REDACTED: The Cover-Up of a Cover-Up of a Cover-Up ****

Voloz Collective return to Edinburgh with REDACTED: The Cover-Up of a Cover-Up of a Cover-Up. The show is, in fact, even more convoluted than its title…

A drummer provides a percussive backdrop as the audience files in – creating an urgency before the action even begins.

It’s 1973 and journalist Marnie Makowski has gone to Roswell, hoping to find that the truth is out there. There’s a Government conspiracy, family stuff, a one-eyed assassin, murders, cops, FBI agents, and aliens, all entwined with a gas station attendant, a butcher, a priest … the list goes on.

The plot pivots around a time rift, with Marnie battling to save the world. But the plot doesn’t hugely matter.

The time rift element is a vehicle for shenanigans involving a rock star, a princess, and much more. Indeed, the events generally are merely a medium through which the highly talented Voloz Collective display their skills. The stage is set with several boxes. The collective – Olivia Zerphy, Paul Lofferon, Emily Wheatman, Sam Rayner and Alp Citlak – weave this tale around each other in a swirl of physical theatre.

It is slick, funny, and breathless – a relentless explosion of movement, their Lecoq training easily evident.

Highlights include the torchlit investigation of the church, with the cast transforming into gargoyles, and the snapshot Richard Nixon impression.

Despite the skill and energy of the performance, the storyline does not quite land in the same way as Voloz Collective’s sister show, The Man Who Thought He Knew Too Much. Even so, REDACTED is a whirlwind of an hour: chaotic, playful and an impressive showcase for a hugely physical ensemble.

Pleasance Dome, until 30^th August.