A group of graduate students conduct a sleep deprivation study in the 80s, but something goes terribly wrong with a test subject. With teslas model 3 production behind, elon musk is so busy he doesnt even have time to go home and shower. The mckittrick hotel, the space in which sleep no more is performed. An exquisite set and evocative props have transformed several floors of a former hotel building in chelsea.
The spoilerfree userfriendly guide to enjoying sleep no more. Elon musk says he is sleeping on tesla factory floor to. There are seven 7 floors, numbered here 0 through 6. Sleep no more is set in a building with five floors of theatrical action, putatively called the mckittrick hotel, though with many rooms and features not normally associated with hotels, including.
After picking up the goodies, guests are ushered into a lounge featuring antique chandeliers, a small jazz band and a small ornate bar that transports you back to the roaring 20s. Their flagship production is sleep no more, an interactive, filmnoirlike take on macbeth that plays out over three hours, five floors, and 100 rooms of a fictitious hotel. Since 2011 it has been housed at the semifictional mckittrick hotel, in lower manhattan. Then, groups of 10 or so patrons at a time are ushered into an elevator lobby, where youre given a mask and three rules. Sleep no more is set in a building with five floors of simultaneous theatrical action, putatively called the mckittrick hotel, though with many rooms and features. The entirely dialoguefree piece incorporates modern dance and mime with intricate, cinematicquality installation stage design, a huge sound system, and laser and. How to get the most out of sleep no more gothamist. I even know a couple ppl who work there, but snm does a great job of keeping secrets. After all, sleep no more playing since 2011, with tickets on sale through sept.
Sleep no more is an interactive, immersive theatre and dance performance installed over six floors at new yorks the mckittrick hotel a. With keli price, brea grant, stephen ellis, christine dwyer. It is primarily based on william shakespeares macbeth, with inspiration also taken from noir films especially those of alfred hitchcock, as well as some reference to the 1697 paisley witch trials. Sleep no more is a wonderful evening for anyone with the physical ability to handle the stairs and hours of walking, and those with an intrepid sense of curiosity will find it absolutely blissful. Buy tickets for punchdrunks sleep no more in shanghai. Sleep no more, created by the uk theater group punchdrunk, is an exciting, sitespecific, nonlinear theatrical production based on shakespeares macbeth. It may be the longestrunning shakespeare adaptation ever, the radio station said. Sleep no more sophie bortolussi as lady macbeth and nicholas bruder as macbeth in this sitespecific show on west 27th street.
Sleep no more is an indoor promenade performance lasting up to three hours. On some, but not all, floors, they are marked as for instance 5e and 5w. It is the show that started the latest trend of immersive theater in new york, and it is an engaging if dizzying mix of design, dance and drama or at least a trigger to. Supplied barrett uses similar arguments about experimentation and research to support the companys work for. The bellhop takes us into the elevator, distributing guests on various floors and breaking up groups. Sleep no mores first stop is a bar where youre somewhat aggressively encouraged to drink alcohol before entering the show. Its name is the same as the hotel in hitchcoks movie vertigo there is a whole article on the new york times about the set. Only a few guest can be lead up to 6th floor by characters. It is expanded from their original 2003 london incarnation at the. Sleep no more, from british theater company punchdrunk, is like nothing weve seen beforeand we live in new york city.
Come in and sweep the floors then mop the floors dust off counters and furniture. The show is expressed as a complete nonverbal performance that is loosely based on macbeth. Sleep no more is the new york city production of a sitespecific work of theatre created by british theatre company punchdrunk. Emursive presents punchdrunks sleep no more an awardwinning theatrical experience that tells shakespeares scottish tragedy through a film noir lens. Sleep no more is very much in line with the goth rock movement that was emerging at the time. These floors include a hospital, a hotel lobby, a nightclub, a forest containing a witchs hut, duncans quarters, macbeths bedroom, macduffs suite, a cemetery, a forest, a ballroom, a speakeasy, an interrogation. May 26, 2017 a collection of posts from the interactive play sleep no more. Sleep no more is punchdrunk theaters staging of macbeth, as if retold by alfred hitchcock and isadora duncan. Upon checkin, guests are given a playing card and a mask. It was my sixth time going to sleep no more, and though in the past ive been lucky enough to experience a few 1.
It has been running since 2011 in a formerly abandoned club in chelsea renamed the mckittrick hotel. The show plays out across three hours in 90 cinematically detailed rooms ranging across the five floors of a vast disused building in the jingan district. After their department is shut down, the team moves forward in secret only this time on themselves. Why i wasnt surprised by the sleep no more accusations. Supplied barrett uses similar arguments about experimentation and. It is widely regarded as a masterpiece that had a major influence on bands such as u2 who toured with the band and later groups such as editors and interpol. In sleep no more, five floors have been converted into a giant performance space to reimagine the story of macbeth, set in a 1930s hotel. Essentially, viewers don weird white masks and wander around the set, which is spread out across 6 or so floors of different sets, including a restaurant, a forest, a ce. Sleep no more is explained in this insiders look of a complicated, bizarre experience. Both are souvenirs audience members get to keep as a memento from the mckittrick hotel, the fictional location where sleep no more takes place.
