by Alexi Stonehouse
What's It All About?
- A Murder Mystery for an acting company to perform to an audience
- The actors improvise the dialogue based on plot and character briefs provided by Lazy Bee Scripts
- 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 preparing the mystery
- Guidelines for running the mystery
- Suggested timings
- The Solution
- An explanation of who dunnit and why!
- Additional Materials
- An e-mail, text messages and social media comments, a press release and a news clipping.
- An introduction to the suspects and an old photograph.
- Detective Sheets for the audience to submit their accusations
Note that Lazy Bee Scripts does not provide a script for the dialogue.
Because the actors are interacting with the audience, it is not possible to stick to a fixed script. Instead the actors improvise dialogue based on the "narrative arc."
| What's a Murder Mystery Event? |
- The audience members are brought together for a fictitious 'special event'. A murder takes place, which the participants are invited to solve.
- In this case
- The event is a dinner to celebrate the launch of a golf tournament.
- The audience are guests at the dinner (golfers and their long-suffering partners).
- The actors play out a series events during which a murder is discovered and various possible motives are revealed.
- The audience interrogate the suspects, then make accusations before the murderer is revealed. Can any of the audience score a hole in one?
- This Mystery Needs
- An 'acting company' of 2 men and 3 women
- One set comprising
- Estimated run times (which may vary enormously!)
- Improvised elements: 90 minutes
- Audience interrogation: 30 minutes
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What's the Mystery Here?
Brash businessman Ferdinand Two-Inbush has organised a prestigious golf tournament with a large pot of prize money to be won and is throwing a lavish dinner to celebrate the launch. Amongst the competitors are members of the 'Happy Hookers' golf club:-
Myles Long, the team coach.
Anita Money, Myles' wife and the regular team caddy.
Gail Force, daughter of Miles and Anita, and the women's team captain
Phil Mapockets the men's team captain.
Also in attendance is press agent and keen golfer Henny Questions.
All is going well at the launch - up to the point at which the corpse is discovered. In the chaotic aftermath, it's up tothe audience (guests at the golf dinner) to find out whodunnit.