Bonnie Lythgoe 66 Theatrical lady Charity: Olivia Newton-John Cancer And Wellness Centre

She says “I hate looking awful. I can’t bungee jump. I’m not going to ruin my back or anything else for them. I’ve been a dancer for a long, long time and never injured myself so I’m not prepared to do it now. I have a phobia of everything. I don’t want to see rats, mice, snakes, frogs, anything. I don’t want to be in the dark, I want to be in the light. The worst thing is the bathroom, the toilets I hate that. I can’t even imagine how I am going to cope with the toilets because I am just fussy. I don’t even go into a unisex toilet. I have to go to a female toilet. And normally if I am in a restaurant, I will send somebody in there to check it first before I even go in there. That is how pathetic I am. I just don’t know how in the heck I am going to cope with having to share a toilet, being near somebody I don’t know and showering in some shower that is practically showing me naked.

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Charity: Olivia Newton John Cancer and Wellness Centre

Dancer, choreographer, director, television presenter and producer, Bonnie Lythgoe has an accomplished career that over 30 years has seen her work with some of the industry’s best including Gene Kelly, Sidney Poitier, Cliff Richards, Michael Jackson, Victoria Beckham and the Bee Gees.

Australian audiences would best remember Bonnie from her time as a judge on Network Ten’s So You Think You Can Dance. Bonnie also served as producer and judge on the US version of the show in its first two seasons, as well as working as producer for three seasons on the massive entertainment hit, American Idol.

Bonnie’s career began while she was studying at the Corona School for Performing Arts in London, when she won a role in the feature film To Sir With Love starring Sidney Poitier.

After graduating, Bonnie worked as a dancer with the BBC where she met fellow dancer Nigel Lythgoe, whom she went on to marry. Once her dance career ended, Bonnie moved into the worlds of choreography and production, producing and directing musicals and pantomimes in the West End.

In 2011, Bonnie created Lythgoe Family Productions in Los Angeles with her son Kristopher. The company has brought two successful pantomime productions to Australia, Snow White featuring Magda Szubanski and Kyle Sandilands and Aladdin and His Wonderous Lamp featuring former I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! contestant Lauren Brandt and Studio 10’s Jessica Rowe and Jono Coleman. This year Bonnie will bring the magic of Cinderella and a star studded cast to the State Theatre in July.