Travels With My Aunt

Synopsis

A retired bank manager's life takes a new turn with exciting consequences. Henry Pulling lives in an ordinary London suburb and leads a rather dull life. At this mother's funeral he meets the redoubtable Aunt Auusta and his life takes an unexpected turn. Taken under her wing, Henry is propelled into a madcap dash around the world - Paris, Istanbul, even Paraquay. It's a long way from Southwood.

Our Review:

Anne Morley-Priestman - 8 February 2010

Magic in the theatre happens in many ways. It can be elaborate – elegant words, ear-catching music, elaborate costumes, fantastic scenery, a swirl of movement, a large cast. It can be stark – a handful of actors in everyday dress on a bare stage. When it works, it doesn’t really matter down which road the author, director and designer have chosen to travel. What does matter is what happens when there is an audience involved.

Giles Havergal’s adaptation of Graham Greene’s Travels with my Aunt pares the novel down to its essentials with only four actors playing all the parts –really only three as the fourth is that increasingly popular on-stage presence, the ubiquitous stage manager (Simon Jessop). Elliot Harper, Sam Pay and Marcus Webb are all Henry Pulling, the retired bank manager jolted out of his passive life when his late mother’s sister attends the funeral. They are synchronised but separate. Just like HenryR...

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