Smoke & Mirrors

22/11/2025

17/11/2025

Fantastic Friday night "Hatchet" at the gorgeous Huntsman in Bath! Fabulous venue; fabulous food; fabulous audience! We very much hope to be back soon! https://www.huntsmanbathpub.co.uk/

17/11/2025

We’re on a roll with “Ancestral Vices”! On Saturday we had another classic event to celebrate Justin’s special birthday. This brilliant audience really went for the ‘20s theme (love the bathing suit) and for their crazy characters too. The bubbly was won by Emma, despite saying at one point that she wasn’t going to do an answer sheet! Tom won the chocolates for one of the maddest and funniest Myrtle Shagweavers we’ve seen. Special thanks to Lucy for finding us and for supplying hilarious guest info. We’d love to see you again!

12/11/2025

A Monday “Ancestral Vices” - what a great way to start the week! A stunning venue at Ettington Park and this group were a fabulous audience. No cue was missed, no joke was wasted and so much laughter! Craig was the top detective and Tom won the chocolates for his wonderful Horatio, although there were many other 5* performances. Huge thanks to Elaine for great organisation and a fab Spencer Talents/Myrtle, and to Gian for looking after us so well.

11/11/2025

On Saturday we had the privilege of entertaining this wonderful audience with a riotous "Royal Blood" at the beautiful Mill at Elstead. They were completely brilliant - huge fun and kept us on our toes with their questions. Thank you so much - we'd love to see you again!

11/11/2025

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05/11/2025

Chutney Mary in St James’ Street was the venue for Rahul’s 40th birthday celebration, and what an evening it was! Beautiful venue, fabulous food, stunning fancy dress and a wonderful audience, all brought together superbly by Janki. There was much laughter and some brilliant performances, but after much agonising by us the chocolates went to Raj for her fine Lady Alicia. Great detective work by Priya meant that she won the champagne.
A lovely evening – thank you all for being part of a great Ancestral Vices!

04/11/2025

We started November with two more brilliant events. First was a fabulous “Seven Deadly Gins” at Astwood Bank Club flawlessy organised by Andrea. The audience were superb with some memorable moments, including Mia who wrote all her detective notes on paper plates and still got the right killer! However the winning team with the most accurate and detailed answer were “The Muppets” and Aidan won the chocolates for his star turn as Horatio in the guest scene. We had a terrific evening and would love to entertain you again!

03/11/2025

"ROYAL BLOOD" at The Mill at Elstead, Saturday 8 November.

ONLY A FEW TICKETS LEFT SO BETTER HURRY!!! When they're gone, they're gone!

It is the autumn of 1882, and famous actress Lillie Langtry has invited the cream of theatrical high society to celebrate her forthcoming departure for America, where she hopes to rebuild her career. But Lillie isn’t counting on the arrival of royalty, the eruption of scandal, and a particularly intriguing blast from the past … So begins a thrilling Victorian black comedy of divas, dilemmas, and dramatic exits.

Booking details are on the website - https://www.millelstead.co.uk

03/11/2025

Our second Halloween event was “Larry Trotter’s Murderous Parody” for Neil and his friends. We were greeted by amazing fancy dress and décor and this pic isn’t enhanced or filtered – it’s exactly as taken!! This lovely audience were part of a wonderfully crazy evening with fine acting and slightly less fine detective skills. However Connie came out on top and won the champagne and the chocolates went to Dan for his fine Luna and wonderful Irish accent. What a great evening!

03/11/2025

Halloween at The White Horse was absolutely brilliant! A wonderful venue and a fabulously fun and responsive audience who really joined in with the spirit of the event. We had some fantastic feedback – thank you so much. Special thanks to Emma for superb organisation and to everyone who supported the event. We hope to see you again!

03/11/2025

Our detectives had a great time entertaining Steve and his lovely family at Pettistree House! Lois won the bubbly for finesleuthing and for getting the motive spot on. There were some exceptional performances - Myrtle, Desmond and Basil were superb!! Robin really enjoyed dressing up and Horatio really suited his leather hat!!! But the chocs went to Stella Shades for an outstanding performance. Really an event to remember!