AN award-winning whodunnit with live musical scoring is coming to Taunton's Brewhouse Theatre tomorrow (Wednesday, February 2).
Voloz Collective, an international physical theatre company, is bringing The Man Who Thought He Knew Too Much to the county town's performance venue for one night only.
The company's team of four met while studying at L’École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris.
They started touring this show after winning the Les Enfants Terribles and Greenwich Theatre Award in 2020.
The Man Who Thought He Knew Too Much is an intercontinental, inter-genre cinematic caper of accusations, accidents, and accents.
The show follows Roger Clement, a Frenchman living in 1960s New York, who has followed the same predictable routine for years.
That is, until a minor delay saves him from an explosion, throwing his ordered world into chaos as he chases his would-be assassins around the world.
Funny and inventive, the Lecoq-trained theatre company delights and stuns with live, original music and virtuosic acrobatics in the fast-paced whodunnit.
Emily Wheatman, Voloz Collective's co-artistic director and performer, said: "We will bring audiences to the roots of vaudevillian physical comedy with Voloz’s own contemporary cinematic twist.
"I’m particularly thrilled to have the opportunity to perform the show in the south west, where I grew up before moving to France to study.
"I'm so excited to return to my hometown and local areas with this show and give back to the communities that helped me thrive and allowed me to dream big."
Voloz Collective has performed at venues ranging from an organic farm in rural Vermont to London’s Pleasance Theatre.
The company's recent theatrical film America played Off-Broadway in NYC as part of Ars Nova's ANT FEST.
The Man Who Thought He Knew Too Much runs for one hour and is suitable for people aged six and over.
For more information and to buy tickets, visit the Brewhouse Theatre's website.
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