by Ian McCutcheon
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 running the mystery
- Suggested timings
- The script for 2 scenes
- The Solution
- Explained by the detective
- Additional Materials
- Two witness statements, a pathology report and a press cutting.
- Detective Sheets for the audience to submit their accusations
| What's an Interactive Murder Mystery? |
- A combination of drama from an acting company and detective work from the audience
- In this case
- After an introduction from a Master of Ceremonies, the cast play Dying for a Leak in two short scripted acts.
- The audience examine four written pieces of evidence then interrogate the suspects.
- The audience write down their accusations, then the Master of Ceremonies (or the detective) reveals the solution.
- This Mystery Needs
- An 'acting company' of 7 to 8 people, including at least 2 men and 4 women
- One set comprising furniture
- Estimated run times (which may vary enormously!)
- Scripted elements: 30 minutes
- Audience interrogation: 15 minutes
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| Want to know more? Download the (pdf) Taster Pack |
What's the Mystery Here?
Derek 'Del' Fyniam has called a meeting of Snogley and District Gardeners in the Shire in the run-up to the annual show. In attendence are:
Del's long-suffering partner, Rhoda Dendron.
The former treaurer, Flora Bundy, who resigned under a cloud.
Flora's friend Daisy Cheyne, the club secretary.
Terry Cotter-Potts Del's arch-rival in the leek-growing competition.
The club's glamorous social secretary, Bella Donner.
Things get a little heated. So heated that Detective Inspector Chris Anthemum has to be called in to unearth a murderer.