 Tim Benzie, in his blonde wig and grey tracksuit, returns for a third year at the Edinburgh Fringe with Solve Along a Murder She Wrote. Fresh off a huge international tour and as a regular staple at The Prince Charles Cinema in London, the show in its own right has built up a huge following.
This experience offers fans of the iconic TV series Murder, She Wrote a chance to immerse themselves in the sleuthing world of Jessica Fletcher while actively participating in solving the crime. Jessica Fletcher is a mystery writer who finds herself consistently entangled in real-life murder investigations. With her keen intellect, Jessica unravels crimes in her small coastal town of Cabot Cove and beyond. For our event, we’re watching an episode called 'A Fashionable Way To Die', Jessica Fletcher is invited to Paris to visit a designer friend, but soon gets caught up in a murder. Our host, Tim Benzie, is the perfect host, as he dresses up in a range of Fletcher’s outfits and wigs, including that grey jogging outfit seen in the memorable opening credits, and his knowledge of the show, which spanned twelve seasons and 250 plus episodes, is unrivalled. Benzie also uses his understanding of the era culturally and how that informs the casting and creative choices. Benzie’s insights help keep the audience engaged with the show and not just watching the episode unfold passively as if you were watching it on ITV3 in the mid-afternoon. Our fringe audience is encouraged to become amateur detectives like Fletcher, engaging their minds as we try to piece together the clues, motives, and suspects by using paddles with her face on them to raise when we see something suspicious from our rogue gallery of guest stars, and thanks to the heavy-handedness of the writing, there will be plenty of wrist action being undertaken. We regularly rank our suspects on the Suspiciousometer and test the theory that the most famous guest star in each episode is potentially the murderer we are looking for. The event is well-balanced with interactive elements and follows the mystery on the screen. Due to the huge pantheon of “Murder She Wrote” episodes, Tim Benzie mixes up the episodes for live shows, and I am already looking forward to booking up for a fourth year! 4/5 Solve-Along A Murder She Wrote Venue: Amphitheatre at theSpace @ Symposium Hall Dates: August 2nd to 23rd (excluding 10th and 17th) Time: 2015 Tickets: www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/solve-along-a-murder-she-wrote |
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