Mama Mia Murder! – 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 Fernando Aha – The policeman sent to solve the crime
Efficient in his own peculiar way, Inspector Fernando Aha has an unusual method of solving crimes – he involves everyone!

Walter Lew – Record company boss
A bit of a business magnate, Walter Lew is a New York loudmouth with appalling dress sense and a foul smelling cigar.

Jacqui Chansonmee – Self-made multi-millionairess and owner of SONMEE Entertainments
Behind a well cultivated public image of being a woman’s woman and dressing in flowing dresses and flowery blouses, Jacqui Chansonmee is a business tyrant ready to fire anyone who wears the wrong colour trousers.

Ritchie Keeter – Mama Mia’s Supporting Act
A young, trendy pretty-boy Ritchie Keeter is always seen in THE latest fashions and would be a star in his own right, but for the fact he has fallen out with every manager he has ever had!

Julie Voo – Japanese bodyguard and expert in martial arts
Although almost school-girl in appearance, Julie’s looks are very deceptive, and with a black belt in all forms of martial arts – she is NOT a girl to mess with.

Dan Sequin – Mama Mia’s Choreographer
In touch with his feminine side, Dan is prone to mood swings and wears pastel coloured clothing.

Sue Patroopa– Mama Mia’s Doctor
With dazzling smile and “put you at your ease” mannerisms, Sue Patroopa is stunningly attractive to the opposite sex, before you even take into account her white coat.

Additional characters in the 9 cast game:

Ivor Dreme Mama Mia’s Security Chief
Solidly built wearing a dark suit and tie, Ivor Dreme is definitely not to be messed with.

Davina Teksittal – Mama Mia’s Personal Assistant
Smart and competent but suffering under Mama Mia’s constant verbal abuse, Davina Teksittal could be very pretty underneath her stern, efficient suits.

Additional characters in the 11 cast game:

Jimmy Gimigimi – Energetic supporting dancer for Mama Mia
Scottish and proud, Jimmy Gimigimi is often seen in his national dress – when he isn’t in lycra and spandex that is.

Honey Funnymoni – Concert venue manager
An Italian ex-model, Honey Funnymoni is exceptionally stylish and is well known for her short Italian temper and even shorter skirts!

Additional characters in the 13 cast game:

Noel Ingyu – Freelance American Journalist
Clutching notepad and with camera ever at the ready, Noel Ingyu is scruffy but always ready for the latest scoop.

Cassie Andra – Mama Mia’s Wardrobe manager
In sparkling dresses, or rip off skirts, Cassie Andra is extremely attractive, but a little indecisive when it comes to getting changed, a personality trait which can lead to all sorts of interesting combinations!

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.