Joy Swift's Original Murder Mystery Weekend
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Two night’s accommodation, two night’s dinner, (three course, three choice), two breakfasts, Saturday buffet lunch and cream tea; full Murder Weekend programme and entertainment including a Saturday night themed party and disco.
The murder theme is continuous and starts on Friday night at the Welcome Reception. There will be at least three ‘murders’ over the course of the weekend and all the professional murder weekend actors will be in character the entire time. There will also be occasional light-hearted themed games to lighten the mood of the complex and fun murder mystery investigation. The weekend finishes after the Detective’s summing up at 12.30pm on Sunday
Is there any age limit on who can attend?
Guests of all ages are able to participate in the mix of fun, games and sleuthing provided by Joy Swift. The only limit is your ability to keep up with the plot as it twists and turns from 8pm Friday until 12.30 Sunday afternoon. Because of the nature of the plots, some may involve topics and discussions that you may prefer younger teenagers not to participate in – although there won’t be anything more risque than you would see on television in “C.S.I” or “Taggart”. Although we suggest a minimum age of 16 years, we have had younger teenagers who have come with their family, but we would say no younger than 14.
Do guests play a part? Unlike some inferior murder mystery events, all character roles are played by a cast of professional Murder Weekend actors. Each plot has a theme that enables guests to make up their ‘cover story’ but no ‘secret information’ is given to any guest before or during the weekend. Your role during the weekend is to act as a private investigator – a ‘Miss Marple’ or ‘Hercule Poirot’ – questioning the suspects, watching the incidents, and, perhaps, discovering the bodies. Guests are not required to act on weekends nor to be put into sleuthing teams, and will be eliminated from police enquiries, although sometimes remain a major suspect in their fellow guests’ eyes!