Comedy

Murder Village: An Improvised Whodunnit

It’s Agatha Christie, improvised!

$37.00
Fringe allocation exhausted – see venue website
A priest wearing a black suit, a priest collar and a straw boater hat looks at the camera dramatically. He holds rosary beads and an open bible. By his shoulder stands an alarmed looking detective wearing a green suit and fedora as he makes notes in a pad. The duo are cloaked in a mysterious fog.
A smiling priest wearing a black suit, dog collar and straw boater smiles as he reads his open bible. A detective wearing a green suit and a fedora peers over his shoulder with interest. The duo are cloaked in a mysterious fog.
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Image Credit: Mark Gambino

A priest wearing a black suit, a priest collar and a straw boater hat looks at the camera dramatically. He holds rosary beads and an open bible. By his shoulder stands an alarmed looking detective wearing a green suit and fedora as he makes notes in a pad. The duo are cloaked in a mysterious fog.
A smiling priest wearing a black suit, dog collar and straw boater smiles as he reads his open bible. A detective wearing a green suit and a fedora peers over his shoulder with interest. The duo are cloaked in a mysterious fog.

  • Presented by: David Massingham

Please note: Melbourne Fringe’s ticket allocation is exhausted, for tickets visit the Butterfly Club website.

Following an award-winning season at Sydney Fringe and sellouts at Melbourne International Comedy Festival and Brisbane Comedy Festival, Murder Village is back for more cunningly improvised whodunnits. And this time, there is a new sleuth on the case...

Immerse yourself in the cozy world of a 1950s Agatha Christie novel as Melbourne’s funniest improvisers craft eccentric characters and perplexing mysteries from your suggestions. Any of the village’s suspicious denizens could be dispatched at any moment, and any of them could be the murderer. It’s your secret ballot votes that determine who lives, who dies and who will be unmasked as the culprit.

In Murder Village, the local police inspector may be incompetent but thankfully there is a man of the cloth - and part-time amateur sleuth - on hand to sort the red herrings from the tell-tale clues. See if you can solve the crime first... whether you see one show or all of them, no two chapters of this critically acclaimed show are the same!
improvisedwhodunnit.com

  • Duration: 60 minutes

  • Age suitability: PG

  • Event warnings: Mild Coarse Language.

  • Content warnings: Violence, Staged Violence, Alcohol Use, Death, War, Murder.

  • The Butterfly Club - Upstairs
    5 Carson Pl, Melbourne CBD, VIC, 3000

    This venue is not wheelchair accessible and there is no step-free access to this venue as there are steps throughout.

    There is no reserved parking for permit holders, though there are plenty of commercial carparks nearby.

    There is no accessible toilet at this venue.

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  • Full: $37.00

  • Concession: $33.00

Sessions: In Person Events

Date Time Venue

Monday, 09 October 2023

8:30pm

The Butterfly Club - Upstairs

 Fringe allocation exhausted – see venue website

Tuesday, 10 October 2023

8:30pm

The Butterfly Club - Upstairs

 Fringe allocation exhausted – see venue website

Wednesday, 11 October 2023

8:30pm

The Butterfly Club - Upstairs

 Fringe allocation exhausted – see venue website

Thursday, 12 October 2023

8:30pm

The Butterfly Club - Upstairs

 Fringe allocation exhausted – see venue website

Friday, 13 October 2023

8:30pm

The Butterfly Club - Upstairs

 Fringe allocation exhausted – see venue website

Saturday, 14 October 2023

8:30pm

The Butterfly Club - Upstairs

 Fringe allocation exhausted – see venue website

Sunday, 15 October 2023

8:30pm

The Butterfly Club - Upstairs

 Fringe allocation exhausted – see venue website

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