Nomination Double Whammy for Aardman's naughty Llamas!

Aardman's 'SHAUN THE SHEEP' Christmas Special 'THE FARMER'S LLAMAS' receives Double Nominations ...

Wonderful news for last year's Shaun the Sheep Christmas Special 'SHAUN THE SHEEP - THE FARMER'S LLAMAS' in which I play HECTOR - LLAMA GANG LEADER (picture below) ... It was announced that not only had the 30 MINUTE FESTIVE SPECIAL received an INTERNATIONAL EMMY AWARD NOMINATION this week in the KIDS: ANIMATION CATEGORY but the following day came the news that it had also received an nomination for a BRITISH ACADEMY CHILDREN'S AWARD (BAFTA) in the ANIMATION CATEGORY (see below) ...

We only have to wait until SUNDAY NOVEMBER 20TH 2016 for the CHILDREN'S BAFTA CEREMONY held at The Roundhouse in London .. A little longer until the results of the INTERNATIONAL EMMY AWARDS are revealed, TUESDAY APRIL 4TH, 2017 @MIPTV IN CANNES, FRANCE. 

SHAUN really is the gift that keeps on giving!!

The Circle of Life: Going back to Drama School 30 years on!!

Actor and Voice Artist Sean Connolly outside his old drama school BSA (Birmingham School of Acting) about to embark on teaching Radio Drama ...

I am more than a little delighted to announce that I began teaching Radio Drama at my old drama school yesterday, the Birmingham School of Acting ...

In the lead up to my first day, it had not escaped my notice that it was nearly 30 YEARS AGO TO THE DAY that I started MY training at the then lengthier named Birmingham School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art, back in 1986 ...

Well several name changes and site moves later, I arrived at the snappier titled BSA to teach the YEAR 2 Acting BA (Hons) students all about the dark arts of radio drama!

The building may have changed but the atmosphere inside seemed familiar and although this time I was there to teach, I really did 'almost' feel like a drama student all over again!!

I am happy to report that the young actors I worked with yesterday were all very keen to learn a brand new discipline for them ...

I'm really looking forward to sharing the knowledge I have acquired over the last 27 years ...

There was also that awful moment in class yesterday, realising that when I started my training in 1986, none of them had even been born ... Circle of Life PA!!!!!