Initial Idea

So as previously mentioned I would like my solo performance to have a personal touch based on factual and true events in my life. My idea which I would like to develop into a performance is based on a weekly occurance in my life. This regular event is a meeting between me and my father at a pub where we have a drink and a catch upon the week gone by. During these meetings my dad also tells me stories and anecdotes about his life, in a similar sort of way Spalding Gray delivers his works. The stories are generally hilarious and shocking and  I would like to use these stories and recite them to an audience. In terms of staging the piece I would like to keep it minmalistic with one spot light. I would also like to emphasize the point of these stories being in a pub, so I would use a stool and sit a table with a pint, just as I would be doing if I was actually there. The piece itself would be scripted and not spontaneous as I would like to write, revise and learn the stories so no misjudgment on my behalf can be made about the content.