stage, and she lays down superb ver...

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Latest User Review

Jenny McTavish - 19 August 2009:

A strange and uncomfortable show, Denise sings great but the chat and so-called jokes were offensive and mean and embarassing. I wasted my cash, don't waste yours. ...

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