Dead Men Don't Get Dessert
They Never See It Coming

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
    • Printable Table Cards to list the key characters to assist the audience.
    • A promotional leaflet for season two of “Beyond Belief”
    • A book sleeve for Darren Black’s new exposé book
 
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 team behind the smash-hit ghost hunting show “Beyond Belief” gather to celebrate the winning of several awards.
    • But one of the team is not entering into the spirit of things...
 
What's in this Scenario?
Tonight the cast and crew of reality TV haunting investigation show “Beyond Belief” are gathering to celebrate their awards from the Fortean Times for “Best Paranormal Entertainment Show” and “Best Use of Night Vision Goggles”. These awards (or “Ghoulies”) are the pinnacle of televisual paranormal achievement. Prominent guests include:-

Ivor Feeling – Nervous presenter of “Beyond Belief”.
Fenella de Kay – Tyrannical producer of the award-winning show.
Erika Flora – Show psychic that talks with those beyond the veil.
Gary Burke – Show researcher and assistant to Fenella de Kay.
Cherry Chabona – The bubbly wannabe whose haunted house helped to put the show on the map.
Darren Black – investigative journalist whose column “Shades of Grey” exposes charlatans.

Fenella de Kay stands up to thank everyone for making the show what it is. There is a very self-congratulatory tone around the room – but then Fenella drops her bombshell... It has come to light that the very episode that shot them all to fame was nothing but a tissue of lies, cooked up by Cherry with Gary Burke. Fenella has no moral option other than the show’s immediate cancellation. But someone realises that there is another option: the immediate cancellation of Fenella...
 
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 the pack, in addition to the scenario...
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