Successful local businessman and socialite Richard Pickle has been killed by an exploding snowman.
Who can have committed the dastardly deed and why?
That’s the scenario that guests to a murder mystery dinner theatre performed by WASP Productions will be faced with.
The evening, on Saturday, April 18, is being organised to raise money for repair work at St Paul’s Church, in Ramsey.
It sees Mr Pickle murdered while skiing near his chalet in Kloisters, Switzerland. While skiing past a large snowman, it explodes, throwing him in the air and killing him.
The mystery will be performed at the church hall by WASP Productions over three acts lasting about 10 to 15 minutes each, with food being served during the acts.
The suspects will then circulate the tables to be questioned and this will allow the audience to test their detective skills, to try and discover who committed the dastardly deed.
On the menu is canapés, beef bourguignon (or vegetarian alternative), selection of gateaux (or cheese and biscuits/fruit salad), coffee or tea, and mints.
St Paul’s Church congregation has spent the last two years fundraising so that two wooden beams supporting the church tower can be replaced.
So far £43,000 has been raised, which has been used to pay for the stabilisation of the tower and the replacement of the two wooden beams with steel ones.
They are now looking to raise about £10,000 to £15,000 to make the tower water tight.
Fundraisers have included another murder mystery performed by WASP, Murder At The Monastery, which was sold out on two nights last year.
Tickets cost £25 and are available from Vivienne Hare on 814011 or email at vandvhare@gmail.com
Tickets will be entered into the free prize raffle for a £50 food hamper. Dress is casual – but diners are free to enter into the spirit of the evening with alpine wear.
WASP Productions was formed in 2010 by Derek Myers and a group of friends in 2010 and started as a result of a novel fundraising idea for All Saints Church, Douglas.
The church was converted into an Italian restaurant for the evening and guests were invited to solve a murder mystery ‘Murder in Little Italy’ while enjoying an Italian themed meal.
Since then WASP has raised over £23,000 for charities and good causes in the island and staged events at venues including Government House and Milntown.
This year they are performing the Murder with an alpine twist this month and in May, and during the autumn will perform Murder in the last days of the Raj, set in 1930s India at the time of the struggle for Indian independence.