Write and perform a one-minute scene for a musical about Sherlock Holmes

Task types:

Solo

Filmed

Creative

Subjective

Single brief

Original

Locations:

Taskmaster NZ/AU House

Task briefs

The task brief is laid on the desk in the study. The briefs for the task are as follows:

To Bree:

Write and perform an original one-minute scene to be included in an imagined musical about the life of Sherlock Holmes.

Your scene must include a musical number and focus on his early childhood.

You have one hour.

Your time starts now.

To Jack:

Write and perform an original one-minute scene to be included in an imagined musical about the life of Sherlock Holmes.

Your scene must include a musical number and focus on his teenage years.

You have one hour.

Your time starts now.

To Jackie:

Write and perform an original one-minute scene to be included in an imagined musical about the life of Sherlock Holmes.

Your scene must include a musical number and focus on his years at university.

You have one hour.

Your time starts now.

To Alice:

Write and perform an original one-minute scene to be included in an imagined musical about the life of Sherlock Holmes.

Your scene must include a musical number and focus on his life post-graduation.

You have one hour.

Your time starts now.

To Pax:

Write and perform an original one-minute scene to be included in an imagined musical about the life of Sherlock Holmes.

Your scene must include a musical number and focus on his later years and death.

You have one hour.

Your time starts now.

Task notes

Also on the study, there is a magnifying glass, a meerschaum pipe, and a deerstalker cap on a mannequin head.
There is also an Inverness cape draped over the back of the chair.
The contestants perform their scenes of the musical on a stage which has been set up in the lab.
Although very similar in nature to the ‘Film a scene from a movie‘ task, this task is distinct enough to be categorised here as original.