'St Bernard's Goes to the Dogz' Whodunit Play

Looking for something a little different that’s guaranteed to have your students spellbound!?
‘St Bernard’s Goes to the Dogz!’ is a comedy whodunit playscript which, when read out aloud, provides not only for a hugely engaging courtroom-style drama classroom event, but can also be scaled up into a whole school show. In true ‘Murderplays Mystery Shorts’ fashion, your actors/readers read from their scripts while standing in a line thus, with ‘the minimum of preparation’, your show will be ready to engage and entertain your audience.
The piece itself (outlined more fully below) is a comic whodunit for six readers of any age, centred around the aftermath of the dress rehearsal for the St Bernard’s school’s musical show (Dogz!) where its Drama teacher is deliberately locked inside a storeroom while tidying away. The piece is full of character, accusation and comedy… and jeopardy, too, as the school’s inspection also hangs in the balance. Being a whodunit, your audience will be challenged to suggest which two of the four suspects they think is guilty of imprisoning Miss Plott! The script is accompanied by a full event explanation plus all relevant answer sheets (and even poster and ticket templates for larger performances). General running times are…
10 minutes. Audience read through their character sheets.
20 minutes. Act 1 is read out by your performers.
10 minutes. Audience fill in their answer sheets.
15 minutes. Act 2 is read out.
5 minutes. The winners are announced.

Ex-schoolteacher, Chris Martin, has written a series of murder mystery/whodunit plays which have been staged multiple times worldwide. ‘St Bernard’s Goes to the Dogz!’ is a piece specifically created for classroom use and has been repeatedly staged in both Primary and Secondary settings.