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Rehearsals

I’m basing Mickey off the movie’s version of him, Ian Hart’s version. I love how he plays the traitor of the group and makes him such a likable character all round even in the end.

In the play Mickey first appears in Scene Two and is immediately shown to be the one in charge because while Baby is tormenting Skinny, Sweets and Potts try to stop him the moment they realise Mickey is in the room. Baby on the other hand couldn’t careless and talks to the man like nothing it wrong.

I walk in from the back, stand there for a second before going to grab myself a drink at the bar that we have placed at the back of the stage before heading over to Ezra’s desk.

I sit down and remain there for a minute as Kirsten, Awo and Dan crowed round me, clueless to the situation at hand, nattering on about pointless things until Baby goes to leave finally causing Mickey to speak again.

Baby knows how to push Mickey’s buttons proceeding to do so before leaving the club, where in a burst of anger Mickey reveals the news about Ezra’s demises to the rest of the group.

They all start to freak out while Mickey tries to keep them calm and under control.

He asks them all questions about the night before being he wasn’t there and isn’t happy with the answers he’s given. In our version we have decided that Mickey can be quite frightening at times by just slamming a cabinet door or talking right behind the boys making them tense up, not knowing what he’s going to do next. Its a tough guy act that Mickey pulls off very well and I need to make that known in future rehearsals. Potts and Sweets knew Mr Ross was there having a meeting with Ezra over Silver Johnny but Potts tried to keep that on the down low; Sweets ruins his chance and in the heat of the moment Mickey slaps Potts.

Sidney (Potts) grows angry with Mickey for the rest of the scene. He makes it known that he doesn’t work for Mickey he works for Ezra, who’s now dead, he was high off his face off pills, it was busy and can’t be blamed for something he couldn’t control.

Baby re-enters holding toffee apples and hands one to each of the group as an apology for his behaviour earlier on. The group grow cold, nervous not wanting to tell Baby about his father, Mickey does so anyway and that’s where we finished up for the day.