Sleep no more is the comsat angels second album, released 21 august 1981 on polydor records. Sleep no more, produced by punchdrunk and emursive, came to the chelsea gallery district in march 2011 and is based on the original 2003 london production. I even know a couple ppl who work there, but snm does a. Sleep no more premiered in new york in 2011 and in 2016, wnyc reported it was still selling out shows. Sleep no more immersive tickets, news, info, photos, videos. Punchdrunks sleep no more at the mckittrick hotel in new york. After admission, guests embark upon an individual journey and may stay inside the performance for as long as they wish. Punchdrunk transforms chelsea warehouses for sleep no more they have a very informative gallery with audio commentary about the set. I wont sleep no moreon those tiled floorsi swear ill make a move and declare warto an. See more ideas about sleep no more, sleep and beyond the sea. Well, the hottest ticket has been book of mormon but this is a close second. On some, but not all, floors, they are marked as for instance 5e.
There are plenty of places to sit and let it all sink in, but sleep no more is so fascinating, you probably wont want to. Before i regale you with my harrowing tale of sleep no more, an immersive entanglement of haunted mansion meets interactive theater performance. In eerie sleep no more, the audience wanders through the. Critically acclaimed and beloved by the audiences, sleep no more is directed by felix barrett and maxine doyle. Punchdrunk staged sleep no more throughout the mckittrick hotel. The manderley bar inside sleep no mores mckittrick hotel is available for events and can also. This is sleep no more, a work of immersive theater created by british theater group punchdrunk, first in 2003 in london and 2009 in boston. This is an immersive experience and very chooseyourownadventurey. Sleep no more notes and resources bu personal websites.
This is not any film summary, or the plot of any video game. Audiences move freely through the epic world of the story at their own pace, choosing where to go and what to see, and everyone s journey is different and unique. Heres the latest on the park plaza hotels longawaited. The immature persons guide to sleep no more thought catalog.
Sleep no more won the 2011 drama desk award for unique theatrical experience, and has garnered accolades from around the world. How shows like sleep no more get you to accept new. Ive only heard rumors and stories from friends of friends. Sleep no more is an awardwinning theatrical experience that tells shakespeare s scottish tragedy through a film noir lens. Sleep no more plays at the mckittrick hotel, 530 west 27th street. Mckittrick hotel nye 2016 third floor clip 1 at sleep no more. The new york times calls it a voyeurs delight, with all the creepy, shameful pleasures that entails. For months now the hottest ticket in new york is to experimental theater experience sleep no more.
There are five arrival times for each performance ranging from 3. Sixth floor oneonone sleep no more, flooring, amazing, inspiration. Its full of slow tempos, droning guitar lines, echoing drums, and vaguely unhappy sentiments like it wont mean anything, it was going to take so long, but it has almost gone. I feel i should teach you a bit about myself, allowing you to fully understand my experience with this mysterious offbroadway masterpiece i am the type of new yorker that has only been to two broadway shows, the book of mormon before people were. Hidden in new york city is the best live performance show in town and that show, produced by british theater company punchdrunk in collaboration with emursive productions is sleep no more, which is way off broadway and way, way out of the box. Sleep no more theater profile and schedule new york. Sleep no more is an unusual, but unusually enlightening, evening of entertainment one that encourages you to rethink the themes and motifs in macbeth as well as the nature of theater itself.
For sleep no more, which arrives in new york after a run at a school near boston in 2009, the company took over six stories of three adjoining warehouses on west 27th street in the chelsea. This is a mezzanine level balcony that overlooks the 0th floor. Make your own macbeth in eerie sleep no more, the audience wanders through the bards bloody business. Sleep no more is an individual journey and guests are encouraged to travel alone in silence. Reviews from sleep no more employees about sleep no more culture, salaries, benefits, worklife balance, management, job security, and more.
The freakily immersive experience of sleep no more. No talking, no cell phones and no taking your mask off. The production takes place and has since 2011 in a bespoke venue. A massive production of interactive theater based on shakespeares macbeth, sleep no more is staged over five floors of set and runs for three hours without intermission.
I looked at the staircase in front of me, wondering if the direction i took would actually impact tonights chooseyourownadventure theater. Sleep no more notes and resources boston university. Sleep no more the elevator with the masked individuals, let off at different floors. The album has been reissued on cd three times, in 1995 by rpm records, in 2006 by renascent and in 2015 by edsel records, with different track. Sleep no more is a sort of exploratory, non linear theaterdance experience. Yesterday sunday during the 4 pm show, though, i finally ended up there. Once inside, the comprehensive design, which spans over six floors, does impress. Attendees are active audience members who are asked to don venetian carnival masks and enter the space on different floors. There is a bar area with a staircase down to the 0th floor.