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Leah has a hamster called Jerry and a cat called Tom.

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Leah's parents are split and she lives with her mother (Ruby,37) and her mothers boyfriend (Jake, 38) in Armagh. Her father ( William, 37) lives in Coleraine with his wife to be (Gemma, 34). Leah is an only child of her parents marriage, but has a half brother (Jude, 4) via her father. Unfortunately both of leah's grand parents are dead on both sides. Her dad has two brothers (Stephen,42)(Michael,47) who all work in their family's construction business and her mother is an only child.

Outside the family circle her mothers boyfriend has a young daughter (Mollie,5 and son (Daniel,14) and they all live together in Armagh

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Leah was born in April 27th and 17 years old in her first year of Alevels. She lives in Armagh and has done since she was a baby. Her family have always been very well off.

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where as most characters are scared of John-Tate Leah isn't, he does test her patients and we can see this when he silences her from speaking. John-Tate is seen as the leader of the group but it wasn't until JT went south that both Leah and Phil stepped in to take leadership over the friendship group. Leah can see that everyone is happier without John Tate in charge of the group.

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Leah and Phil are dating and spend all their time together wherever Phil is Leah is. She is completely in love with Phil and will do anything to grab his attention and defend him. Everyone within the group looks to the both of them for guidance and advice but when it comes down to it Phil always has the final say. They both had nothing to do with Alice's death but are left to clean up the groups mess Their relationship is so one sided that it could make the audience think how did they even get together in the first place and why hasn't she left him yet. By the end of the play we see how Phil has pushed Leah over the edge and completely breaks her forcing her to actually leave him. This gives the audience the opportunity to see that Phil actually does love Leah and is broken when she leaves him.

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Leah feels sorry for Alice, as like herself Alice is in the outside of the group just for different reasons.
when she hears of Alice's death Leah is in disbelief as she has no part in her death. Then when Alice comes back she is there for her and empathises with Alice trying to get everyone to make her feel comfortable. she also goes against Phil's wishes to change his mind on killing her. Alice's death is what pushes Leah over the edge.

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Richard and Leah don't really communicate that much. He tends to use sarcasm towards Leah and looks down on her like shes stupid which Leah doesn't like. He agrees with Leah in some things she says but this doesn't happen very often.

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Leah gets questioned by Danni alot and she also comes to Leah for advice. Leah tends to roll her eyes when Danni mentions about being a Dentist as Dani is a bit of a simple girl.

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Lou is a very nervous and worried character and Leah spends her time trying to reassure Lou that everything is going to be okay and tries to talk some sense into her and calm her down. Lou always questions Leah but never gets very far in doing so.

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Cathy is obviously the B*tch of the group, her and leah don't see eye to eye and are never on the same page. Leah doesn't like that fact that Cathy and Phil have a moment of being on the same page of killing Alice and truly resents how Cathy goes on to be an accomplice in killing Alice.

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Leah feels sorry for Bronagh's character but finds it hard to put up with her in sometimes as she victimises herself a lot. When Bronagh has to go to the police station to identify the man Leah looses patience and has to make Phil step in to deal with the situation. When Bronagh looses her mind Leah empathises with her, but when she is trying to sort stuff out her patience with Bronagh crumbles.

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Leah and Jan have mutual understanding, and Jan always looks to Leah for reassurance and advice. Throughout group scenes you can see Leah and Jan make eye contact with each other.

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Leah does not really get on with the character Mark as he is a D*ck. She doesn't agree with what he did with Alice or how he handled the whole situation, especially the whole DNA scenario. He always seems to run to Leah and Phil to sort out his mess.

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Leah's relationship with David's character is very distant the don't interact much together, i feel that this is due to David being such a quiet wee soul and kind of scared of Leah.

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Leah would dress very girly but with her own wee qwerky twist. Funky trousers, pinafores and skirts are definitely Leah's style.

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since being cast as Leah I feel now at this point that my characterisation is very strong. I tend now to think more like my character than myself. I am much more comfortable within the role and feel like I embody my own interpenetration of the character

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I plan to play Leah very qwerky and kind off like 'Erin' from the TV show 'Derry girls' as she has such comedic value which is good for the character Leah as I view her as the comic relief of the whole play, though she is very serious at times.

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At this point in the play we can tell that Leah just wants to sort of get away from this whole situation, but she wants Phil to ask her to stay with him, but he knows she wont actually leave. she tries to say that there is no point in Phil asking her to stay and says that she's going on an adventure to discover new things. she has a realisation half way through that Phil isn't going to stop her but sits beside him and says how much she admires him. she explains how wonderful the funeral was meaning that how the situation has been resolved. she tries to make phil realise how he has worked wonders within the group but finishes off with revealing that Bronagh has had a mental breakdown and John Tate still is no where to be seen. the scene then gets interrupted by Jan in a panic telling them that they have to come with her.

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this is probably one of the funniest monologues Leah performs as it shows her funny qwerky side. she questions herself alot within this monologue if she has been in this moment before and claims that she can see into the future. she then questions Phil asking if its possible to change things, he doesn't answer her so she keeps repeating this name in different voices until she grabs his attention.

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within this monologue we see that leah finds it hard to read Phils body language and asks him if he is happy, the then nervously goes on to explain what happiness is and her experience of happy concluding that its like nuclear waste or global warming. She then goes on to show us even more inelegance by talking about stars and Venus. then opens up to the audience of how she can talk to Phil because he understands her and asks him what the happiest moment of his life was, she states her's but he doesn't remember experiencing it with her. then suddenly the mood changes and she tells phil how she killed her hamster seeking help from him of why she did it. After doing some research i found that this is how some murders and psychopaths start out killing people. she then tries to reassure herself that everything is better now stating points on how things and people within their friendship group have changed. she then contradicts herself and says how john tate has disappeared and how Alice's parents where on the TV appealing for information and ends the monologue with what have we done.

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within this monologue its starts off really weird and random with Leah talking about this difference between Bonobo's and Chimps. This shows off Leah's intelligence with underlining linkage to their friendship group's situation. she then goes on to state how Phil doesn't care about her but she thinks the world of him, and says that sometimes she wonders what he would do if she killed herself in front of him. She obviously doesn't 🤬 herself but it just shows how Phil knows that she is over reacting.

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within this monologue the character of Leah goes through a rang of emotions. This ranges from wonder, rage and being scared. in this monologue Leah sits in a field with her boyfriend Phil and just talks to him without him interrupting or even paying attention for that matter.