A Murder Mystery Event

 
What's it all about?
  • A murder mystery event in which the actors mingle and interact with the audience / guests
  • Lazy Bee Scripts provides the scenario
  • The actors improvise the dialogue based on the scenario
 
What's does Lazy Bee Scripts provide?
Lazy Bee Scripts supplies a pack of material for the performing company including:-
  • A "narrative arc" for the murder, covering
    • Essential events
    • Essential plot points
    • The resolution!
  • A background brief for each character
    • Character description
    • Character history
    • Motivation
  • General staging guidelines
    • Recommendations for preparation
    • Guidelines for improvisation (and how to deal with awkward members of the audience!)
    • Preparing the venue for the event (making sure that the staff don't throw the actors out for bad behaviour!)
  • Audience "Detective Sheets"
    • So the audience can guess who-dunnit (and, possibly, win a prize)
  • Collateral material to make the "event" more realistic
    • Allows you to print brochures and "press cuttings" for distribution at the event
 
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 scenario is run as if the audience has been brought together for a special occasion
  • In this case
    • The event is the launch of the new M'Nango Valley theme park
    • The "audience" has the role of the people invited to the launch - local worthies and potential investors and suppliers
    • As the actors progress with the launch presentation, the plot mystery develops until one of the characters is found murdered...
 
What's in this Scenario?
Oregon Smith, the intrepid explorer, has purchased land on Stockgrove Park, a local estate (close to the venue for this event). He will use the land to build a theme park, celebrating African culture and history (in a slightly warped way!)

The event is to launch the plans of the park to local residents and business representatives (the audience).

Also present at the event are Lady Stockgrove who sold land to Smith and is now horrified by his plans, Tanya Smith, Oregon's new "trophy wife", Rick Adams, newly hired manager of the park, on the rebound from a German theme park, Jane Wilde, Oregon's fixer on the local council.

Oregon's plans for the park are already raising the hackles of his team, when the event is gatecrashed by Scrapey and Sunbeam a pair of environmental protesters who believe the park will damage the habitat of a rare butterfly.

Chaos ensues, eventually leading to two murders.
 
What do I need to Buy?
Lazy Bee Scripts charges two fees:-
  • A flat fee of £20 for the murder mystery scenario pack
    • Downloadable from the Internet as a Zip file
    • Containing master files (in .doc and .pdf formats) of all the essential materials
    • Can be used multiple times by your acting company (but you must pay the performance fee for each performance)
  • A fee of £20 for each performance of the scenario (regardless of the "audience" size)
 
In the pack, in addition to the scenario...