1. Do you like or love Agatha Christie, Johnathan Creek, Inspector Morse, Midsomer Murders, or any whodunnit that depicts horrible, gruesome murders with the general tone and whimsy of an episode The Great British Bake Off? If so, weâve got the horrible, gruesome murder Melbourne Comedy Festival show for you.
2. This is the only chance youâre likely to get in your life to step inside a 1950s Agatha Christie mystery â and bonus points are deserved, we think, for ensuring it is never the audience members that get murdered.
3. Weâre making up an entire, overly-complicated Agatha Christie plot up on the spot. The cast is made up of many of Melbourneâs â nay, the countryâs â best improvisers, including international impro champs Lliam Amor and Jason Geary.
4. Youâll be catching a show that sold out its run at last yearâs Melbourne Fringe Festival. Money talks, weâre told. While there, Murder Village scooped up a heap of great reviews, included some that described it as, âThe perfect recipe for murderâ (Weekend Notes), âA genius hybrid between a murder mystery and a professional long form improvised formatâ (The Plus Ones), and âAn evening where revelling in death and murder is turned into wholesome funâ (Stage Whispers).
5. You decide who lives and who dies! Your secret ballot at the top of the show will determine the killer and the victim, while still preserving the mystery so that you can have all the fun of working out whodunnit. Hint: it was (or was not) the butler.
Murder Village: An Improvised Whodunnit is on at The Butterfly Club from Apr 12 – 21
https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2019/shows/murder-village