by Ian McCutcheon
What's It All About?
- A Murder Mystery for an acting company to perform to an audience
- The cast perform a script
- The audience members question the cast
- The audience try to work out whodunnit
What Does Lazy Bee Scripts Provide?
Lazy Bee Scripts supplies a pack of material, including:-- An Overview for the Organiser, including
- Guidelines for running the mystery
- The script for 2 scenes
- The Solution
- Explained by the detective
- Additional Materials
- Four police reports of various sorts.
- Detective Sheets for the audience to submit their accusations
| What's an Interactive Murder Mystery? |
- A combination of drama from an acting company and detective work from the audience
- In this case
- The acting company perform two scripted scenes (a total of a little under twenty-five minutes), during which a murder takes place.
- After the murder, police evidence is shared with the audience through a set of written briefs.
- The audience have the chance to interrogate the suspects, then submit their accusations of whodunnit.
- Finally the detective (or Master of Ceremonies) explains who, how and why.
- This Mystery Needs
- An 'acting company' of 7 to 8 people, including at least 3 men and 2 women
- One set comprising furniture and practical doors/windows
- Estimated run times (which may vary enormously!)
- Scripted elements: 25 minutes
- Audience interrogation: 10 minutes
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| Want to know more? Download the (pdf) Taster Pack |
What's the Mystery Here?
Rich Pikkins and his partner Pattie O'Dawes have moved into their newly-built dream home and have invited a couple of their local drinking friends round for gin. Then some univited guests turn up, as Rich's past catches up with him. All told, the gathering includes
Ed Stone, a local funeral director.
Ed's business partner, Phil Graves.
Turning up uninvited, Art Dekkoe, the builder of the mansion.
Unexpectedly, Hugh, Pattie's step-brother and fomer colleague of Rich.
Even more unexpectedly, Ella Mentrie, a detective inspector.
Since there's a detective in the mix, there must be a case to answer - but who did what to whom, and why? A master of ceremonies (optionally Ella) encourages the audience to come to their own conclusions.