Mystery Dinner Theatre

Mystery dinner theatre is popular with many people. They eat the good meal and eat up the intriguing mystery.

A typical show may involve a woman suddenly shouting, then pointing out that her necklace is missing. The other guest help her search, but someone finds a card. It reads “Thanks for the necklace – The Raven.” Why did this guy steal the necklace, why leave a not, and most importantly which of the people in the room is the Raven? Sherlock Holmes would take this opportunity to utter “the game is afoot”.

There are many types of mystery theatres. Entire weekends are dedicated to similar mysteries. While some involve the audience watching and at most interacting with the actors, others ask the patrons to help solve the mystery, even to race to solve it with a prize for the winner. Everyone can be a detective at this show.

It's possible to mix this up with a situation where a patron is upset at bad service. Yes, there's mystery meat, and a customer presented with bad food may become rather theatric in their response, but that's not really mystery theatre. If that same patron suddenly falls over dead, and then someone claims he's been poisoned, now that's real mystery theatre.

Kids love this too. The mystery is generally tamer for younger children, but it still works the same way. Actors get the ball rolling but get everyone involved. One of the patrons may be in on the secret. People begin to stop trusting each other, wondering who knows more than they're telling. Now the plot is really getting complicated.

For a birthday everyone but the birthday girl might be in on the secret. Everyone's pulling a fast one on the guest of honor. It's a secret, though, so people better not talk. Woe to the person who spoils it, because then the mystery may become when anyone will talk to him every again.

A mystery and a meal is a fine plan. Curious people enjoy themselves. Mystery dinner theatre thrives on it. It's very popular. Get some friends together and try it for yourself.