Lumley Castle Murder Mystery Dinner

A grand and intriguing evening of dinner and a theatrical whodunnit that will leave everyone guessing, unless you’re a super sleuth and work out the clues.Includes:

• Single Glass of Prosecco on arrival
• Murder Mystery Entertainment
• Delicious 3-Course Meal
• Disco till Close

Dates in 2024:

Fading silent movie star Gerda Loynes is expecting to throw a party to celebrate her latest award but tonight the award has gone to the woman stealing roles that would once have gone to Gerda and she’s stealing Gerda’s husband too. Just how far will Gerda go to save her once glittering career and her marriage too. Will she resort to murder or does someone else have a motive for a silent movie murder.This is set in the 1920s so come dressed in glitteringly glamorous style.

Friday 26th April – Murder & The Millionairess

You are invited to the 21st birthday party of twins Greta and Ottilie Lovelace, the night before Greta inherits £9.7 million from a recently deceased wealthy aunt…if she lives long enough.Ottilie is delighted that her older sister, by just a few minutes, is about to come into a fortune but their stepmother has different ideas. The wealthy aunt died in a break-in gone wrong, an unsolved crime that you need to solve and fast because this 21st birthday party is going to be murder!

Friday 3^rd and Saturday 18th May – A First Class Murder

Join the first-class passengers as they board the unsinkable Titanic heading for New York but not everyone is as they seem. Secrets are about to be revealed, blackmail and revenge are being served up with dinner and a killer is stalking the decks. Everyone has a motive for murder but who will be bumped off first. Mrs Clementine Nokkham-Dedd is taking her daughter, Eglantine, to seek a suitable husband in New York but Eglantine has other ideas. Tonight they will dine at the First Officer’s table with people they have never met before, people they will get to know very well when a body is discovered and accusations begin to fly.

Maia Millions is getting married but with her bridegroom has gone missing, her bridesmaid is green with envy and a paparazzi photographer has gate-crashed the wedding. Family secrets mean the best day of her life is about to become her worst!July 19^th and August 3^rd – Murder On The Menu
Celebrity judges Jayne Fondant and Mario Mascarpone have arrived at the village fete to judge the cake competition, but someone has put murder on the menu and one of them won’t be leaving alive! Was it poison in the icing or a beating with the buttercream?

September 6^th and 21^st – Murder By The Book

It’s 1926 and the Queen of Crime is missing. The staff at Lumley Castle Hotel are all agog with the news and they’re convinced the woman sitting writing her novel in the corner is the real Christie! When a murder occurs, it seems to have come straight from the pages of her book. From fiction to fact and it looks as though one of the guests is committing murder!

October 18^th – Murder Is Frightful

You are invited to spend the night in a haunted house…if you dare. Wealthy recluse Madden Batty was found dead on the doorstep of her home, Haunts Hill House. Your invitation offers you a chance to share in her inheritance but not everything is as it seems, and you’ll soon be investigating a murder.

November 8^th and 23^rd – Murder & Sparkling Wine

Lord Jolyon Jape is hosting the annual Lumley Castle party but there’s an uninvited guest, a Bulgarian ballet star who is not all he seems and a body in the library! Meet a Countess, a ballet dancer, a former maid and his Lordship in this classic-style murder mystery.
Set in 1932 and Lumley Castle is Lord Jolly’s home for the night.

Price: £49.00 per person

Timings:
Bar opens: 6pm
Dinner served: 7:45pm
Bar closes: 12.30am
Disco finishes: 1am

Dress code: Smart casual

Age restriction: minimum age requirement of 16 years

During the booking stage please advise our team of any dietary requirements in the order ‘note box’ provided during checkout.  We will require this information three weeks prior to your arrival, we may not be able to cater to your requirements in time.