ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html;CHARSET=iso-8859-1"> <META NAME="description" CONTENT="LepreCON - a Murder Mystery scenario, ideal for staging at a Murder Mystery Dinners. Arguments, murder, lots of fun, and the audience has to guess 'who dunnit'"> <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="Murder,Mystery,Dinner,Scenario,Script,Event,Whodunnit,Who,Dunnit,audience,Leprechaun,Fairy,Leprecon"> <META http-equiv="PICS-Label" content='(PICS 1.0 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" l r (SS~~000 1))'> <TITLE>LepreCON - a murder mystery scenario</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="white"> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" BGCOLOR="white"> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%"> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="LepreCON_Logo.jpg" /></P> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><I> <FONT SIZE="7" COLOR="maroon">A Murder Mystery Event</FONT></I> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%"><FONT COLOR="black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%" style="height: 21px"><B><I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="maroon">What's it all about?</FONT></I></B></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%"> <UL> <LI><FONT COLOR="black">A murder mystery event in which the actors mingle and interact with the audience / guests</FONT> <LI><FONT COLOR="black">Lazy Bee Scripts provides the scenario</FONT> <LI><FONT COLOR="black">The actors improvise the dialogue based on the scenario</FONT> </UL> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%">&nbsp;</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%"><B><I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="maroon">What's does Lazy Bee Scripts provide?</FONT></I></B></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%"><FONT COLOR="black">Lazy Bee Scripts supplies a pack of material for the performing company including:-</FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%"> <UL> <LI><FONT COLOR="black">A &quot;narrative arc&quot; for the murder, covering</FONT> <UL> <LI><FONT COLOR="black">Essential events</FONT> <LI><FONT COLOR="black">Essential plot points</FONT> <LI><FONT COLOR="black">The resolution!</FONT> </UL> <LI><FONT COLOR="black">A background brief for each character</FONT> <UL> <LI><FONT COLOR="black">Character description</FONT> <LI><FONT COLOR="black">Character history</FONT> <LI><FONT COLOR="black">Motivation</FONT> </UL> <LI><FONT COLOR="black">General staging guidelines</FONT> <UL> <LI><FONT COLOR="black">Recommendations for preparation</FONT> <LI><FONT COLOR="black">Guidelines for improvisation (and how to deal with awkward members of the audience!)</FONT> <LI><FONT COLOR="black">Preparing the venue for the event (making sure that the staff don't throw the actors out for bad behaviour!)</FONT> </UL> <LI><FONT COLOR="black">Audience &quot;Detective Sheets&quot;</FONT> <UL> <LI><FONT COLOR="black">So the audience can guess who-dunnit (and, possibly, win a prize)</FONT> </UL> <LI><FONT COLOR="black">Collateral material to make the &quot;event&quot; more realistic</FONT> <UL> <LI><FONT COLOR="black">Allows you to print table cards, a film poster used in the story and photographic evidence of Leprechauns!</FONT> </UL> </UL> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%"><FONT COLOR="black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%"><B><FONT COLOR="black">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 &quot;narrative arc.&quot;</FONT></B></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%">&nbsp;</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%"> <CENTER> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="80%" BGCOLOR="#FFFBE8"> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFBE8"> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="maroon">What's a Murder Mystery Event?</FONT> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%"> <UL> <LI>The scenario is run as if the audience has been brought together for a special occasion <LI>In this case <UL> <LI>The event is a meeting of LepreCON  the convention for believers in all things fairie!<li>They have a special guest tonight  a local born film star who is just making it big!</li> <li>The performers will be dressed accordingly and there is scope for the audience to dress in appropriate themed costumes to add to the atmosphere.</li> <li>As the actors progress with the evening, further revelations send the event spinning out of control until one of the characters is found murdered...</li> </UL> </UL> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </CENTER> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%">&nbsp;</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%"><B><I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="maroon">What's in this Scenario?</FONT></I></B></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%">The time is the present, but some of the LepreCON members wished they lived in another world populated by Fairies and pixies!! The society has been met for their monthly gathering  with a special guest speaker  a star of fantasy and magical movies! At the event, we find:- <br /> <strong> <br /> Judy Andrews: </strong>The Chair-Fairy obsessed with all things Fairy!<br /> <strong> Nigel Andrews: </strong>Judy's long suffering husband.<br /> <strong>Doug Benning:</strong> A council worker with a criminal secret!<br /> <strong>Mavis Benning:</strong> Doug's wife who in not quite the mild mannered part time librarian she appears!<br /> <strong> Sharon Cook:</strong> Occasional member and man-eater!<br /> <strong> Jamie Flint:</strong> Movie star and tonight's special guest speaker.<br /><br /> The meeting descends into chaos as the Doug and Mavis announce they have got photographic proof of Leprechauns and have managed to catch one and take his crock of gold! Soon after Mavis is found murdered but which of the guest had the motive to do it!</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%"><FONT COLOR="black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%"><B><I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="maroon">What do I need to Buy?</FONT></I></B></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%"><FONT COLOR="black">Lazy Bee Scripts charges two fees:-</FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%"> <UL> <LI><FONT COLOR="black">A flat fee of </FONT><B><FONT COLOR="black">&pound;20 for the murder mystery scenario pack</FONT></B> <UL> <LI><FONT COLOR="black">Downloadable from the Internet as a Zip file</FONT> <LI><FONT COLOR="black">Containing master files (in .doc and .pdf formats) of all the essential materials</FONT> <LI><FONT COLOR="black">Can be used multiple times by your acting company (but you must pay the performance fee for each performance)</FONT> </UL> <LI><FONT COLOR="black">A fee of </FONT><B><FONT COLOR="black">&pound;20 for each performance</FONT></B><FONT COLOR="black"> of the scenario (regardless of the &quot;audience&quot; size)</FONT> </UL> </TD> </TR> <tr><td width=100%>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td width=100%> <B><I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="maroon">In the pack, in addition to the scenario...</FONT></I></B></td></tr> <tr><td width=100% align=center><IMG SRC="LepreCON_collage.jpg" /></td></tr> </TABLE> </BODY> </HTML>