Have you binge-watched enough crime documentaries on Netflix this year? It's now time to get involved and solve a mystery from the comfort of your own home. Put on your investigator's cap once again as Sight Lines Entertainment presents 'Murder at Mandai Camp: The Case Reopens', a prequel to the first 'Murder at Mandai Camp'.
Set within the investigator's office, viewers will meander through a spine-chilling narrative through interacting with physical evidence, footages and flashbacks. The story unfolds in a non-linear manner, with its flow determined completely by the audience. It takes the form of a choose-your-own-adventure gameplay, with audiences taking on the role of the investigator who is tasked with collating clues and key pieces of evidence to ultimately arrest and incarcerate the offender.
The highly interactive format will have the audience-investigators revisit the infamous Mandai Camp case in full 360-degree view and toggle between different evidence and videos peppered with surprises on the screen of their device. “Digitalisation isn’t simply putting a show online, it is also understanding what new audiences are looking for, and marrying that with what we know and love about the performing arts. We understand that younger audiences prefer the freedom of choice, and we want to make theatre accessible to this new generation of performing arts consumers,” says award-winning playwright-director Chong Tze Chien.
'Murder at Mandai Camp: The Case Reopens' stars a returning cast of veteran actor Erwin Shah Ismail, multidisciplinary performance-maker Bright Ong, and emerging young talents Irsyad Dawood and Ronald Goh is joined by homegrown actor and musician Benjamin Kheng.
This time, Sight Lines Entertainment is partnering with local cocktail institution Ah Sam Cold Drink Stall on two bottled cocktails: The Scent of Plumeria and Pisang Noir (two bottles at $75; four bottles at $130, excluding GST) are available for pre-order and purchase on ahsamcolddrinkstall.com/shop. The cocktail packages will come with an exclusive clue to solve the mystery.
The genre-defying experience will stream for 90 minutes on-demand between 8pm and 4am daily from December 22 to January 2. Tickets are available from $20 per audience-participant from November 24 here.
