Sat 16th Nov 2024 - 7pm

Something wicked this way comes…The Assembly House is hosting, a murder mystery night after darkness falls with a delicious mulled wine and canapé reception in the Grand Hall, a sumptuous three-course dinner in the beautiful Music Room and a night of frighteningly good immersive theatre as you dine.

Theatre company Dreamstone Productions has created a murder mystery to remember, remember with a Bonfire Night Plot theme which will guarantee a night of thrills, chills and at least one kill on an winter evening at Norwich’s most glittering address. Dare you join us?

Date: Saturday November 16 2024. Arrive at 7pm for a mulled wine and canapés on arrival, dinner will be served at 7.30pm and the finale takes place at 9.30pm.

Tickets per person, includes reception drinks and canapés, a three-course dinner and immersive theatre: £65 per person. Avoid the booking fee and talk to us about dietary adaptations to see if we can accommodate you by calling 01603 626402. Please note, you will be seated at communal tables of up to 10 people.

The plot:

It is 1876. The traditional Guy Fawkes’ Night celebration is bigger and better than ever this year, and excitement is building for the forthcoming lighting of the bonfire. Hawkers are selling Bonfire Toffee to the gentry, and children are begging for “a penny for the Guy”.

Well known Norwich Mayor Thomas Quested Finnis is descended from a long line of City Officials dating back to the 17th Century.

Unpopular, due to his harsh enforcement of taxation and cruel treatment of the poor, he is hoping to regain some of his popularity by hosting a party followed by a grand fireworks display at The Assembly House.

However - some people are angry about the money being spent on luxuries rather than helping the destitute; in particular, young urchin Timothy and his curmudgeonly Grandad William seem set on all kinds of mischief!

Finnis’s young ambitious protégé from Ireland, Oscar Murphy, is also there along with his new, elegant and innocent English fiancé Fanny Fox. All seems harmonious between them – but is there a chance of outed secrets turning the relationship into something really explosive?

Oh…and just one more thing – did Finnis mention that his extra-large and extravagant stock of fireworks is being stored in the undercroft at The Assembly House, below your feet…?

Do you dare risk the volatile night - where tempers may erupt, and impassioned grudges become violently inflamed? Victorian dress is encouraged but certainly not compulsory.

The menu: PLEASE ORDER GLUTEN-FREE, DAIRY-FREE, VEGAN OR VEGETARIAN IN ADVANCE

Mulled wine on arrival with canapes of chipolatas with honey mustard, ham hock tartlets with apple chutney, truffled wild mushroom tartlets

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Thick cut smoked salmon, pickled cucumber, Gunpowder tea syrup, pea shoots, treacle bread GFa DFa

Herb crusted ratatouille tart, Pesto Dressing VG GFA – to be pre-ordered

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Slow-cooked Norfolk beef, smoked mash potato, Bourguignonne garnish of bacon lardon, baby onion, button mushroom and red wine, glazed carrots and petit pois, watercress GF DF

Butternut squash, sage and chestnut Wellington, apple sauce, roasted new potatoes, Maple glazed carrots, beetroot and lentil gravy VG DF GFa – to be pre-ordered

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Sticky toffee apple pudding, caramel and custard sauces V VGa DFa GFa – please pre-order vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free

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Coffee and fudge