A GRAHAM GREENE classic, "Travels with my Aunt", is coming to the Theatre Chipping Norton this autumn, as part of a UK tour to mark the 25th anniversary of the writer's death.

Local audiences can the tale of a dull man being transformed by exciting foreign travel from September 26 to September 28, courtesy of the Creative Cow company.

Katherine Senior, actor and founder member of Creative Cow has spoken the appeal of staging an adaptation of a modern classic, one of Graham Greene's most entertaining books.

She said: "The play takes its audience on a whirlwind tour across the world and it plots one very ordinary man’s extraordinary journey of self-discovery – and change. Henry Pulling is a retired, risk averse and rather dull bank manager. His journey from a man effectively retired from life and the world to active participant in the swinging 60s and the vast changes those years brought is begun the moment his Aunt Augusta turns up at her sister’s funeral. From then on his travels begin and his eyes are opened to a whole new – and dangerous – world."

She added: "We love Greene’s thirst for adventure and risk – everything that, in the beginning, Henry Pulling is not. Greene described ‘Travels’ as ‘the only book I have ever written for the fun of it’ and we like the way this work is a kind of parody of his more serious books. We chose this play because of its timeless appeal; we know it’s going to delight audiences all over the country."

But why Creative Cow?

Katherine said: "Creative Cow happened because the first play we produced, The Private Ear and The Public Eye, was on our director’s farm and when thinking of a name for the company we looked out of the window and there was our answer.

"We hope it is a memorable name from a marketing point of view; and we still rehearse on the farm when the weather allows."

Tickets and further details concerning the Chipping Norton show at, 01608 642350.