Character profile Sophie Nickerson

Character Profile

Name: Shannon

Age: 20

Background and Family Life

Shannon is a middle aged woman who works for the Prime Minster Ruth. She is a cleaner who works full time hovering and making Downing Street presentable for guests such as the Ambassador of the United States. The first time we meet Shannon is when she is asleep and wakes up from a nightmare. She has had these nightmares for quite a while and sees the character John. She finds John interesting to listen to and watches the videos online.  She finds John intriguing to watch because she finds his speeches important to listen to. She enjoys them so much that she decides to come to the real thing instead of virtually after work.

Key Relationships

Shannon likes to spend her social life in the park to get herself a quiet atmosphere after work. She always sits on a bench and reads the local news. She then meets Zia who reads a book on the other side of the bench waiting for John to make his speech. Shannon is single and really likes Zia. The reason why is because of his geeky style which Shannon is interested in because she loves looking at the stars.

Another relationship that Shannon has is with her boss Ruth who gives a tense relationship. Shannon works hard to get Ruth’s house clean and tidy however Ruth gets distracted by the noise of the hoover therefore Shannon can’t do her job. Shannon finds Ruth irritating and being ignored because she doesn’t say her name correctly.

Shannon is John’s number one fan. She tries her very best to come down especially on her lunch break.

Job

Her job is a cleaner at 10 Downing Street. She gets to work by 9:00am and finishes about 7:00pm. She has her lunch for an hour down at the park to catch John in the park. She gets paid enough to afford her own wellbeing such as food, electricity etc. Shannon wears a uniform for work which includes a black shirt with a waist saying ‘cleaner’ sewed on and black trousers. This uniform is practical to work in but a smart approach for working in a posh big house.

Before the play…

Before the play Shannon is still working for the Prime Minster. She is single looking love. She keeps seeing this guy that she likes but they never get the courage to talk to each other. Shannon always sits on the same bench waiting for the next speech to happen. She didn’t vote for Ruth to be Prime Minster as she doesn’t think that Ruth was right for the job. For example the history that’s Ruth has had. She has arrived to a long day of work by walking through the park to see any news on the John’s speech’s.

During the play

These images below are what happens to Shannon in the play.

Picture 1                                                Picture 2

                          



Picture one explains what her job is. She doesn't like her job very much as she is not treated fairly by being called ‘Sharon’ which is not her name. Picture 2 is to show that she has found love with Zia from the park. She has also found love John as a celebrity crush because of his theories. She loves that she has something common with another person which is looking at the stars.

After the play

Shannon and Zia are officially together as they meet for lunch in the park to see John. They sign up for regular news from Holly and in favour with John all the time. The notice that they have the same dream. Shannon is unemployed now as she has quit her job. She is implying for jobs which she feels a lot happier. She comes to John for advice weekly.

I think I have based Shannon on the two assistants from Love actually who works for the Prime Minster.

The two assistants sum up my character. For example the assistant in the background is similar to Shannon regarding to her costume such as she is wearing a waistcoat. On the other hand the other assistant's voice and Shannon's voice is similar to Shannon as she is trying her best to do her job and she is looking out for the Prime Minster such as when she talking about the dreams in Act one scene four.