Lazy Bee Scripts
Audience-Participation Murder Mystery - Search Results

More information about all the murder mysteries described below can be found on the Lazy Bee Scripts web site (click on the titles).
However, unlike the play scripts, we display 'tasters' instead of the entire contents because many groups run these competitively, and would not want their audiences to be able to find out whodunnit in advance!
Prices and licensing arrangements can be found on the detailed pages or by clicking on the "Price" links.

Abram Skinner - A Steampunk Murder Mystery by Stuart Ardern

Roles Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. Run Time Scripted Dialogue: 35 minutes. Improvised Dialogue: 0 minutes. Audience Interrogation: 30 minutes. Style A Murder Mystery which could be used at a private party (with guests taking roles) or performed to an audience. The actors perform a script. The audience questions the suspects and tries to work out whodunnit. Synopsis Inventor Abram Skinner is taking full advantages of the opportunities of the Steampunk age and has invited guests to the launch of his latest project. The invitees include the audience (if any) and a group of VIPs. There's an adventurer, a naval pilot, wealthy investors and industrialists, and, amongst them, an assassin... Price Script pack: £27.50  Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £34.50  Livestream to a non-paying audience for £17.25  Buy the pack and rights here. Click here for more details

Act of Union by Adam Croft

Roles Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. Run Time Scripted Dialogue: 0 minutes. Improvised Dialogue: 30 minutes. Audience Interrogation: 0 minutes. Style A Murder Mystery for an acting company to perform to an audience. The actors improvise the dialogue based on plot and character briefs. The audience members have to work out whodunnit. Synopsis As the guests assemble for the reception following the wedding of Gary and Victoria Sponge, family feuds and class divides rise to the surface with a fiery passion. After all, blood is thicker than water… An murder mystery improvised by the actors from a scenario and character briefs, and solved by the audience. Price Script pack: £17.50  Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £22.50  Livestream to a non-paying audience for £11.25  Buy the pack and rights here. Click here for more details

Agent in a State by Emma Northcott

Roles Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 12. Run Time Scripted Dialogue: 90 minutes. Improvised Dialogue: 0 minutes. Audience Interrogation: 0 minutes. Style A Murder Mystery for an acting company to perform to an audience. The actors perform a script. The audience members have to work out whodunnit. Synopsis The mystery follows a property chain, from first-time buyers Daisy and Ed to domestic goddess Yasmina and her husband Matt. In the middle of the chain, Amanda and Ali await the birth of their first child while Tanya and Kevin aspire to life in a gated community. When personal secrets are exposed, unscrupulous estate agent Brad seizes upon an opportunity... Price Script pack: £25.00  Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £46.00  Livestream to a non-paying audience for £23.00  Buy the pack and rights here. Click here for more details

The Allotment Plot by Emma Northcott

Roles Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 7. Run Time Scripted Dialogue: 70 minutes. Improvised Dialogue: 0 minutes. Audience Interrogation: 0 minutes. Style A Murder Mystery for an acting company to perform to an audience. The actors perform a script. The audience members have to work out whodunnit. Synopsis Baldock Allotment Growers meet in their shed prior to their annual competition. With jealousy, rivalry, secrets and a shed packed with pesticides and sharp implements, what could possibly go wrong? Price Script pack: £23.50  Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £39.00  Livestream to a non-paying audience for £19.50  Buy the pack and rights here. Click here for more details

Amdram is Murder by Karen Ince Best Seller

Roles Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. Run Time Scripted Dialogue: 60 minutes. Improvised Dialogue: 5 minutes. Audience Interrogation: 20 minutes. Style A Murder Mystery for an acting company to perform to an audience. The actors perform a script. The audience questions the suspects and tries to work out whodunnit. Synopsis 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 - 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? Price Script pack: £27.75  Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £42.50  Livestream to a non-paying audience for £21.25  Buy the pack and rights here. Click here for more details

