A DONEGAL actor is hotly tipped to be cast as Elmo in an Irish-language production of Sesame Street.

It is highly expected that Vincent MacAodh will be offered the role by US television executives who are currently vetting hundreds of Irish actors to star in the new programme. The Gweedore actor is favourite to play the part of the furry red monster as he already plays the lead in TG4's 'Elmo Anseo'.

Already dubbed 'Sraid Sesame', the production will see childhood characters such as Big Bird and the Cookie Monster converse 'as gaeilge' for the very first time.

A spokesperson for the Telegael, the production company behind Sraid Sesame, said they expect huge interest from Donegal people for the auditions.

"We'll be expecting a strong a number of candidates that would be cast from Donegal owing to the fact that there is such a strong tradition of dubbing and voiceover work in the county at the moment," said Pádraic Ó Neachtain.

"The audition tapes have only started coming in now and we've had a few from Donegal already. We think Elmo is already cast and he's a Gweedore guy so we'll be expecting considerable interest from Donegal because of the fact that it is a gaeltacht region."

If you're a budding Big Bird or croaking Cookie Monster, put a recording on disk or mp3 and send it to sesame@telegael.com.