Denise Van Outen’s Some Girl I Used To Know announces West End transfer

Denise Van Outen’s new one-woman musical, Some Girl I Used To Know, is set to transfer to the West End's Arts Theatre for 24 performances between Friday 22nd August and Saturday 13th September 2014.

The show, which Denise co-wrote with Terry Ronald, toured the UK earlier this year. Click here to read West End Frame's 4* review of the production.

Stephanie Canworth has it all; a successful career, supportive husband and she’s a media darling. But it takes just one Facebook poke from a former love and the memories come flooding back. Is this really the life she wants? 

Review: Some Girl I Used To Know (UK Tour) starring Denise Van Outen at the Aylesbury Waterside Theatre

Some Girl I Used To Know (UK Tour)

Aylesbury Waterside Theatre

Reviewed on Monday 17th February 2014

Not only does actress/presenter/Strictly Come Dancing runner-up Denise Van Outen star in new one-woman show Some Girl I Used To Know, but she has also co-written it with Terry Ronald.

Denise plays Stephanie Canworth in the musical which is set in Stephanie's hotel room. She is away from home (and her unhappy marriage) on a business trip. One Facebook poke from her first love who she hasn't seen for 17 years turns Stephanie's world upside down. After inviting him to her hotel room, Stephanie begins to reminisce about the past and begins to have doubts about the reconciliation.

Denise wrote Some Girl I Used To Know because she felt nobody else was writing for ladies in their late 30s/early 40s. The production provides a very different theatrical experience, whilst watching the show it almost feels as if you've popped round to your best friend’s house for a good natter. Unlike big blockbuster shows such as Wicked, Les Miserables and The Phantom of the Opera, Some Girl I Used To Know doesn't transport the audience to another world or another time - that's not the point. It is real, relatable and relevant. Ten years ago it wouldn’t have made any sense and in ten years’ time it will probably be dated.

Denise Van Outen to star in UK Tour of new one -woman show 'Some Girl I Used To Know'

It has been announced that Denise Van Outen will star in a new one-woman play with music, Some Girl I Used To Know, which she has co-written with Terry Ronald. 

The UK Tour will open at West Yorkshire Playhouse, with a national press night on Wednesday 5th February 2014, before visiting: Birmingham, Hull, Aylesbury, Wolverhampton, Swindon, High Wycombe, Rhyl, Edinburgh, Southend, and finishing in Dartford. This is the first time Denise has ever toured the UK.

Stephanie Canworth has it all; a successful career, supportive husband and she’s a media darling. But a Facebook poke from a former love and the memories come flooding back. Is this really the life she wants? Songs from the 80s and 90s accompany Stephanie’s journey down memory lane.

Denise Van Outen’s Broadway and West End performances include Tell Me on a Sunday, Chicago, Rent: Remixed and Legally Blonde. Her television roles include Mary in Hotel Babylon, Michaela in The Empress’ New Clothes, Leigh Jackson in two series of Babes in the Wood and Kim Blakeney in two series of Where the Heart Is. Last year, she was runner-up in Strictly Come Dancing. She currently presents her own Saturday lunchtime show on Magic 105.4.