the mystery meal

The original plan was to watch Cirque Éloize, that acrobatic troupe from Montreal currently touring in Toronto. Unfortunately, by the time we got around to actually attempt to buy tickets, they had sold out. So we ended up at the Mysteriously Yours dinner theater instead. (Thanks to T.O. Tix, we got $45 tickets for just $15!)

The show is an interactive play, where you can have dinner and actually interact with the characters of the show. Instead of watching actors on stage, they're all around you -- talking to you, sitting at the table with you, and some even hitting on you. ;) It was amazing how real it felt -- one minute, we're in a restaurant expecting to see a play, and the next, we became part of a studio audience about to watch a live radio show. We had a chance to meet the radio actors, the station manager, and even the owner of the station. My favorites were Rose Bud, who said she liked my top, and Mr. Wurst, who invited me to go with him to a beach in the Philippines! Haha.

Then, just when you've met all the employees of the radio station, someone dies. It's murder... and it's up to you to figure out who did it. Coolness. It's almost like Cluedo, except you're dealing with real people.

The highlight of the show, however, was Randy the composer, who was trying to convince us the whole night that we should be his backup singers. Chuwariwop. He must have had the hots for Iris. ;) Teehee.