AI murder mystery✦ Extreme
A Glittering Silence
The sudden death of a lead actress on opening night sends shockwaves through a prestigious repertory theatre. The investigation uncovers a complex web of personal secrets, professional rivalries, and hidden debts, all swirling around a missing costume receipt and a sabotaged production.
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Investigation Constraints
Early 2000s analogue-digital hybrid: landline phones with answering machines, physical mail, fax machines, backstage intercoms, printed rehearsal schedules, typed and handwritten letters, Polaroid and 35mm film cameras, local newspaper gossip columns, early digital audio recorders for dictation, basic email on communal theatre office computers.