The Chapel Murders (also available at The Griffin)
There’s a scream that rattles around the chapel and everyone discovers one of the Elsewhere team lying in a pool of blood. There’s been a murder. We break you into teams, put you into crime scene overalls and brief you on the task at hand. Each team has to figure out the who, how and why. There’s lots of evidence to find, including newspapers, hidden rooms, fingerprints, CCTV footage, UV analysis, secret hideaways, the strange neighbour, websites and family trees. We even teach you how to lift and analyse fingerprints using real forensic equipment. It’s like your own mousetrap, just for your team and only available in Amersham.
Master Chef: Old Amersham Edition
Make your own omelette. Sounds easy? Think again. Our Executive Chef Theo Michaels made the semi-finals of MasterChef in 2014 and he will be the lead facilitator of this big team building event. Teams have to work in their groups to locate all of the ingredients and complete tasks including Old Amersham gin making, goose hunting, flat bread making, egg collecting, salsa making, tomato smashing, berry picking, and finding the bee-keeper. Teams use their ingredients to make their dishes- followed by judging and prize giving.
Survive Amersham
A video plays to your team showing a freak incoming storm. We need to prepare you and rescue the Elsewhere team that got caught in the storm. We break your group into teams that under-go a series of tasks in order to plan and prepare for the worst – and to ultimately locate the Elsewhere team and rescue them. Teams are given a rucksack including vital equipment, including a CB radio. Required tasks include Land Rover training and pulling a tree, lighting a fire (with no matches) and preparing and cooking a meal, building a shelter and making a rescue flag, along with the time-sensitive High St poncho challenge. The team that saves the stranded party (and scored the highest) are today’s winners.
The Tea Heist
Whilst one of your team is excited to announce that afternoon tea will be served later - there’s a smashing of plates and a crime has been committed. We introduce your team to our senior ex-police officer (he was already doing the rounds over lunch to see if anyone has seen any suspicious people carrying rucksacks on the train). Teams have to follow the trails of evidence to help them uncover which individual from your firm did it. Skills and activities include: Crime scene analysis, firearms training, blind gin tasting out of tea cups, graffiti sessions, the jam or cream first taste-off and the Youtube video trail.
Bomb Squad
Defuse a major WW2 bomb plot. Starting with the overnight email to all Amersham evacuees heading up by train and the original air raid siren that kick-starts the activity - your teams will be running around the countryside cracking codes and defusing bombs. We also recruited one of your team to be our insider and once you discover who it is, they may be of use in finding the final bomb and the pop-up gin bar. Winston Churchill’s favourite gin will be served in tin mugs over prize giving.
Spray Cans At Dawn
We’ll bring lots of urban art with us, loads of spray cans, overalls and stencils along with some handy hints and tips. You bring the attitude and the artistic talent. All you’ve got to do is create the most convincing forgery of a famous piece of street art. Everyone loves messing around with spray paint. Here’s your chance to learn some insider knowledge and have a pop at copying the real deal.
Spaced Out
Enjoy an afternoon exploring in teams of 6 to save our little rock in space (we call Amersham)…. from an imminent food crisis. Teams are tasked with generating STAR$, with instructions from a bespoke video book that plays on opening. They need to learn Dentrassi and set to work on the Dentrassi work logs. There’s 17 stations to find including - Vehicle Manoeuvers in the Dark, Find the Secret Cocktail Bar and make Pangalactic Gargleblasters, Astronaut DJ Session, Space-Pancakes with Theo and much much more. The winning team win bespoke art boxes and claim this year’s Pan-Galactic Prize for Extreme Cleverness award.
Classic Sports Day
Sometimes you just want a good old fashioned sports day. With Summertime favourites including tug of war, sack race, egg and spoon and bean bag tossing. There’s a scorer with megaphone, a winners podium and 10ft scoreboard to create the right atmosphere. Add into the mix an ice cream truck or Pimm’s tent and you’re good to go. And if you fancy an afternoon tea from our vintage china (with gorgeous and locally produced triple decker cream cakes) that’s no problem either.