STRAIGHT MURDER MYSTERIES

We provide a variety of themes for straight murder mystery dinners in Europe for private parties and corporate events. We consult with you to come up with the best approach for the group involved, whether it is for a family or employees of a company. The Straight Murder Mystery is the industry standard, though we've been known to take it to the next level anywhere in Europe. From London, Manchester, Cardiff, and Liverpool in the UK, to Paris, Marseilles, and Bordeaux in France, to Milan, Florence, Naples, and Rome in Italy, or anywhere you can think of in Germany, Greece, Spain, or Portugal, THEY have you covered!

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STRAIGHT MURDER MYSTERIES

ENTERTAINING YOUR PRIVATE PARTIES AND CORPORATE EVENTS

The Straight Murder Mystery is what people think of when someone mentions this kind of event. A group of actors interacts with your audience starting during cocktails getting out an understanding of who the characters are. During dinner, we interact at the tables, argue around the room, and have moments in front of the audience as a whole. This leads to a murder that occurs at the beginning of dessert. We rarely have gunshots, as we don't want to risk a heart attack among the audience. Then our comedic Detective performs a comedy routine, interrogating audience members. Often the Detective is played by the same actor who played the victim to keep the cost down. The audience then solves the crime by table, usually, with the winners getting small prizes. And, of course, they laugh all along the way.

SOME THEMES

These are just a few. Usually we customize scenarios to our client's desires.

Death of The Alderman

This 1920s themed party involves the election of an Alderman to the local city council. The party is a celebration of his victory and those in attendance are his supporters dressed as flappers and mobsters. This includes the North Side Mob, the South Side Mob, his spouse, political figures and temperance workers. It's a great time had by all and we can add a costume contest as well.

The Meeting of the Family

This mobster themed show involves the head of the local family. Taking on the personality of your city, the show quickly customizes to the audience involved. Suspects usually include a spouse, a Consiglieri, a rival mobster and a politician in the pocket of the mob.

Murder of The Millionaire

One of the more standard scenarios, this involves a millionaire who made his wealth on the backs of many others. This is a celebration were he is making an announcement about the future of his business and those potentialy affected are not happy. This likely includes a spouse, a girlfriend, a business partner, a yes-man, a competitor, and a politician. By changing characters and changing the origin of his fortune, we can quickly customize a scenario just for your group.

The Murder of 008

Our take on the spy genre has the death of 008. You Only Live Twice? Not so fast! Our second fiddle secret agent to his more famous counterpart decides to retire, and a rogues gallery of suspects emerge.

The Movie or Music Mogul

This Hollywood themed party involves the celebration of a movie or music mogul. The various pseudo famous actors, actresses, writers, singers and directors suffer at the whims of the mogul and one of them has gotten their revenge. While originally performed as being in the 1940s, we have done just about every era you can think of including the 70s, 80s, 90s, and modern era.

Custom Scenarios

We have a collection of great themes that can fit most any occasion. Additionally, we can create just about any scenario that you can think of, and often at no additional cost. The costs do rise when additional costumes, more actors, or travel is required. We have performed practically everything you can think of and can create new ones as needed. If you have a themed party and would like to see if we can provide a show that will fit, simply ask. There is never an obligation until we get a signed contract.

A customized Straight Murder Mystery show written just for you is a perfect way to have quality entertainment that has your audience laughing. These are perfect to entertain for holiday parties, weddings, family gatherings, season kick-offs, banquets, dinners or charity fundraisers!

FLOW OF THE EVENING

RUN TIME ANYWHERE FROM 90 MINUTES TO 3 HOURS

COCKTAILS - we are already in character, interacting with your audience as they arrive. Mostly we are introducing the characters to the audience and creating more of a festive atmosphere.
GETTING SEATED - our host gets people seated at the appropriate time and delivers THE SPEECH. This is where we explain how the evening will work and how to play the game. The characters may be introduced in front of the audience.
DINNER - we help move things along by facilitating the servers' efforts or by releasing people appropriately to buffet lines. In the meantime, our performers are having arguments and fights around the room, interact with audience members, and provide small speeches or moments in front of the audience to get plot points out to the audience while entertaining at the same time.
MURDER - once people are leaning back in their chairs after eating, or during the beginning of dessert, we have the murder. Our VICTIM will be in front of everyone and die. This is usually a poisoning to avoid potential problems, but we can accommodate your desires. Often, the victim comes back as the Detective, or we can use a separate actor if you prefer. If a separate Detective, then we could let people take pictures with the victim like Weekend at Bernies!
INVESTIGATION - our Detective is a professional comedian with years of experience with crowd work. The Detective pulls people up and interrogates them to get information out about our suspects. While the comedian pokes a little bit of fun along the way, the comedian usually leaves them looking like rock stars, building them up rather than tearing them down.
RESOLUTION - we solve the crime in one of three ways. The First has the characters go table to table to answer questions, taking much longer with audiences of more than 60 or so. The Second has each table submits their answers based on the interrogations that happened in front of the whole audience. The Third stations the suspects around the room and allows people to interrogate them for a set amount of time. They bring the information back to their tables, discuss, and come up with a team answer. The Fourth resolves it on stage using something that we call the Chief Prosecutors. This brings people up from the audience to MAKE THEIR CASE. We reveal the correct murderer and reward the winners, along with some fun extras often provided to some people from the audience. The Chief Prosecutors choice is is a great option for larger groups of 90 or more. Unlike some companies, we are 100% confident that someone will have given the correct answer!

