Death Actually – Large group script

The inspector/facilitator role is essential for the game to work. He/she facilitates the entire evening.

The other characters can be taken from the audience and briefed before game play starts, OR you can select a group to play your suspects in advance of the night and give them time to get fluent in their roles and answers.

The rest of the guests are fully included in the game as they’ll be asking questions throughout the night.

Essential Cast:

Inspector Bill Nighty – the inspector sent to solve the crime.
Inspector Bill Nighty has a rather unusual method of solving crimes – he involves everyone! Though it has to be said… he does get results!

Willy Makit – Aging Rockstar
Attempting to revive his career and full of bluster, Willy is still very 70s in fashion sense and sex appeal.

Ben Downingtreet – Prime Minister
A young bachelor, Ben is continually conscious of his presentation and is never seen without a suit and tie in public.

Ed Settera – Writer
Fond of Arran sweaters and continually scribbling, Ed has his head too far into his work to notice much else that goes on.

Dilly Duster – Maid
A Londoner through and through, Dilly is conscious of her ‘foul mouth’ but sparkles despite her uniform.

Mia Culpa – Portuguese housemaid
Unassuming and plain when working, Mia has really come to life at the party with a fabulous designer dress. When she smiles she is a rare beauty.

Crystal Bahl – Newly-wed
Dazzlingly beautiful and with delicate features, Crystal turned heads at her wedding and continues to shine.

Additional characters in the 8 cast game:

Art Decco – Art gallery event organiser
Looking very gay for a straight man, Art is well turned out and easy on the eye.

Dot Matrix – Lovestruck graphic designer
Always sniffling and never more than a hands-reach from her mobile phone, Dot is attractive, if a little frumpy.

Additional characters in the 10 cast game:

Ivor Graffix – MD of graphic design company
Insensitive and fond of tweed jackets, Ivor owns the firm and always dresses down.

Lotta Graffix – Stay-at-home wife of Ivor
Windswept and always lurching from one family crisis to another, Lotta is pretty, but motherly.

Additional characters in the 13 cast game:

Erma Huzzey – PA of Ivor Graffix
Oozing sex appeal, Erma excels in high boots, short skirts and low cut tops.

Hugh Canduitt – Rock star’s agent
A real deep personality lurks somewhere behind the jeans, t-shirt and beer guzzling front. Hugh is a teddy bear at heart.

These games require 7-13 cast and involve the rest of the audience by getting them to ask pre-set questions – which are provided to them on paper by the inspector at the start of each round.

They run in a similar way to a dinner party, so are an ideal first choice for novice hosts and acing teams with little or no experience running large scale events.

These games work best as a sit down event with 6-12 tables of guests, with a suspect on each table.

As a rough guide these mysteries take approximately 2-3 hours to complete with a three course meal.

During the game the audience will listen to five short sets of dialogue from the cast and pose pre-scripted questions (which the cast answer with pre-scripted answers). There are three rounds which can be evenly spread throughout the night or, if preferred, the question and answer rounds can be bunched together into one large round.

At the end of the final round the guests are given time to decide who is the murderer, and once the guests have decided who did it, how and why (i.e. the murderer and motive) they will complete the answer sheet and hand it in.

How these games usually run.

Introductory Round: Introductions by the cast and the facilitator “inspector character”.
Rounds 1, 2 and 3: Scripted dialogue from the cast, followed by pre-set questions and answers.
Concluding Statements and solution: conclusions by the cast and denouement from the inspector.

There is one “inspector character” who acts as facilitator during the event and is essential to the cast.

Reducing the cast size will reduce the length of time required to solve the mystery.

We can customise this game.  However, sadly we do have to charge for this service as even minor customisations take between 1-2 hours to process in the office and we need to buy toilet roll and biscuits as much as the next person…

It’s hard to give “ball park” figures for what different customisations would cost however we’ve attempted to HERE.

Remember… if you just need 1 extra person, or 1 less person, why not add in the inspector as your extra guest.  The inspector can usually be male or female as the “for real” inspector can simply invent a new name for themselves.

Some hosts prefer to play the inspector role as it means they can work on the catering while the round plays out amongst their guests.