Denise Van Outen and More Join Legally Blonde in London

Denise Van Outen, Siobhan Dillon and Carley Stenson are set to join the West End hit Legally Blonde The Musical. The new cast members will begin performances at London’s Savoy Theatre on October 25, 2010.

Van Outen will play Paulette in Legally Blonde. Her musical theater credits includeTell Me On A Sunday, Chicago, Rent and Les Miserables. Her other stage credits include Stop The World I Want to Get Off, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Play What I Wrote. In addition to her many film and television credits, the actress is known for hosting the reality TV talent show Grease Is The Word in the U.S.

Dillon is taking on the role of Vivienne Kensington. She was a finalist in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s first reality TV show How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?. She went on to make her West End debut in Grease at the Piccadilly Theatre and subsequently toured the U.K. in Can’t Smile Without You and Cabaret.

Stenson, will make her West End stage debut as Margo in Legally Blonde. She is best known on television as Steph Cunningham on Hollyoaks, a role she has played for over 10 years. She won ITV’s Celebrity Stars in Their Eyes when she performed as Faith Hill. Her regional theater credits include Grease, The Boyfriend and Oliver.

These three actors will join Sheridan Smith as Elle Woods, Alex Gaumond as Emmett and Peter Davison as Professor Callahan, as well as Stephane Anelli (Padamadan, Nikos), Emma Bateman (Stenographer), Thomas Camilleri (Carlos), Chris Ellis-Stanton (Grandmaster Chad, Dewey, Kyle), Kimmy Edwards (Judge, Saleswoman), Ibinabo Jack (Pilar), Suzie McAdam (Enid), Andy Mace (Dad, Winthrop, Reporter), Susan McFadden (Serena), Sorelle Marsh (Courtney, Mom, Whitney), Aoife Mulholland (Brooke), Sean Mulligan (Pforzheimer), Dawn Sievewright (Kate, Chutney), Robbie Towns (Aaron), Dominic Tribuzio (Kiki), Tamara Wall (District Attorney) and Stephen Webb (Lowell), as well as Jonathan Mawson, Jane McMurtrie, Lucy Miller, Ruthie Stephenson and Gregor Stewart as swings.

Directed and choreographed by Jerry Mitchell, Legally Blonde features music and lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin, book by Heather Hach, set design by David Rockwell, costume design by Gregg Barnes, lighting design by Kenneth Posner and Paul Miller, sound design by ACME Sound Partners and orchestrations by Christopher Jahnke.