The show takes place in the fictional “McKittrick Hotel,” which has many different levels to explore. Unlike typical theatre, where you sit in one seat for the entire show and watch the plot unfold in front of you, ‘Sleep No More’ acts more like a choose your own adventure.
The show contains almost no dialogue but is filled with interpretive dancing to convey the scenes or stories. It is loosely based on William Shakespeare‘s Macbeth but set in a 1930’s film noir aesthetic. ‘Sleep No More’ is an interactive and immersive stage production. This is for those who want a more in-depth review of my experience. This post is spoiler-free but I do have an additional guide with some spoilers.
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So if you’re curious and want a few clues as to how to make the most of your experience, then read on. While I don’t want to spoil the experience for anyone, there are a few things I wish I’d known before walking into the doors. And I can safely say it was the best money I ever spent! Photo Credit: nycscout Therefore, I found it hard to validate spending $100+ per ticket when no one would tell me anything about it! But finally, after much back and forth and some encouragement from my friend, we bought our tickets. Anyone who has gone to see it is oddly secretive about the experience. But the price tag always made me hesitate. I had heard about ‘Sleep No More’ from various friends who had gone to see it and just raved about it. Sitting here in the dead of winter, during the pandemic, I have time and time again closed my eyes and “ dreamt I went to Manderley again…” I am dreaming of the time when I can return to New York and see ‘ Sleep No More‘ again. Methought I heard a voice cry, “Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep” – the innocent sleep, Sleep that knits up the raveled sleave of care, The death of each day’s life, sore labor’s bath, Balm of hurt minds, great nature’s second course, Chief nourisher in life’s feast. Thank you for supporting the Creative Adventurer* Sleep No More plays on West 27th Street in NYC through June 27th.*I may be compensated if you purchase through any affiliate links on this site. … chacun a son gout … caveat emptor … etc … DISCLOSURE: I didn’t see all of it but after getting the idea, found a black mask to guide me to the exit. Still, the sense that you’re in a fire-trap … well, let’s just say it adds a realistic note of fear. The staff is well trained (you can tell them by their black masks - yours is white) and are on hand to rescue the faint-hearted or those who just want to find their way back to the bar - or the exit. Some make reference to Macbeth, e.g., there’s an attack by witches, and others are just violent - a man kills a woman - or sexy - two guys in bed, and other mixes and matches. Unlike, say, Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean, these scenes have live performers. Wearing a mask to further remove you from yourself, you follow maze-like dark corridors at seeming random with illuminated vignettes with elaborate and well done sets, and music and dance, that are scary, seductive or both. Cocktails are available for purchase to heighten the intoxication.įrom there - when your number comes up, heh heh - you embark on the path of Sleep No More. Its smoky illusion unifies staff in evening dress, visitors in jeans and whatever, and the blood red decor for an oceanic experience. Teenagers would love it, but it’s expensive, and the large bar is the central launching point for the experience, so in feeling it’s more for “over 21” - but not much over.įinally allowed in, you pass through a long, dark, high-ceilinged passage, check your belongings (for a hefty fee), since it’s best to be unencumbered, and the staff keeps repeating “It’s hot up there” - turn your reservation into a playing card ticket farther on, and then set off on narrow, winding ( Sleep No More is not for the claustrophobic) twists and turns to emerge into a large bar and lounge. Almost everyone in line (you wait in line outside as for a club until your scheduled time comes up) was in their early 20’s, lots of couples who’d made a fiscal investment for a night of fun. It’s a kind of spooky fun-house entertainment installed in a re-worked old hotel in NYC’s Chelsea district. Still, it’s well done for what it is, and admirably polished, though not my cup of tea. I’m writing about it to let you know, if interested, that it’s not a play and not much about Shakespeare’s Macbeth. That is, I expected to see a play since it’s listed as “Off-Broadway” and Punchdrunk is a British theater company.
I went to Sleep No More thinking, from what I’d heard, that it would be an exciting, deconstructed version of Macbeth.
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