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‘No wonder you’re always so pleased with yourself‘-Harriet Wilson After Luce writes an essay that takes a disturbing turn, his adoptive parents and his teacher start to question who he really is. From the jump, Luce is the picture prefect student that you literally only see in movies, so I never trusted who he portrayed himself to be. But for everyone else his perfection is nothing to be questioned, because what’s better than an a child who you saved from a war torn country becoming the perfect son. But Ms Wilson’s revelation causes his mother to start to see him differently and wonder who her son truly is. Luce is so skilled at hiding who he is, that it’s difficult to trust anything he says and does. And that’s what makes him truly scary. Ms Wilson thinking that she, unlike everyone else, knows the real flawed Luce, still doesn’t stop her being fearful of him and his mind games. In return he invades her personal life and uses that against her, but Ms Wilson is no stranger to...

‘As mum says ‘we’re not poor, we’re broke, there’s a difference’ Pauline Gibson In the Neil Armfield directed production, ‘I’m Not Running’, Pauline Gibson (Siân Brooke) is junior doctor turned independent politician who is deciding if she wants to join the Labour party and run for leader. Despite knowing the political theme of the play, the title ‘I’m Not Running’ never struck me about being about the run as political leader and although that is key in the play, I believe the title isn’t entirely about Pauline Gibson’s decision to run as leader of the Labour Party but her as well as Jack Gould’s (Alex Hassell) decision to not run from each other and their family backgrounds. Even though he’s the antagonist, the character of Jack Gould resonated most with me. From the moment the audience met Jack it’s clear that he’s a flawed individual as he is drunk and scruffy. Although outwardly he appears better put together in the later years of the play its evident that he rema...