by Karen Ince
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 preparing the mystery
- A "role pack" for each character
- The scripted elements for 2 scenes
- The Solution - 4 different endings (to allow multiple performances without spoilers!)
- An explanation of who dunnit and why!
- Additional Materials
- A map of the village where the murder takes place (to be shared with the audience, showing location of the murder and other significant events).
| What's an Interactive Murder Mystery? |
- A combination of drama from an acting company and detective work from the audience
- In this case
- The acting company take the roles of Marchfield Amateur Drama (MAD) a community theatre group rehearsing, of all things, a murder mystery, and two acts of drama are played out before the audience
- Their lives are suddenly overtaken by a murder...
- Eye-witnesses come forward and the suspects are identified and interrogated by the audience
- The audience try to spot the murderer
- This Mystery Needs
- An 'acting company' of 8 people, including at least 1 man and 4 women
- One set comprising furniture
- Estimated run times (which may vary enormously!)
- Scripted elements: 60 minutes
- Improvised elements: 5 minutes
- Audience interrogation: 20 minutes
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| Want to know more? Download the (pdf) Taster Pack |
What's the Mystery Here?
Members of the Marchfield Amateur Drama company are rehearsing a period murder mystery. Amongst the assembled company we find :-
Cathy James: The producer of the murder mystery evening, a leading light in MAD. A very organised lady who likes to organise other people too.
Derek Sharp: The company's leading man and considered (by himself) to be quite good-looking, suave and sophisticated.
Fiona Barnes: One of the actresses. Kind-hearted and gentle.
Jenny Morris: Another actress, but cynical, brash, even hard.
Shelagh Harris: A third actress. At first appearance very typical British middle class, but it turns out she's not as up-tight as she might appear.
Eye-witness 1
Eye-witness 2
Eye-witness 3
On the surface - a typical village theatre, but underneath - jealousies lurk and the group harbours someone capable of murder!
Rehearsals are interrupted by the news of an unexpected death. Three eye-witnesses come forward with information. Can the audience find out the truth?