New Immersive Cabaret ‘A Detective Thriller: Girls Who Kill’

The Pearl is happy to announce the world premiere of a brand new immersive cabaret, A Detective Thriller: Girls Who Kill, impressed by the hit TV sequence Why Girls Kill.

Anticipate an evening of thriller and recollections, the place reality blends with fiction, and the place you’ll get the prospect to place in your detective hat to seek out out precisely why these ladies kill.

We caught up with creators of the present, creative duo Ksenia Geddes and Trenton Schneiders, to seek out out extra…

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Congratulations on the brand new present. What’s your background?
We’re from totally different elements of the globe, Alaska and Belarus. In some way we discovered ourselves someplace within the center in China.

Fortunately The Pearl is a tremendous area to work in and has been actually supportive of making new work.

What’s the premise of the present?
The present loosely attracts from the hit tv sequence Why Girls Kill. It was fascinating – understanding three completely distinctive tales which are all one way or the other related – and the unfolding clues that result in a murderous climax. 

We needed to recreate this sense for the stage, however in fact we couldn’t make a ten hour present. So as a substitute of a typical setting (as within the TV present) we created a typical character.

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Detective Lionel Howard made a reputation for himself investigating and fixing three murders, these of…

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… Lucy Anderson, the housewife from hell…

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… Nina Morgan, troubled teenager…

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… and Serena Blair, social media star.

Nonetheless, when Nancy – a brand new intern working for the detective – asks him to take a second take a look at these circumstances, the information start to unravel.

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What can folks anticipate?
It’s a 3 act bilingual musical – filled with thrilling songs, dances, and humor. There are clues all all through the present and the area, so folks ought to anticipate to maintain their eyes and ears open to catch all of them.

And, in fact, like all reveals on the Pearl, anticipate to drink and have time! 

It’s an immersive efficiency – how does that work?
The present is a component cabaret, half escape room.

A lot of the motion takes place on the stage, however because the viewers dives deeper into our world they’ll seemingly discover that the detective’s particulars don’t add up the best way he says.

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To treatment this, there are 10 clues hidden across the area to fill within the blanks and expose the reality behind the three murders.

On the climax of the present, the viewers will get the prospect to vote for which ladies they suppose are responsible and which ladies they suppose are harmless – so the ending of our present modifications every time! 

And you might be encouraging folks to decorate up?
The one factor folks must put on is their detective hat! No matter will give them the motivation to stand up and immerse themselves in our present’s mysteries.

Who’s your favourite character and why?
Over the method, every character is so particular and necessary to the plot, however our present can be nothing with out Nancy.

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Her character is the glue between stage and viewers, and she or he facilitates the immersive points of the present.

She additionally speaks in Chinese language to assist make the present extra accessible to the native viewers and hopefully make folks really feel extra comfy seeing the present, it doesn’t matter what their English degree is.

What can folks anticipate when it comes to music?
The music in our present doesn’t stick with only one model – we now have high 40 hits combined in with Broadway requirements, in addition to some authentic mash-ups written particularly for our present. 

Lastly, our present is a bit more conventional theater than different Pearl performances, so we begin precisely at 7pm. 

Please arrive early – and why not strive among the scrumptious seasonal objects on The Pearls kitchen menu whilst you’re at it!


A Detective Thriller: Girls Who Kill

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Scan the QR to get your tickets now:

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Fri & Sat Jan 19 & 20, Doorways 6pm, Present 7pm; RMB200.

The Pearl, 471 Zhapu Lu, by Wujin Lu 乍浦路471号, 近武进路.

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