Mysteries for Teens, Children and Young Adults

Teenage Murder Themes

Fashions do come and go, but consider the following popular themes
• High School Musical - any school setting often proves popular
• Pop Idol - reality TV
• Big Brother - reality TV
• Murder on the Dancefloor - dance competition
• Catwalk Catfight - fashion show
• Bad Beehive-jour- with a nod to Hairspray

All of our mystery events are suitable for teens and teenagers, but we do produce scenarios aimed specifically at their age group. These work particularly well when the younger guests take on the roles themselves.

If aimed at a younger audience, our scenarios avoid some more mature themes such as drug abuse or sexual issues. It's also possible to have a mystery theme without a murder - but many teenagers blood-thirsty may feel they were being short-changed! If you specify the interests of the group we can suggest themes that will engage them.

Running a Party for Young Adults

We appreciate that teenagers' interests vary widely between age-groups and sexes. What might suit a group of 13 year old girls is unlikely to entertain 16 year old boys, and indeed, many teenagers would not be interested in taking part in a murder mystery at all. However, if your group has expressed an interest in murder mysteries or improvised performance, then that interest is all that we need to provide an entertaining evening or afternoon.

As with all our events, we remain flexible with our formats, but often with a teenage birthday party or similar, the event is not based around a three-course meal. The structure may be provided by other events, for example:

* Various party activities, such as a dance competition, karaoke, buffet or a talent show can form the framework of the event.
* The event can be broken up with questioning of suspects, hunting for clues or maybe some forensic type investigation.
* The event can be combined with a visit to a place of interest - again you know your group best to suggest where their passions lie.

PRICE GUIDE:

£595

Children’s Mystery Events From Murder To Measure

Whilst our murder mystery scenarios can often be adapted to or written specifically for teenagers, they are usually not suited for those aged 12 or below. For younger children we produce scenarios based around a mysterious disappearance, hidden treasure, etc, often drawing on books or films that are popular with the party guests.

Typically we would introduce the scenario via a letter or letters from someone involved in the mystery, or could have the guests discover a crime when they arrive at the venue.

The guests are then split into teams and given tasks to undertake to discover the treasure, unmask the villain or whatever the scenario demands. Typically each task or game will last between 10 and 15 minutes, so that the event lasts about 2 hours including a break for a party tea or similar.

The tasks themselves are made appropriate to the age group, but could include:
• A scavenger hunt for items or clues
• Craft activities, making appropriate costume or props to defeat the bad guys
• Solving of puzzles, codes etc, to uncover more clues
• Traditional games adapted to the scenario, with the winners gaining additional clues.

Each guest or team would collect clues etc in something like a clue book, a treasure bag or passport, and everyone is rewarded with “treasure” in the form of a party bag.

We would usually aim to provide 2 CRB cleared facilitators for such an event, and would ask that parents/teachers/guardians remain present to ensure a sensible level of supervision and to assist with tasks where appropriate.

The price for this sort of event would start at around £295 basic plus from about £4 per guest to cover material, party bags, etc. The nature of these parties, the wide variety on offer and the age ranges concerned makes up –front pricing hard to produce. We have produced complex scenarios for schools for about £750 to simple parties for 8 year olds for around £250 – more that any other scenario we are keen to discuss options with parents to ensure that we meet their needs, remain safe and provide an exciting event to delight their guests.

Popular themes that could be incorporated include pirates, fairies, magic school, princesses, haunted house and science fiction.