CHOREOGRAPHER

and former Strictly Judge Arlene Phillips turns 80 in May — but says that she is like the ‘Duracell bunny’.

She’s certainly hit a purple patch — a new production of Guys And Dolls, which she has choreographed, opens today for previews, and she won an award for work on Grease earlier this year. She says: ‘I’m like a Duracell bunny, I just keep going! I never want to stop dancing. It’s my life.’ Naturally, she is going to have a big party. ‘I’m probably going to turn it into a mass thank-you for all of the people who have helped to make my life.’