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="Oliver with a Twist - 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,Oliver,Twist"> <META http-equiv="PICS-Label" content='(PICS 1.0 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" l r (SS~~000 1))'> <TITLE>Oliver with a Twist - 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="Oliver_MM_logosmall.jpg" WIDTH="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0"></P> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><I>A Dickens of <br /> <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 book cover and a prize voucher for distribution at the event</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 fund raising dinner for the Twist Foundation  a charitable trust dedicated to helping the poor and destitute, run by Oliver Twist. Set 20 years after the events of the Dickens novel, Oliver has gathered several of his former associates together for the meal. <LI>The performers will be dressed accordingly and there is scope for the audience to dress in appropriate period costumes to add to the atmosphere. <LI>As the actors progress with the unveiling of the plans, the mystery develops until one of the characters is found murdered... </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 1840's. At the gathering, we find:- <br /> <strong>Oliver Twist</strong>: Wealthy philanthropist. <br /> <strong> Jack Dawkins</strong>: aka the Artful Dodger who is now trying to be respectable. <br /> <strong>Mr Bumble</strong>: A workhouse manager with political aspirations. <br /> <strong> Widow Sowerberry</strong>: Recently widowed funeral parlour owner. <br /> <strong> Bet Finching</strong>: A lady of dubious morals. <br /> <strong> Inspector Solomon Target</strong>: Police Officer assigned for close protection duty to Mr Twist.<br /> <br /> The gathering descends into chaos as Mr Twist is found murdered. It seems that everyone had a possible motive, but who committed the heinous crime?</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="Oliver_WAT_Collage.jpg" /></td></tr> </TABLE> </BODY> </HTML>