It's has been 4 years since we went to this event but I suspect it is basically the same now. The show does go on during the meal. The cast members mix and mingle with the audience and everyone is encouraged to be a detective. We were delighted to have a cast member join us to dine at our table. We were a party of 7 and had a table for 8. It was even more fun that he turned out to be the "murderer". It was a very talented cast and they managed to include the audience in everything. My neice got very involved and was going from table to table comparing clues as were others. It was a fun evening for us. We ranged in age from 5 - 75.