We’re not quite at a retrospective yet, but we are definitely towards wrapping up. Thank you to all our wonderful audience members who saw us, and for those elsewhere in the country and world, stay tuned for touring news.
The Cast of Death By Chocolate – Wellington
Photo by Matt Evans
We’re counting down the days until we’ve had 100,000 hits on the “Death By Chocolate (Wellington)” ticketing site – eventfinder.co.nz and wondering what our total hit rate will be by the end of the season.
Here’s the data:
Aug 11, 11:17am – “over 8,000 hits within the first week”
Aug 21, 12:01am – 23,383 hits
Aug 28, 10:25am – 35,292 hits
Aug 31, 11:35am – 41,889 hits
Sept 2, 6:35pm – 53,334 hits
Sept 4, 9:58am – 63,300 hits and the #1 event in Wellington (beating AC/DC!)
Sept 5, 12:05pm – 68,911 hits
Sept 7, 11:32am – 78,285 hits and #2 in New Zealand (behind Fleetwood Mac)
Sept 9, 5:18pm – 97,371 hits
Sorry to those who don’t get excited by stats, but it’s a fun thing for us to count 
What else?
Well, our first week has gone swimmingly – keep your eyes peeled for a plethora of reviews being posted throughout this week. As we learn of them, we’re posting them to this site (on the Death By Chocolate pages).
The Death By Chocolate pages, themselves, have had a makeover, so have another look through them when you get the chance.
Tickets are running out the door (both locally and internationally), but we’re not sold out yet. Get your tickets at eventfinder.co.nz. And if you need a hand getting logged in to the secret website, shoot us an email — we’ll get you through hassle free.
We’ve started doing photos of this cast / season, and those will be out and about soon no doubt. Here’s a sneak preview of the team in their cool new hoodies (we may make some copies to sell, get in touch if you’re interested)
photo by Matt Evans
We’ve also had quite a lot of enquiries from Auckland, as well as from people about private bookings. In terms of the latter, yes, we do do them, and no, we’re not booked up for Christmas parties yet. In terms of Auckland, keep registering your interest – we’re thinking about it. Strongly.
That’s enough for now, no doubt, but will try to drop a line again soon.
~WhoDunnit Events
Essential Details
WHEN
Thursday-Sunday, March 12-21, 2010
that is, 12-14 (Fri-Sat) & 18-21 (Thurs-Sun)
Start time is 7pm, doors open at 6:30pm
Duration of the live event is approximately 2 hours
WHERE
Koko Black Chocolate
52 Collins St
Melbourne
HOW MUCH
$50 Admit One = Live Event + Chocolate Tasting + Online Experience
$15 = Online Only Experience (available internationally)
All tickets are available via DramaTix.com.au
CHOCOLATE
The exquisite Koko Black Chocolates… sampling menu TBA
MORE INFORMATION:
~ Introductory page with videos
~ Essential details (address, time, dates, etc)
~ Reviews
~ Credits
Additional Plot Information
Death By Chocolate
an interactive murder mystery with chocolate tasting
Chocolate + Murder + Interactive
Buy your ticket and immediately begin your interactive experience. Become a student detective and start testing your skills online right away.
Then attend the live event where you enjoy two hours of interrogating the suspects, sampling chocolate, swapping notes, and riffling through evidence. Complete the night with an accusation, but it’s not over yet!
Continue the case online where you can ask more questions, decode more clues, and revel in online discussion, until the murderer is uncovered and arrested.
A chocolate-lovers party has gone horribly wrong… Can you uncover WhoDunnit?
If you are unfamiliar with what our events entail, we suggest you look at this visual run down and/or read up on our FAQ.
MORE INFORMATION:
~ Introductory page with videos
~ Essential details (address, time, dates, etc)
~ Reviews
~ Credits
Reviews
MELBOURNE 2010 SEASON – PRESS
Season begins March 12, 2010…
MELBOURNE 2010 SEASON – AUDIENCE
Season begins March 12, 2010…
PREVIOUS SEASONS – PRESS
Winner: Best Special Event Award (Melbourne Fringe 2007)
Officially sold out: Edinburgh 2008, Adelaide (with extended season) 2008, Melbourne 2007
“Audience pleaser. I can attest that the crowd thoroughly enjoyed themselves”
~The Scotsman (UK)
“The acting was fantastic, the concept was brilliant and the chocolate was divine”
~Texture (NZ)
“Involving… far too easy to get caught up in the whole drama”
~ The Age (Australia)
“Interactive theatre is an understatement”
~The Hutt News (NZ)
“The most amazing theatrical experience ever. I will definitely be back”
~ Channel 4’s Laura Marks (UK)
MORE INFORMATION:
~ Introductory page with videos
~ Essential details (address, time, dates, etc)
~ Reviews
~ Credits
Credits
DEATH BY CHOCOLATE (MELBOURNE 2010)
Creator/Director/Producer – Vanessa B Baylen
LIVE EVENT
Chocolate – Koko Black
Alison “Allie” Gull – TBA
Beverley Hylskop – TBA
Cassandra “Kaz” Enova – TBA
Ivanna “Coco” Noe – TBA
Jack Azz – TBA
Justin Case – TBA
Melissa Barron – TBA
Pearl Harber – TBA
Susan “Sue” Tuble – TBA
Tamara “Tam” Artow – TBA
ONLINE EXPERIENCE
Flash Games –
Neroli Wesley (maze, autopsy, helicopter game, music box)
David Pritchard (follow the lawyer game)
Newspaper Contributors –
Vanessa B Baylen as Trudy Guthrow, Joel Cohen, Steven Williams, Ivanna Noe, Carly Cummings, Ash Roblin, Elaine Guthrow
Kate Scarlett as Leonie Johnson, Alana Martin, Cara Summers
Philip Patston as himself
Adam Bradshaw as himself
Roy Bradshaw as himself
Susan Jackson as herself
Evidence Content –
Vanessa B Baylen, Adam Bradshaw, and others TBA
Videos – Vanessa B Baylen
Website – Caspian Ievers & Brandon Stewart
CREW
Publicist — Geraldine Hill @ flying monkey PR
Casting Assistant – May Jasper
Sponsorship Liaison – Kate Scarlett
Corporate Liaison – Jessica Wong
General Assistants – Adam Bradshaw
Photos – Annabel Carberry, Vanessa B Baylen, Matt Evans
Photoshop – Adam Bradshaw, Vanessa B Baylen
SPECIAL THANKS TO:
Coming soon…
MORE INFORMATION:
~ Introductory page with videos
~ Essential details (address, time, dates, etc)
~ Reviews
~ Credits