Dinner event
Murder Mystery Dinner
Combine a three-course meal with a full evening of live entertainment.
Illustrative ticket: £79 per guest
The practical guide for hotel managers
Everything you need to assess the event clearly.
Who it suits, how the figures work, what each party provides and how the performance fits around your dinner service.
01 · Hotel fit
Built for distinctive hotels and approximately 50–100 guests.
Best suited to independent four- and five-star hotels, country houses, manor hotels, castles and boutique properties with a suitable private dining or function room.
- A three-course dinner format
- At least 12 weeks' lead time
- One named events contact
- A desire to create a premium, marketable occasion
02 · Commercial return
Package and price the evening your way.
The hotel keeps 100% of ticket, dining, bar and accommodation income. There is no commission, revenue share or per-head entertainment charge.
Dinner + room
Murder Mystery Stay
Add an overnight stay and breakfast to build bedroom occupancy.
Illustrative package: £169 per guest
Premium break
Luxury Mystery Escape
Add upgraded rooms, welcome drinks or afternoon tea.
Pricing: entirely your choice
Examples are illustrative. Food, staffing, cast hospitality and normal hotel operating costs remain with the hotel.
03 · Responsibilities
Clear from the start: what you provide and what we deliver.
Your hotel provides
The venue and hospitality
- Function room, catering, staffing and guest service
- Marketing, ticket sales and guest enquiries
- The same three-course dinner for six actors
- Overnight accommodation, breakfast and parking for six
- A private changing, rehearsal and breakout area nearby
Our £2,000 fee includes
The complete production
- Venue research and focused creative conversation
- A new six-character story, clues and evidence
- Six professional actors, writing and rehearsal
- Venue visit, suitability review and risk assessment
- Running-order planning and promotional pack
04 · Event night
Your kitchen runs the dinner. We work around it.
We agree timings with your events and F&B teams. Your kitchen is not expected to hold food while an actor performs a lengthy scene.
Guests remain seated for service, but can question the suspects and examine evidence as the mystery unfolds.
- Cast arrivalSet-up, rehearsal and liaison with your team.
- Guest arrivalCharacters mingle and the story begins.
- Dinner and mysteryAction unfolds around the three courses.
- Final accusationsGuests submit their conclusions.
- SolutionThe murderer is revealed and winners recognised.
05 · Professional reassurance
No surprises behind the scenes.
We visit first
We review the room, access, changing facilities, movement and service plan.
We arrive prepared
Appropriate risk assessment and insurance evidence are available to your team.
We honour the booking
No minimum-sales cancellation. If we cancel, the £2,000 fee is refunded in full.
Clear without amplification: our actors project naturally. Battery equipment is used only for the welcome and occasional ambient music, so mains power is not normally required.
The next step is deliberately simple
Check your preferred dates
We will confirm cast availability and venue suitability, normally within one working day. There is no obligation to proceed.
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