‘I Will Never Forget That Baguette’, is a wistful line so worthwhile it’s delivered in speech and on paper in this wild slice of physical theatre by Voloz Collective. And chances are you won’t forget that baguette, or the crazy, ramshackle tale that this vibrant company unfold. Given that the setting is November 1963, it’s no great twist to recognise that our destination point will be the Kennedy assassination in Dallas, Texas. How we get there is a wild-goose chase in the company of Roger Clement, a stylish Frenchman in New York, who travels the world, loses his fortune, and stumbles upon a conspiracy that leads to the grassy knoll and book depository. 

^{Pictures: Jake Wadley} 

Players Olivia Zerphy, Paul Lofferon, Emily Wheatman, and Sam Rayner bring all this to life in a fluent, madcap style that revels in fictional unreality.  Billed as Wes Anderson meets Hitchcock meets Spaghetti Westerns, it’s a clever show that riffs on cinematic archetypes to good effect. A meta play on the adventure genre, The Man Who also works as a whodunit, with a hissable villain revealed in its final scenes, and an unexpectedly upbeat ending. Not quite everything lands, but the manic energy and unbridled enthusiasm make this Voloz Collective outing one to remember.

Reviewed at Pleasance Dome as part of Edinburgh Fringe.