Sean Connolly :: Actor & Voice Artist

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WATCH OUT for Sean ALL THIS WEEK on CBEEBIES TELEVISION where he can be SEEN/HEARD on 'Little Prairie Dogs', a 10 PART SERIES - TX MON 5th to FRI 9th SEPT from 10.35 - 10.45 am | Sean has provided all the character voices (a family of four mice and a black cat) in ‘PAPA’S BOY’ (3D), a beautiful CGI animated short film produced by Oscar Winners - BreakThru Films. ‘Papa’s Boy’ will be screened at the world famous Annecy Animation Festival this June… for more info please go to my NEWS | Sean has been busy in the FANTOM FILMS studio, recording a BRAND NEW audio version of the classic theatre piece ‘GASLIGHT’ playing opposite Emilia Fox, also reading two Wilkie Collins Ghost Stories, both RELEASED LATER THIS YEAR | Sean has also just finished shooting on two feature films ‘NFA’ (NO FIXED ABODE) for 104 Films and ‘THE CASEBOOK OF EDDIE BREWER’ for Rookery Films | BBC Radio seems to be the place to hear Sean at the moment, he has recently been heard on TWO plays for the BBC’s Asian Network and on BBC Radio 4 Extra playing the semi-regular role of Reggie in ‘The Archers’ spin-off show ‘AMBRIDGE EXTRA’ | The Shop', a Sitcom Pilot for Radical Sheep Media in which Sean played Postie has now been completed ….

FILM/VOICE OVER:

FILM:

COMING SOON! - Sean has just finished shooting on the feature film 'NFA' (No Fixed Abode) with 104 Films.

'NFA' stars Patrick Baladi (The Office, Streetdance 3D, BBC's Mistresses and Bodies) as a man who wakes up to find himself homeless. Co-stars are David Sterne (Harry Potter, Never Let Me Go) and David Proud (Eastenders).

'NFA' is the feature debut for writer and director Steve Rainbow. The film is now deep in post production, more news to follow...

RADIO:

ON NOW! - Sean can currently be heard playing Reggie in 'The Archers' spin off show 'Ambridge Extra'.

±TRANSMISSION DATES±- 'Ambridge Extra' can be heard twice a week on BBC Radio 4 Extra every Tuesday and Thursday at 10am and 2.15pm ...

Check back on my website for more detailed information ...

RADIO:

BEEN ON/COMING SOON! - Sean has recorded two radio plays for the BBC Asian Network both directed by James Peries:

'Telling Tales' written and starring Saikat Ahmed was transmitted on Wednesday 4th May ... and was REPEATED on Sunday 8th May - Sean played Head teacher Mr Radcliffe ...

''No Waterfalls In Wembley' written by Kris Kenwa is to be transmitted at 6pm on Wednesday 1st June ... it will be REPEATED on Sunday 5th June at 4.30pm - Sean plays the Paramedic ...

RADIO/AUDIO:

OUT NOW! - Sean had the great pleasure of recording an audio adaptation of the classic 1923 stage play 'The Ghost Train' by Arnold Ridley (better known as Private Godfrey from 'Dad's Army') for Fantom Films. Sean plays baddie Doctor John Sterling (aka Herr Otto Sneitz of Hamburg!) with lashings of stiff upper lip!

The official audio launch was held at French's Bookshop in London on September 11th, 2010. In attendance was special guest star, 'Doctor Who's' - Katy Manning as well as Arnold Ridley's son Nicolas who gave a heartfelt address on the enduring nature of his father's work. 'The Ghost Train' is AVAILABLE TO BUY NOW from Fantom Films

Nicolas has also written a wonderful book about his father called 'Godfrey's Ghost: From Father To Son' available from all good bookshops or try...

TELEVISION/VOICE OVER:

KEEP WATCHING! - 'Little Prairie Dogs' on CBeebies Television throughout 2011.

Over 10 magical episodes, we follow the adventures of two sets of young Prairie Dogs in New Mexico as they learn about life on the North American Prairies... Sean voiced all the male characters in this charming series, opposite the wonderful Kate Sachs...

For more information and news on future transmissions, go to Sean's 'Little Prairie Dogs' page... click here to go to visit the North American Prairies..

THERE IS NOW AN OFFICIAL BBC WEBSITE FOR 'LITTLE PRAIRIE DOGS' @ http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/littleprairiedogs

TELEVISION:

RADIO/AUDIO:

OUT NOW! - Sean takes the lead role of Hjalmar Ekdal in an audio adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's 'The Wild Duck' once again for Fantom Films.

Written in 1884, 'The Wild Duck' is considered by many to be one of Ibsen's finest works, it tells the story of Gregers Werle (played by Laurence Saunders), a young man who returns to his hometown after an extended exile and is reunited with his boyhood friend Hjalmar Ekdal.

AVAILABLE TO BUY NOW from Fantom Films

BEEN ON! - In 'Scorched', Sean plays the Taxi Driver in this brand new play from Nicola Jones. Set in the present day, memories of the long, very hot summer of 1976 force a Midland's family to confront some difficult truths. 'Scorched' was directed for the BBC by Peter Leslie Wild.

OUT NOW! - Starring the 6th Doctor (Colin Baker) and Peri (Nicola Bryant) in 'Doctor Who: The Lost Stories - Point Of Entry'', one of a series of adaptations of scripts that were commissioned but never made for television in the mid-80s. After a near-disastrous collision with an asteroid in space, the TARDIS makes an emergency landing in Elizabethan England...

Sean plays Iguano the Spanish Dwarf, servant to the 'corpselike' Velez. Kit Marlowe is attempting to write his masterpiece, 'Doctor Faustus', what can Velez offer Marlowe to give the playwright his 'inspiration'..?

'Doctor Who - The Lost Stories: Point Of Entry' written by Barbara Clegg & Marc Platt.