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Chichester Observer Review
From Paris to Paraguay, this is a great journey
This Christmas I am thinking of asking my wife for a grey cardigan, just like the one Tony Clark wore for his excellent portrayal of Henry Pulling, a retired bank manager, in Funtington Players’ production of ‘Travels With My Aunt’.
As the play’s narrator, Henry and his cardigan confide in the audience agonising over his neglected dahlias at home whilst coping, at the same time, with his aunt’s eccentric travel plans.
As his safe and predictable world is swept away, his care-free aunt, played by the outstanding Tiffin Jones, draws him into a world of duplicitous CIA agents and shady Italian war criminals.
With a plot that gallops from Paris to Paraguay, the cast and crew did a superb job of keeping the audience absorbed in the journey. Alan Copsey portrayed the Italian Visconti with the perfect amount of oil and charm and Paul Pridmore was an alarmingly good ageing black gigolo.
With twenty-four characters, as many locations and a pacy plot, ‘Travels With My Aunt’ is a demanding play. However, director Barbara MacWhirter and her innovative design team produced a seamless and hugely enjoyable evening’s entertainment.
Kevin Mann
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