by Jos Biggs
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 preparing the mystery
- Guidelines for running the mystery
- The script for 3 scenes
- The Solution
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 a scripted murder mystery in three short acts.
- Optionally, the audience may be given the opportunity to interrogate the cast.
- The audience tries to deduce whodunnit.
- The cast perform a final scripted scene in which the murderer is revealed.
- This Mystery Needs
- An 'acting company' of 9 people, including at least 2 men and 4 women
- One set comprising furniture and flats with practical doors/windows
- Estimated run times (which may vary enormously!)
- Scripted elements: 45 minutes
- Audience interrogation: 5 minutes
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Want to know more? Download the (pdf) Taster Pack |
What's the Mystery Here?
Miss Frobisher is dying, and she has changed her will one final time - and not to the liking of her family. The will won't be legal until the signing tomorrow and, in advance of that event, the family has gathered. Those present are:
The elderly and infirm Miss Frobisher
Sarah Miss Frobisher's dim maid
Barry Sarah's dubious boyfriend
Gregory Frobisher hard-drinking nephew. of Miss Frobisher
Cora Frobisher Miss Frobisher's flamboyant niece
Jan Frobisher another niece - less flamboyant but clever and malicious
Jenkins Miss Frobisher’s solicitor
Mixing in with the human company, there's Rufus Miss Frobisher’s dog.
Some time after the family gathers, we meet Inspector Grabham along with
Chief Inspector Bailey
Grabham and Bailey are called for the simple reason that there's been a murder.