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Murder Village: An Improvised Whodunnit
 

David Massingham presents, as part of the 2026 Melbourne International Comedy Festival

Murder Village: An Improvised Whodunnit

It’s Agatha Christie, improvised!

After smash hit sell-out runs in Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide and Brisbane, the award-winning festival favourite Murder Village: An Improvised Whodunnit returns to Arts Centre Melbourne for the 2026 Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

Immerse yourself in the cozy world of a 1950s Agatha Christie-style 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.

Now celebrating a decade of wowing audiences across Australia, Murder Village: An Improvised Whodunnit is a comedic off-the-cuff mystery created in real time by skilled improvisers. The hilarious format is a chance for lovers of crime fiction to immerse themselves in a world of English villages, red herrings, and delightfully suspicious characters.

In Murder Village, the local police inspector may be woefully incompetent but thankfully there is always an 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

★★★★★ - Fringe Feed
★★★★★ - Theatre People
★★★★★ - On the House!
★★★★★ - Hub
★★★★½ - The Ponder Room
★★★★½ - Upside Adelaide
★★★★½ - The Perth Diary
★★★★½ - Glam Adelaide
★★★★ - Theatre Matters

26 March – 19 April 2026
Tues – Sat 9:15pm, Sun 8:15pm
Previews: 26 and 27 March 9:15pm
Opening Night: 31 March 9:15pm
Tickets: $37 Full, $34 Concession, $33 Group 6+, $32 Preview and Tight Tuesday
Bookings: 03 9245 3788 and online via www.improvisedwhodunnit.com/upcoming-shows and www.comedyfestival.com.au/browse-shows/murder-village-an-improvised-whodunnit
Venue: Arts Centre Melbourne (Member’s Lounge) - 100 St Kilda Rd, Southbank
www.improvisedwhodunnit.com

Duration: 60 minutes no interval
Ages: 13+
Warnings: References to, or simulation of, violence

 

Event details

Venue: Arts Centre Melbourne (Member’s Lounge) - 100 St Kilda Rd, Southbank
Bookings: https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/browse-shows/murder-village-an-improvised-whodunnit/
Start Date: Thursday 16 April 2026

 

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