Lynn Belvedere

MURDER VILLAGE – AN IMPROVISED WHODUNNIT @ 2022 SYDNEY FRINGE FESTIVAL

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Sydney Premiere Event – A classic murder mystery, including many many red herrings, all very much in the classic style of writer, Agatha Christie, but fully improvised and also very funny. There is a secret ballot before the show starts, the audience fills in an online form, that specifies the need for all of the cast of characters to quickly improvise, exactly who will be (1) the victim, (2) the murderer, and (3) the 1950s weapon used to commit the murder, plus (4) one tell-tale clue that could be the key to the whole case. Fortunately the audience needs only to enjoy all the clever humour, and laugh again and again at the crazy improvised antics. Experience a quite entertaining, and very enjoyable murder.

(1) There will be four suspicious MURDER VILLAGE denizens, and your four British 1950s characters could be –
Lady Agapanthus Grey = haughty tea heiress
Elspeth Tunbridge-Wells = handsome horse enthusiast (think MRS. Windsor)
Filagree Hatchett = officious judge
Lady Ellen Cornwallis = well-endowed aristocrat

 

(2) There will be four suspicious MURDER VILLAGE denizens, and your four British 1950s characters could be –
Victor Prays = single-minded vicar
Flossie Partridge = clumsy nurse
Thom Tiller = salt-of-the-earth groundskeeper
Sister Bertha Dorothea = unfortunate nun

 

(3) There will be four suspicious MURDER VILLAGE denizens, and your four British 1950s characters could be –
Gaston De Gruyere = stinking rich cheese mogul
Lady Vera Bathchair = cruel dowager
Zenith Cain = house-proud housekeeper
Jimmy Snuffs = local lamp lighter

 

MURDER VILLAGE fortunately has two non-suspicious characters – the fully trained, but fully incompetent police detective inspector, who is aided by the one amateur detective sleuth. Which clever detective will correctly solve the crime first OR will the audience beat the two detectives. Each and every show is completely different, you can easily see this show multiple times, because a different fresh new victim/murderer to be explored each time. Highly Recommended.

EXPECT – Staged Violence with some infrequent/low pressure audience interaction, potentially triggering content/themes, Drug References, Alcohol Use, and of course the Murder.

SHOW TIMES – Wednesday 28th September 2022 until Sunday 2nd October 2022
DURATION sixty minutes
Wednesdays, 6pm to 7pm
Thursdays and Saturdays, 7:30pm to 8:30pm
Fridays, 4pm to 5pm
Sundays, 2:30pm to 3:30pm

 

Newtown High School of Performing Arts – Studio – Corner Whitehorse and Newman Street, Newtown NSW

The Studio is a 200-seat black-box live theatre venue, which is owned and operated by the Newtown High School of Performing Arts.

Venue details and accessibility – There is a flat step free entrance to the venue. Be very careful, as there are small steps to the right, without tactile indicator or high vis.

 

TICKETS – https://sydneyfringe.com/events/murder-village-an-improvised-whodunnit/

FAQ – https://whatson.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/events/murder-village-an-improvised-whodunnit

FACEBOOK – https://www.facebook.com/improvisedwhodunnit/

PRODUCERS – https://www.improvisedwhodunnit.com/

VENUE – https://sydneyfringe.com/venues/newtown-high-school-of-performing-arts-studio

 

 

 

 

Published by Lynn Belvedere

Once we were old enough, my parents took the whole family to the Sydney CBD cinemas every week. Thus began a lifetime interest, in going to the cinema every week, and became a passionate cinephile by watching all those very heavily edited ''Australian Film Censorship Board'' true cinéaste versions of brand new release ''Cinematograph Films''. Greater Union always gave my father (who worked in Cinema Distribution Exhibition) guest double movie passes, to every first-night ''red carpet Opening Night'' at The State Theatre Cinema at 49 Market Street. Up until his death, my dad always received ''two house seats'' for every Opening Night performance events at the Theatre Royal SYDNEY and at Her Majesty's Theatre SYDNEY. As a child, when mum choose not to go, I often went with him, to those live performance events. As a young child, I remember being taken for each new show, at both The New Theatre at 60 Sussex Street, and the Phillip Street Theatre when located at 150 Elizabeth Street, and for classical music concerts at Sydney Town Hall. = = = ★★★★★ = = = Being happy is a choice, and I have always viewed my life, as material ready be made into a series of amazing tentpole movies. My New Years Resolution is kept every year: ''Get to see/review five new live theatre shows each week, and get to see/review six new cinema movies each week'', plus is one of the Australian Cinema Pioneers, and apparently have seen far too much already, but always wanting to experience more and more each year. I am also able to do almost everything that I enjoy doing. Yes, I do have a great daytime job in I.T. as ''Software Design Project Manager'', PLUS each evening until quite late - - - Australian Cinematograph Films historical censorship consultant - product-placement consultant - mystery-shopper consultant - playwright, writer, author, director, producer, photographer, cinematographer, color-grader, subtitles proofreader - arts/ drama/ music/ film critic and judge, journalist, member FIPRESCI & FCCA & AFCA, member AACTA accredited film reviewer-critic-writer, accredited IMDB.COM critic-reviewer-author, projectionist, plus an innovative iconoclast - - - ★★★★★ LYNN BELVEDERE ★★★★★ - - - [usr 5] - - -