The Tribune

By YOURI KEMP

Tribune Business Reporter

ykemp@tribunemedia.net

An expanding high-end restaurant yesterday unveiled more entertainment with its dining options through the ‘Jazz to Kill’ murder mystery-themed dinner.

Precious Fortune-Thompson, chairman of the Foreign Xscape Group of Restaurants, owner of Prime One Seafood and Steakhouse, said the latter will offer patrons a murder mystery play during their three-course dinner.

The play, ‘Jazz to Kill’, will begin on January 28 and be offered up to four times a week through to March 2024. Then another themed dinner will be offered. Ms Fortune-Thompson said: “Once the show starts, this team has about 17 sets in their series that are going to run on Sundays, Wednesdays, some Thursdays and some Fridays.

“When we say 3 Course Murder, it’s definitely the best of the best meal you are going to enjoy. There will also be some mini series that includes a lighter food option, which will be just as fun. A lot of times we’re saying that there’s nothing available and Bahamians are not out there showcasing their talents, but here is another opportunity that people can add to their calendar.”

Prime One is a fully-owned Bahamian restaurant, and the entire cast is local, offering a unique dining experience for patrons to enjoy. The series of plays will be open to Bahamians and tourists, and be marketed to tour operators. Websites that prospective tourists frequent have been engaged leading up to the January 28 opening.

Raquel Rolle, organiser of 3 Course Murder, said: “We came up with this concept last year. We were part of the Royal Caribbean boot camp with the Access Accelerator, and we were awarded an opportunity to pitch this concept to them, this tourism-based business, during that eight weeks boot camp.

“During this boot camp we were given the tools needed to prepare for this business. Along with my cast, we pitched the video concept to them and we were shortlisted to do the in-person pitch. In the in-person pitch, the cast and I were dressed, and we pitched the 3 Course Murder under the theme ‘Jazz to Kill’, and we were successful in winning the third place recipient grants with the Access Accelerator and Royal Caribbean.

“It’s going to be an infusing of three-course dinner with the show. So I’ve always been a playwright in The Bahamas and have been writing plays now for about ten years, so I saw there was an opportunity to do a show with a dinner. People are always looking for something to do, or always eating. So why not infuse the two.”

The show will be set in the dining area of Prime One, and will allow patrons to become interactive with the play as well by offering them a part in the mystery drama as they dine.