Comments on: Blondes, Edinburgh Festival Fringe review

By: nicky margrain

nicky margrain — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 12:24:30 +0000

Loved Blondes and thought Denise was brilliant.

She has a great singing voice, the Dusty Springfield
song she dedicated to husband Lee Mead was really lovely.

nicky

By: sarah cox

sarah cox — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:09:00 +0000

I saw this show a couple of days ago, loved it.

Denise is great, especially when she sings the Dusty Springfield
song dedicated to her lovely husband musical star Lee Mead.

Well Done Denise

Sarah

By: Jane

Jane — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 20:53:58 +0000

Saw the show this evening(22/08/09).
Denise was fabulous-brilliant singer;great raconteur-seems a thoroughly nice all round Essex girl.Mike Moran on piano was great too.Agree-later time slot would be better-likely to get a livelier audience.
“Car Crash Theatre”-YOU ARE SO WRONG!

By: kit

kit — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:47:32 +0000

AWESOME

AWESOMe

she was such a good singer, and her stories were really funny! ok, so they weren’t vital to the show, but i still loved it! :)

go denise!!!

By: Kathryn Fox

Kathryn Fox — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:54:37 +0000

I really enjoyed this show, Denise has a beautiful singing voice, the jokes were all very tongue in cheek, There is no doubt that she is a very talented all round entertainer that could easily have held an audience for a lot longer than the length of time , approx one hour that ‘Blondes’ runs for. My only negative comment is it would have been better with a later time slot 5.50pm wasn’t the best time slot for this show a later time probably around 9pm would have attracted a younger even mor responsive audience.

By: Sandra

Sandra — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 07:48:54 +0000

I thought the show was fantastic. I would encourage anyone to go. I really did not expect to enjoy the show as much as I did.
I agree that the jokes were not as good as the singing but they were ok. I was not a Denise Van Outen fan before I went but her fabulous singing and audience sign along made for a tremendous show.
My husband and I enjoyed every minute of the show and Denise ended up with a standing ovation.
Great value for money!

By: josephine

josephine — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:12:14 +0000

I saw the show last night and found that there was not one minute of the show which can be considered good entertainment.
To start with the dress is terrible.
Her vocal range is clearly limited and the song choices meant were, on the most part, lame.
I was disappointed, no gutted with her wooden delivery of some ridiculously sentimental stories. Her timing was completely off and the “jokes” were generally thinly veiled insults.
She did not have any rapport with the audience and had no ability to come ” off script” to interact with a live audience.
Just because you are a household name does not mean that you can pull off a show at the fringe. This is a place where ego needs to be left at the door. This was was just an hour of egotistical rubbish. I did laugh, lots, BUT I was laughing at a woman with little talent trying to convince the audience that she is as good as she thinks she is.
I have never seen anyone who loves themselves as much as denise van outen.
If there is anyone who does not agree then please go and see other shows at the fringe and compare them. Bloodbath:the musical has some amazing singers in in..stunningly brilliant. Van outen can not compete with people with real talent and stage presence.
I work in theatre and see many different shows and this is by far the worst thing i have ever seen.
CAR CRASH THEATRE

By: Anne

Anne — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 09:06:39 +0000

I went to see “Blondes” last night, a very entertaining show by Denise Van Outen, enjoyed all the singing and jokes. Very good night apart from the woman sitting next to me who decided to sing to every song and was starting to get on my nerves !!

By: Isla

Isla — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 23:01:02 +0000

I saw the show and thought it was fantastic! Great songs, funny stories and generally a good night out!