WHERE LOYALTIES LIE2 Hotseating

HOT SEATING

Hotseating is a very good technique for developing a character, as it gives us opportunities to think about links between each of them

Charles Brown - Tristan

• Learnt to like job
• 30
• Physiotherapist
• got into rugby injury - wanted to help people
• Watched a man get pulled from a car - father
• Pushed him into rugby
• close
• 1 brother, 1 sister, 1 step sister
• stepsister - hippie

Bartender - James

• Frederik Normandy 
• 35 years old
•  Bartender
• Doesn't like job
• 5 years long
• needed pay - easy
• tough work hours
• 6 days a week
• read, sleep
• good upbringing
• no family left - 1 son left off to uni

Marie Trina - Silvana

• 30 years old
• Homeless shelter
• SELLS paintings - abstract
• 100 each
• shows her work in gallery
• Favourite old homeless man
• has a sister (older)
• likes to help less fortunate
• no
• selfless
• London - Chelsea

Seth - Jeffrey Wilkinson

• 42 years old
• no job
• made money from riding motorbike doing deliveries
• Kawasaki racing bike
• Had a traumatic crash on bike
• Lived in 5 bedroom house - private school
• Siblongs - 1 brother
• overdosed - dead
• done drugs
• smokes
• self-control
• social life - different friends - meeting friends - old friends from school
• lots of enemies

David Loth

• 28 years old
• Father made a lot of money - real estate
• plays golf - or tennis - likes cars - Lambo or Mclaren
• mum passed away when young - older brother
• brother fell out with dad
• go for Brexit - tory
• aggressive 
• social life - girls are after him for his money

Harry Thomas

• Run an office for shipping stationary
• 26 years old
• Well paid job
• Spends a lot of time with fiancée 
• Go on walks, meditates, plays with grass
• Girlfriend introduced meditation
• Wants a stick insect because of positive energy - girlfriend said
• Didn't believe in any of this stuff before girlfriend but trusts her
• Still takes anti-anxiety pills without her knowing
• Had anxiety since he was young
• Started taking pills mid teen years
• Girlfriend says they kill brain cells 
• Girlfriend calls herself spiritual doctor
• She has no qualifications
• Been together 2 and a half years - known for a lot longer
• She is 24 years old
• He believes her theories etc.
• Friends aren't girlfriend biggest fan

Mary Wood/Meredith 

• 24 years old
• no work - activities she enjoys - isn't working
• renowned for her herbal remedies
• e.g grass has many benefits + qualities - in teabag - cures headaches + dislocated knees
• has husband
• she controls her boyfriend
• lived with her mum - her mother doesn't approve of her
• practices goat yoga daily
• loves making baskets out of feathers
• never knew her father

Dental nurse - Jane Stephens

• 26 years old
• enjoys some bits of occupation - likes to talk to people
• earns good money
• good and well family - close family
• has a partner - just dating
• considers her partners lifestyle as fun
• likes golf
• likes her job a lot - long hours
• had a little girl that almost bit her finger off (worst moment)
• loves coffee
• "doesn't need a lot of friends"
• lost some friends because of boyfriend
• would like to marry him but isn't going great at the moment
• boyfriend doesn't believe in marriage

FURTHER NOTES

Hugo - David Loth - rich playboy
Amelie - Mary 'Meredith' Wood
Seth - Jeffrey Wilkinson - delivery man
Louis - Harry Thomas - office manager
James - Frederik Normandy - bartender
Emma - Jane Stephens - dental nurse
Tristan - Charles Brown - Physiotherapist
Silvana - Marie Trainor - works at homeless shelter - sells paintings

David and Jane are dating
Harry and Meredith are dating
Davids brother is Jeffrey
Marie and Jane are sisters
Marie is Frederiks ex
Charles is Harry's best mate