Dead as a Shed
by Jonathan Goodson
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:-- The script for 3 scenes
- The Solution
- An explanation of who dunnit and why!
| What's an Interactive Murder Mystery? |
- A combination of drama from an acting company and detective work from the audience
- In this case
- The cast perform three scripted scenes of an on-line murder case review (so there's no set apart from chairs for the cast).
- A Master of Ceremonies guides the audience through the process. Unusually, this includes the option of interrogating the police officers.
- The audience complete 'Prediction Sheets' used to judge who has best understood the evidence, before
- A final scripted scene in which the police's case is revealed.
- This Mystery Needs
- An 'acting company' of 8 people, including at least 1 man and 1 woman
- One set comprising furniture
- Estimated run times (which may vary enormously!)
- Scripted elements: 60 minutes
- Audience interrogation: 10 minutes
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What's the Mystery Here?
The audience get to eavesdrop on an on-line case review into the death of Austin Grinter. Those taking part are:-
Detective Sergeant Stephanie Nook the investigating officer
Superintendent Vicky Blanchard the case review officer
Local clergyman, Rev. Trevor Bishop
Abigail Pounder, clerk of Cuddington Parish Council
The accused, Ted Cooper, who trades as Ted's Sheds
Cooper's solicitor, Kimberley Strut
Lysander Bell, a village historian
By the end of the review, the police are ready to take the case forward, but the audience (with guidance from a Master of Ceremonies) get to have their say first.