WE USE YOUR PARTY THEME
We have many themes and can customize to just about any other that you can think of. Some of the more common themes include: The 1920s or 1930s for a Prohibition Era party, A Millionaire's Mansion, A Movie Mogul, Mobsters, A Wedding, Spies, and many others. If you want to have a particular theme that is not on this page, just let us know!

These shows can be provided not only in the evening, but also make a great idea for a lunch or at other times during the day that might not even be around a meal. Reach out to us and discuss various ideas that can work for you. After all, it's not about US. It's about our clients, and what THEY need!

WE COME TO YOU!
We work with groups that are small, medium and large. We also work with people who are in the city, the suburbs, and more rural areas. It never made sense to get our own facilities. We come to a venue of your choosing. This allows you to make your own food and beverage options. In general, you want enough light to see, enough space to move around comfortably, and it should be quiet enough to hear. Everything else can be adjusted to.

THEY improv can provide straight murder mystery dinner shows throughout Europe and in all the countries of the European Union. This includes Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lituania, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden. Though Norway, Albania, Switzerland, Türkiye, and the UK are not part of the EU, we certainly serve events throughout the region. Likewise, our professionals can travel to all other parts of the continent.

UK

The United Kingdom speaks English. While America says they speak English, we understand the difference! There are some things that we can teach the originators, though. We have developed team building techniques in the New World that can help enhance your company in ways you have yet to imagine! We can cover all of the UK, whether in England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.

France

While many consider the French as being unfriendly to Americans, the reality is much different. There are many American companies operating in France and the employees need entertainment forms that cater to them and like having activities that can be shared with their Franch counterparts!

Germany

Most Americans think of German and remember the phrase "Tear down this wall." We do this every day! Our focus is to help to tear down the walls that separate employees and bring them together in unique and special ways. This includes Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, Cologne, Bonn, Frankfurt and everywhere else.

Portugal

Portugal is an amazing country with a rich history. There are many Ex-Pats living here that look to get a bit of home entertainment when possible. We are proud to serve the British in the Algarve, American companies in Lisbon, Porto, and elsewhere. Contact us to find out how we can help your group.

Italy

While formerly the center of the world, it is still a major hub of commercial activity and for tourists. For the businesses that operate here that work with Americans, we can help to provide cultural training and team building that can cross borders. For tourists and companies in Rome, Naples, Venice, Milan, Florence, and elsewhere, we can provide American team building and entertainment..

Switzerland

While known for being neutral, there is little that will keep you from developing a strong love for the country. Each city has a unique personality and they all have a combination of languages. Whether in Zurich, Bern, Geneva or anywhere else, you are likely to have guests that speak a variety of languages. Sometimes the easiest is to operate in English. For such events, we are ready to serve you,

Greece

The Netherlands

Spain

Norway

Sweden

Finland

Denmark

Austria

Belgium

Scotland

Ireland

Iceland

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WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW

WHAT IS THE OCCASION?

The first step is to determine your needs. This includes potential goals, desires and concerns. The more we know about what has already been decided can allow us to narrow the conversation to approaches that interest you.

WHAT ARE THE DETAILS? WHERE? WHEN? HOW MANY PEOPLE?

We need to know the city where the event will be as well as what kind of venue might be used. A date, or date range, for when you would like to have this and what time frame you are looking for will help to determine our commitment and availability. Knowing the size of your group, though that will likely just be an estimate, will allow us to choose appropriate options and have a better feel for the resources required.

DO YOU HAVE A BUDGET IN MIND?

If you know budget limitations, that can allow us to restrict the conversations to those options that will be within your financial constraints. This works in both directions. We don't want to overbuild and propose options that can't be done. Also, we don't want to provide less than we could realizing the resources that could be made available to better achieve your goals.