A Scenario for a Murder Mystery Event
by Really Horrid Productions
What's It All About?
- A Murder Mystery for an acting company to perform to an audience
- The cast perform a script
- 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
- Guidelines for running the mystery
- Suggested timings
- A "narrative arc" for the mystery
- Key plot points
- Essential events
- Character Briefs for each character
- Character description
- Character history
- Motivation
- The Solution
- An explanation of who dunnit and why!
- Additional Materials
- Printable table cards, a show poster and a 'dodgy' DVD cover
- 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
- The event is a dinner to announce the forthcoming new season’s programme by the Style Theatre Company, a repertory theatre group which has seen better days. There are high expectations for the new sea
- The 'audience' has the role of the people invited to the launch of the new season – valued sponsors and patrons of the theatre company.
- As the actors progress with the unveiling of the programme, the plot mystery develops until one of the characters is found murdered...
- This Mystery Needs
- An 'acting company' of 7 to 8 people, including at least 3 men and 4 women
- No specific set or furniture
- Estimated run times (which may vary enormously!)
- Improvised elements: 80 minutes
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What's the Mystery Here?
Richard Venables, artistic director of the Style Theatre Company has invited an audience of valued patrons and a number of special guests to announce the new season’s schedule.
In addition to Richard, other notable guests at the dinner include:
Liam Dwyer: Theatre investor and business man who has put up a large sum of money for the new season.
Margot Arnold: Prima donna and leading lady of the company.
Lily Turner: PA to Mr Venables.
Brett Brown: Heart-throb actor and leading man of the company.
Susi Brown: Actress, dancer and the rising star of the company.
Annabelle Dwyer: A famous actress of stage and film and Liam’s wife.
What should be a cause for celebration quickly descends into chaos as what Richard reveals is not quite what everyone expected! Sordid secrets, recriminations and blackmail finally end in a double murder!
