Twas The Night Before Christmas (Optional Costume – Christmas Party Wear)

It is Christmas Eve 1987 and you are part of Smartoys staff Christmas party.  This year, Fiona Smartley-Price (Smartoy’s CEO) has extra cause to celebrate because the company have achieved having the Christmas Number 1 toy in the shops.  Mouseville Friends is that toy and was the brainchild of Siobhan (Fiona’s daughter and a managing director of the company).  She launched the new toy along with her fiancée Noel Thurst who is a television executive that has launched an animated series based on the toys. This has just completed its first series on CBBC.  Will the celebrations continue all night long or will sinister happenings halt them?

The Award Winners (Optional Costume – Black Tie / Ball Gowns)

And the winner is...

Whose name is inside the Golden Envelope this year?

Will it be Alison Mcfee whose debut film has caused such a stir? Or perhaps A list celebrity Naomi Piper? Whoever it is you can be certain that somebody will bear a grudge behind those false smiles of sincerity.

Would you kill to ensure your name is on the famous golden statuette?

Cupids Arrow (Optional Costume –Standard party Wear)

Cupid’s Arrow Introduction Agency is the brainchild of retired couple Robert and Marion Cole and is run by their daughter-in-law Scarlet. It was a retirement idea born from the fact that Robert and Marion were originally introduced through an introduction agency and they have enjoyed a long and happy marriage. But is the Agency all that it professes to be? Or does it hide sinister secrets?

Murder Beyond the Manor (Optional Costume – Dinner Jackets & Ball Gowns)

This evening, Lord & Lady Jacobson are hosting a party in honour of their son’s engagement to socialite Champagne Oxton. With the Jacobson manor undergoing substantial refurbishment, the very wealthy Jacobsons are hosting the party at the hotel, and you’re invited. Tonight, is supposed to be an evening of celebration – but will everything go to plan? Perhaps – but it depends on who’s plan!?

Sinister (Optional Costume –Mad Scientist)

Michael and Georgina Kettleworth are celebrating their wedding anniversary tonight. Michael is a successful scientist currently engaged in some top secret research, which he conducts at a secret laboratory based near to the hotel. They have invited all their friends and colleagues and they should be at the evening also. But what exactly is the nature of Michael’s research and how is it funded? Why is Georgina so nervous and highly strung? And just WHAT are those strange, creepy noises?

The Toy Boy (Optional Costume – Wedding Outfits)

Mary Langford has been widowed twice, but they were both long and very happy marriages. So you’d think she’d be content with her memories. Sir Robert Langford OBE, her second husband, was CEO of the British and Commonwealth Petroleum company and left Mary a huge fortune. So why is she getting married a third time? And to a man young enough to be her son! At least it has the blessing of her daughter, Jemimah.  Or does it?

Murder on the Dance Floor (Optional Costume – Black Tie / Sparkly Dress)

Style TV, is new to the UK. Owned by Australian media magnate Greg Copeland, the TV company is set to go head to head in an all out war with BBC's 'Strictly' this year. Their new dance show, 'Step Up & Dance'  promises to be big & brash.  Fronted by TV host Sam Delaney, the show will have notorious musical star P.J. McQueen as lead judge, who makes Craig Revel Norwood seem like a pussycat!!   Tonight will be an opportunity for one lucky person to join the show.

Til Death us do Part (Optional Costume – Wedding Occasion Wear)

This evening, you are invited to the wedding reception of high school sweethearts, Jack and Jill Smith. The vows have been exchanged and the party is in full swing – but is everyone happy for the happy couple? Is somebody hoping that death will part them sooner than most would have expected?

Fearless (Optional Costume – Pirates)

We are celebrating the 150th anniversary of Captain 'Fearless' Falcon’s death. Captain Falcon was a merciless pirate who was responsible for much death and destruction on the high seas. It is rumoured that there was a vast treasure hidden at the Captains house, Talon Hall, but this has never been discovered. The new owner of Talon Hall, Sir Graham Buchannan will also be here tonight, along with members of the Fearless Falcon Society. Is the discovery of an old map key to finding the treasure? And would anybody kill to get their hands on so much money?

Beneath the Mask (Optional Costume – Superheroes etc)

The Killinton Sci-Fi & Comic book Society are holding their annual convention.  This year it promises to be a very special one as the society are planning an exciting visit to the world’s biggest convention in San Diego, California.  Everyone who has paid the £5000 registration fee for this, will tonight have the opportunity to win back that fee and go to the USA completely free of charge… but will everyone get to go or does somebody have alternative plans?

The Hunted (Optional Costume – Standard Party Wear)

It’s the time of the year where the Kirk-Moulding family host the local event. Welcoming the community onto the grounds for a long traditional “get together”. The kids love it and the parents enjoy the atmosphere. But it’s not just the event going on. A serial killer is on loose and threatens the integrity of this fantastic tradition. 

After an amazing day it has now come to the evening party for the Kirk-Moulding family and parents to let down their hair. But in the background, there has already been two deaths, with many more to come!! With staff, guests and family members dying, no one is safe, not even the police!!

Murder at the Folly (Optional Costume –1920s)

It is 1928 – Tonight we celebrate the coming together of two families, to be joined by marriage. One family is headed by the rich and powerful self-made man George Barton and one is an aristocratic family who have fallen on hard times financially.

Is this to be a marriage of convenience or does true love exist? Are people trying to stop their hidden secrets from being discovered? 

Gold, Frankincense & Murder (Optional Costume – Christmas Party Wear)

Welcome to the celebrations of the first night of Sleeping Beauty pantomime, at the Emerald theatre.

The first night was a runaway success, it’s looking like Jack will be able to save his beloved Emerald theatre from closure.

Sleeping beauty was awakened, but were their secrets that were also awakened, and should Golden Secrets have been left to lie?

Penny for Guy (Optional Costume – Standard Party Wear)

It’s been a difficult year for public seating manufacturers Benchcorp.  Earlier in the year, a photograph went viral showing Guy, a homeless man sitting on one of Benchcorp’s benches with the caption, ‘Benchcorp: The number 1 choice for homeless bums’.  Charles, the company founder, is hosting a fireworks party and has invited Cllr Bill Green along with the hope of the council placing a large order for new benches.  Unfortunately, when Guy ends up dead in suspicious circumstances - the party is thrown into turmoil.