I've just finished a rather fun exploration of all the ANIMALS I've either VOICED or ACTED over the years ... The rate goes up by the month but I stopped at 86 just for the purposes of having a number to roll with!!!! For the last 10 WEEKS - EVERY SATURDAY WITHOUT FAIL! I've been posting on my socials different examples ...
A little more detail on the run down of 'WHO & WHAT I'VE PLAYED' from the ANIMAL KINGDOM .. here goes!
IN NUMBER ORDER:
17 – DOGS
15 –
PHEASANTS
10 – MICE
4 – FROGS
4 – BEARS
3 – CATS
2 –
DINGOS
2 –
RABBITS
2 –
HEDGEHOGS
2 –
CHIMPANZEES
1 – DOLPHIN, DRAGON, TOAD, POLAR BEAR, WOMBAT,
KANGAROO, BEE, DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS, TIGER, WOLF, BABY TYRANNOSAURUS REX,
GOOSE, FOX, FLEA, MOLE, MONSTER, GRASSHOPPER, SEAGULL, TURTLE, CROCODILE,
LLAMA, DUCK, DODO, MONKEY ...
A SNAPSHOT ...
THEATRE:
- My very first one was playing the Cheshire Cat in 'Alice In Wonderland' (see above) at the Civic Theatre in Barnsley, the job that got me my Equity card - all the way back in 1989 ...
- A couple of years later in 1991 - I played The
Narrator ‘Dolphin’ in ‘Frankie’s Monster’ in the West End at the Arts/Unicorn Theatre ...
- Nana the ‘Dog' in ‘Peter Pan’ at Midlands Arts Centre in 1994 ...
- Knot
the ‘Dragon’ in ‘Good King Wenceslas’ at Warwick Arts Centre in 1997 ...
AUDIO:
- Silver the ‘Rabbit’ in ‘Watership Down’ for BBC Radio 4 in 2002 ...
- Mock ‘Turtle’ / Salford ‘Cat’ in ‘Iris Wildthyme – Land of Wonder’ for Big Finish Productions in 2008 ...
- MANY ‘Prairie Dogs’ in ‘Little Prairie Dogs’ (10-part series) for CBeebies Television in 2010 ...
- Hector the ‘Llama’ in ‘Shaun the Sheep – The Farmer’s Llamas’ for Aardman Animations (2015)
ALL SUCH FANTASTIC FUN - IT'S BEEN A BLAST - LONG MAY IT CONTINUE!!!
