Response to live performance.

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Response to live performance.

Name: Samantha Young

Date of performance: 26th March 2003

Title of play: Heroin Lies

Playwright: Wayne Denfhy

Theatre company: School Production

Venue: School drama studio.

 Mandy

  • Mandy was played by Shereen Roushbaiani.
  • She is a drug addict and encourages Vicki to take drugs.
  • She is partly responsible for Vicki’s death.  
  • We are introduced to Mandy in scene 2 at the disco. She starts off in the same mood and attitude as she has all through the play, sarcastic and horrible.
  • In scene 3 Mandy gives Vicki the drugs. She is quite pushy, as she would not let Vicki say no.
  • In Scene 7 Mandy asks for the drugs back off Vicki. She is very desperate as we can tell by how she acts. Vicki accidentally knocks the drugs on the floor and Mandy slaps her. This shows she is very aggressive and only really cares about drugs. After Mandy apologises to Vicki and gives her back the drugs.
  • In scene 9 Mandy leaves Vicki alone with Jane.
  • In scene 15 Mandy meets with Vicki after a while of seeing each other. She is still her usual self and one of the first things she asks is ‘Have you got any drugs’.

  • Shereen played the part of Mandy very well and kept the same attitude through out the play. The most important scene for her was scene 7 which she acted very well as she had had to change her mood to angry then sorry in a few seconds.
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  • Mandy had no real friends or family in the play. Whenever we saw Mandy she was always alone or with Vicki. The actor played this well because she always had her head down and acted quite sad although trying to act tough at the same time.
  • Mandy’s main relationship in the play is Vicki, but that is based on drugs and not friendship.

  • Shereen had the tone of her voice as quite low and uncommunicative. She changed the tone of her voice when she was being sarcastic, it was like she found ...

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