Who Lynched Lee Prechaun? – 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 Jimmy Crikey – The policeman responsible for solving the crime
Efficient in his own peculiar way, Inspector Jimmy Crikey has an unusual method of solving crimes – he involves everyone!

Michael Flatfeet – Irish Dancer
Inventor of Riverbounce, Michael is always dressed in black trousers and a silky shirt, ready to high kick in time to any music.

Molly Malone – Fishmonger
A pretty girl despite her apron, Molly is a bit of a heart throb and rarely without her cockles and mussels alive alive-o.

Father Ned – Priest
In dog collar and typical black attire, Father Ned is a quietly spoken kind gentleman with a strong streak of sarcasm.

Dani Boye – Irish Singer
Ethnically dressed, and blessed with her own guitar, Dani cannot help but break into song even when the pipes, the pipes aren’t playing.

Toby Shure – Estate Labourer
A hard worker in checked shirt, Toby is rarely seen without his barrow, spade or plough.

Ginny Ess – Pub landlady
A fiery red-head, Ginny’s smile compliments her ample bust and barmaid appearance.

Additional characters in the 9 cast game:

Seamus All – Jockey
Rarely without his riding hat, and often seen in jodhpurs Seamus’ colours are as popular on the racing field, as he is with the girls.

Anna Domini – Historian
A specialist in the Book of Kells, Anna is as ornamented as the letters she researches, with clashing colours and gold decorative touches.

Additional characters in the 11 cast game:

Pat Ayto – Potato Farmer
In wellies and waterproof jacket, Pat is ready to dig in any condition and like his tatties is a little grubby round the edges.

Sister Rose Ariee – Nun
In her habit, Sister Rose Ariee is a perfectionist and a little too saintly to be true.

Additional characters in the 13 cast game:

Murphy Slaw – Mad Cap inventor
Accident prone and dressed in tweed, Murphy’s behaviour is sometimes as erratic as his hair.

Leticia Limerick – Poet
Relaxed and informal, Leticia is as homespun as you can get, but always carries around a notebook and pen to record any worthwhile muse.

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.