Anne Gets Cleaved by Die Laughing Murder Mysteries

Roles Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. Run Time Scripted Dialogue: 0 minutes. Improvised Dialogue: 90 minutes. Audience Interrogation: 0 minutes. Style A Murder Mystery for an acting company to perform to an audience. The actors improvise the dialogue based on plot and character briefs. The audience members have to work out whodunnit. Synopsis The year is 1526 in the reign of King Henry VIII. The king is on tour, and his arrival at a manor house is eagerly anticipated. There's a speech from the host and a dodgy cardinal selling relics, but before the King arrives, one of the guests is murdered and on the body is discovered the calling card of deadly assassin The Thrush Price Script pack: £20.00  Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £41.50  Livestream to a non-paying audience for £20.75  Buy the pack and rights here. Click here for more details

A Blast from the Past by Alexi Stonehouse

Roles Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 6. Run Time Scripted Dialogue: 0 minutes. Improvised Dialogue: 90 minutes. Audience Interrogation: 30 minutes. Style A Murder Mystery for an acting company to perform to an audience. The actors improvise the dialogue based on plot and character briefs. The audience questions the suspects and tries to work out whodunnit. Synopsis Guests are gathered for the tenth anniversary of the death of courageous Major Luke Twice, who was killed in battle back in 1943, leaving behind a dedicated group of colleagues who fought under him. They were due at the gathering, but several have died under suspicious circumstances. Their relatives are here to represent them and find out what’s going on... Price Script pack: £19.50  Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £53.25  Livestream to a non-paying audience for £26.63  Buy the pack and rights here. Click here for more details

Blue Murder at Bluestone Hall by Cheryl Barrett Best Seller

Roles Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. Run Time Scripted Dialogue: 50 minutes. Improvised Dialogue: 0 minutes. Audience Interrogation: 10 minutes. Style A Murder Mystery for an acting company to perform to an audience. The actors perform a script. The audience questions the suspects and tries to work out whodunnit. Synopsis It is 1923 and Lady Constance Dunne-Wittering is hosting a meeting at Bluestone Hall, her country estate. When someone screams blue murder and interrupts afternoon tea, Lady Constance is not amused. Hapless Detective Inspector Mayday arrives to investigate the killing. He soon realises that more than one person has a motive. The question on everyone’s lips is whodunnit? Price Script pack: £20.50  Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £34.50  Livestream to a non-paying audience for £17.25  Buy the pack and rights here. Click here for more details

Blue Murder at the Blue Parrot by Cheryl Barrett Best Seller

Roles Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. Run Time Scripted Dialogue: 55 minutes. Improvised Dialogue: 0 minutes. Audience Interrogation: 10 minutes. Style A Murder Mystery for an acting company to perform to an audience. The actors perform a script. The audience members have to work out whodunnit. Synopsis It's 1925 and in London, new nightclubs are opening every week. Despite the buzzing scene, Soho nightclub owner Harry Ferrari is struggling to save his Blue Parrot club from collapse. Is there more to Harry’s employees than meets the eye? Is Giuseppe Dolce intent on putting Harry out of business for good? And what brings bumbling police inspector Mayday to the club? Join us at the Blue Parrot for music, mayhem and murder. Price Script pack: £21.75  Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £35.50  Livestream to a non-paying audience for £17.75  Buy the pack and rights here. Click here for more details

Board to Death by Ian McCutcheon

Roles Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. Run Time Scripted Dialogue: 30 minutes. Improvised Dialogue: 0 minutes. Audience Interrogation: 0 minutes. Style A Murder Mystery for an acting company to perform to an audience. The actors perform a script. The audience members have to work out whodunnit. Synopsis Ricky T. Bridge is the owner and managing director of Health and Proficiency, a successful spa and fitness club. But his less than honest business dealings are about to be exposed at a potentially fatal board meeting...The Narrator, as master of ceremonies, distributes further evidence before the accusations, and revealing the solution at the end. Price Script pack: £21.75  Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £30.00  Livestream to a non-paying audience for £15.00  Buy the pack and rights here. Click here for more details