Zoo Detective
by Barry Wood
What's It All About?
- A Murder Mystery for an acting company to perform to an audience
- The cast perform a script
- A detective carries out a scripted interrogation of the suspects
- 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 10 scenes
- The Solution
- An explanation of who dunnit and why!
- Additional Materials
- There's an Animal Quiz to add to the zoo-themed entertainment.
- 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
- A light-hearted, farcical murder mystery - where the multiple victims are zoo animals.
- The cast perform 10 (short) scripted scenes, indluding a scripted interrogaton by the Zoo Detective.
- The audience try to disentangle the evidence and work-out who did the deeds.
- The cast reveal whodunnit via a final scripted scene.
- This Mystery Needs
- An 'acting company' of 10 people, including at least 4 men and 5 women
- One set comprising furniture
- Estimated run times (which may vary enormously!)
- Scripted elements: 100 minutes
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| Want to know more? Download the (pdf) Taster Pack |
What's the Mystery Here?
All is not well at the Hamilton Zoo - there is financial trouble, various staff members are leading troubled lives and the animals have started dying in mysterious circumstances. The head of security, Ian Collingham, fancies himself as a detective and interrogates the suspects:-
Managing director Miriam Hamilton who is determined to keep the zoo running at all costs.
Kate, the apprentice zookeeper with a troubled past.
Carl, a zoo volunteer whose late wife was fond of the zoo.
Sheila, the hard-drinking head of finance.
Mriam's son, Matt Hamilton, who isn't particularly fond of animals.
The director of conservation, Peter Wren, who is a gambler.
Martha Leakey, the gift shop assistant with a fondness for jelly babies.
The zoo's resident vet, Lottie Baker, who's mind is on her sick mother.
Ian manifestly fails to solve the mystery, which is where the audience can step in to help (under the guidance of the Commentator).
