My Granda is fantastic at remembering memories from when I was younger, or his time working and when he was younger, however sometimes his thoughts become jumbled. He thinks I am my dad and believes what my dad did when he was younger was in fact me. He believes that outings which occurred sometimes over 10 years ago were yesterday, however sometimes the memories are that accurate that his distinction between days and hours of that memory could make you believe they were yesterday.
I hope to use 3 instances. The first will be my Granda in himself, his humour and chatty personality as well as his good heart and kindness. I will play myself and him, jumping from the ‘character’ of my Granda to myself.
I will then use three specific memories which are strong in both mine and my Granda’s minds. These being Sunderland matches, concerts in which my Granda would perform in, either by himself or with the choir he was involved in and days out. I have decided on three specific times, my first ever Sunderland match being the first. I felt this memory was important as it is one that is still so strong in my Granda’s mind. I have then decided to do when my Granda performed in The Wizard Of Oz as the scarecrow and unfortunately forgot his words the night I went to see him perform. I will then set the scene of a park or ice cream van as my Granda still to this day holds a strong memory of my favourite thing being ice cream, and with this when he is out and slightly confused he still buys an ice cream and gives it to whomever is with him as he thinks it is me.
I will take each of these memories in turn and look into how I can create both an emotional connection to the audience but also how will be able to add in a bit of humour to lighten up the whole production.