Sleep no more immersive tickets, news, info, photos, videos. No talking, no cell phones and no taking your mask off. Attendees are active audience members who are asked to don venetian carnival masks and enter the space on different floors. After all, sleep no more playing since 2011, with tickets on sale through sept. Sleep no more is the new york city production of a sitespecific work of theatre created by british theatre company punchdrunk. It may be the longestrunning shakespeare adaptation ever, the radio station said. Punchdrunk transforms chelsea warehouses for sleep no.
Sleep no more plays at the mckittrick hotel, 530 west 27th street. Mckittrick hotel nye 2016 third floor clip 1 at sleep no more. This is a mezzanine level balcony that overlooks the 0th floor. It is expanded from their original 2003 london incarnation at the. Sleep no more is an indoor promenade performance lasting up to three hours. 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. I looked at the staircase in front of me, wondering if the direction i took would actually impact tonights chooseyourownadventure theater. 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. There are seven 7 floors, numbered here 0 through 6. 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. The new york times calls it a voyeurs delight, with all the creepy, shameful pleasures that entails. 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. 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.
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. See more ideas about sleep no more, sleep and beyond the sea. How shows like sleep no more get you to accept new. How to get the most out of sleep no more gothamist. Sleep no more is an interactive, immersive theatre and dance performance installed over six floors at new yorks the mckittrick hotel a. 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. The production takes place and has since 2011 in a bespoke venue. Since 2011 it has been housed at the semifictional mckittrick hotel, in lower manhattan. The mckittrick hotel, the space in which sleep no more is performed. Sleep no more won the 2011 drama desk award for unique theatrical experience, and has garnered accolades from around the world. 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.
Supplied barrett uses similar arguments about experimentation and. Sleep no more theater profile and schedule new york. Punchdrunk transforms chelsea warehouses for sleep no more they have a very informative gallery with audio commentary about the set. May 26, 2017 a collection of posts from the interactive play sleep no more.
Reviews from sleep no more employees about sleep no more culture, salaries, benefits, worklife balance, management, job security, and more. Both are souvenirs audience members get to keep as a memento from the mckittrick hotel, the fictional location where sleep no more takes place. Before i regale you with my harrowing tale of sleep no more, an immersive entanglement of haunted mansion meets interactive theater performance. Upon checkin, guests are given a playing card and a mask. 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. 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. There are five arrival times for each performance ranging from 3. Sleep no more is an awardwinning theatrical experience that tells shakespeare s scottish tragedy through a film noir lens. Critically acclaimed and beloved by the audiences, sleep no more is directed by felix barrett and maxine doyle. This is not any film summary, or the plot of any video game. On some, but not all, floors, they are marked as for instance 5e. Buy tickets for punchdrunks sleep no more in shanghai. On some, but not all, floors, they are marked as for instance 5e and 5w. Heres the latest on the park plaza hotels longawaited.
Sleep no more is a sort of exploratory, non linear theaterdance experience. It was my sixth time going to sleep no more, and though in the past ive been lucky enough to experience a few 1. Sleep no more is punchdrunk theaters staging of macbeth, as if retold by alfred hitchcock and isadora duncan. Sleep no more the elevator with the masked individuals, let off at different floors. The spoilerfree userfriendly guide to enjoying sleep no more. 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.
Sleep no more was the comsat angels second album and is widely regarded as a masterpiece that had a major influence on bands such as u2 who toured with the band. Sleep no more notes and resources boston university. The show is expressed as a complete nonverbal performance that is loosely based on macbeth. Sleep no more is explained in this insiders look of a complicated, bizarre experience. 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. 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. 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. Emursive presents punchdrunks sleep no more an awardwinning theatrical experience that tells shakespeares scottish tragedy through a film noir lens. Well, the hottest ticket has been book of mormon but this is a close second. In eerie sleep no more, the audience wanders through the. Sixth floor oneonone sleep no more, flooring, amazing, inspiration.
Supplied barrett uses similar arguments about experimentation and research to support the companys work for. Sleep no more sophie bortolussi as lady macbeth and nicholas bruder as macbeth in this sitespecific show on west 27th street. 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. 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. I wont sleep no moreon those tiled floorsi swear ill make a move and declare warto an. After admission, guests embark upon an individual journey and may stay inside the performance for as long as they wish. Come in and sweep the floors then mop the floors dust off counters and furniture. An exquisite set and evocative props have transformed several floors of a former hotel building in chelsea.
Then, groups of 10 or so patrons at a time are ushered into an elevator lobby, where youre given a mask and three rules. Only a few guest can be lead up to 6th floor by characters. The entirely dialoguefree piece incorporates modern dance and mime with intricate, cinematicquality installation stage design, a huge sound system, and laser and. Sleep no more, from british theater company punchdrunk, is like nothing weve seen beforeand we live in new york city. Sleep no more notes and resources bu personal websites. There is a bar area with a staircase down to the 0th floor. The freakily immersive experience of sleep no more. Sleep no more premiered in new york in 2011 and in 2016, wnyc reported it was still selling out shows. The immature persons guide to sleep no more thought catalog. Punchdrunk staged sleep no more throughout the mckittrick hotel. 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. This is an immersive experience and very chooseyourownadventurey.
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. Elon musk says he is sleeping on tesla factory floor to. Punchdrunks sleep no more at the mckittrick hotel in new york. 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. The mckittrick hotel is where the entire action takes place. I even know a couple ppl who work there, but snm does a. After their department is shut down, the team moves forward in secret only this time on themselves. It has been running since 2011 in a formerly abandoned club in chelsea renamed the mckittrick hotel. The bellhop takes us into the elevator, distributing guests on various floors and breaking up groups. 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. 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.
Sleep no more is an individual journey and guests are encouraged to travel alone in silence. With keli price, brea grant, stephen ellis, christine dwyer. Sleep no more, created by the uk theater group punchdrunk, is an exciting, sitespecific, nonlinear theatrical production based on shakespeares macbeth. Messes with your head as thoroughly as any artificial stimulant. 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. Why i wasnt surprised by the sleep no more accusations. Ive only heard rumors and stories from friends of friends. Sleep no more is the comsat angels second album, released 21 august 1981 on polydor records. Make your own macbeth in eerie sleep no more, the audience wanders through the bards bloody business. Sleep no more is very much in line with the goth rock movement that was emerging at the time.