Jury Duty was a well-thought-out and put-together experience that kept my attention from start to finish, giving me real food for thought about whether we made the decision or not.
Last modified on Wed 27 Jan 2021 05.31 EST
Online adventure and puzzle games â the socially distanced cousin of both the escape room and the interactive performance â have emerged as one of the successes of Zoom theatre. They have surprise and engagement on their side, creating genuinely unpredictable, shared live experiences at a time when such experiences are in short supply. The Inquest, a follow-up to last yearâs Jury Duty, created by Jury Games, delivers on all these fronts.
The showâs premise is knowingly responsive to current circumstances. All of us on the video call have been invited to participate as jurors in a remote inquest â a new, Covid-safe initiative to help clear the backlog of unsolved cases. Our mystery involves the drowning of a student in Cambridge 10 years ago. Was it suicide? An accident? Or something more sinister?