![]() ![]() After all, as we’re soon told, fortune favors the bold. The audience titters, but of course we know we’re all in for the same treatment. Reaching the top floor, the porter calls “everybody out” before directing a lone wanderer off into the darkness. Once masked, audience members are herded onto a large elevator for a short time and further split up. And no cell phones or photography are allowed. Audience members must remain silent throughout unless directed to speak. Numbers are called – for the most part parties are split up upon entering the playing space – and audience members are given a few directions.Įach audience member must be masked for the entire duration of the event the masks are a bit like Ghostface masks from the Scream franchise, only with the mouth rotated upward for easier breathing. After checking bags and coats, each audience member is handed a numbered playing card and directed to the hotel bar, the Manderley, where tasty signature cocktails are available prior to entry. Of course, there are a few constants to the experience. As a result, unlike others of my reviews, I’ll shed the anonymity of assessing “an audience’s” likely response and revert to the first person. What I experienced will be entirely unlike what any other hotel guest will encounter the order of events, items seen, and spaces breached will be unique. ![]() The “experience” – because there’s no fixed narrative through line – is difficult to encapsulate. It’s a standalone sensory immersion of sorts that’s likely to leave a deep impression. The piece, which is based on Shakespeare’s Macbeth, with a Hitchcock-inspired cinematic twist, does not require a previous knowledge of its source material, though a basic knowledge of the play may offer rewards. Patience – Interview with Playwright Johnny G.Out, damned spotlight! Photo: Yaniv SchulmanĬheck into the newly opened McKittrick Hotel at your own risk, for what’s fair is foul for sure in Punchdrunk’s latest interactive environmental theatrical experience, Sleep No More, now playing in a vast and intricately decorated converted warehouse space in Chelsea through June 4th.Wednesday thru Saturday, ticketholders with a dinner reservation at the Heath before can arrive between 6:00 PM and 7:00 PM, and ticketholders with reservations afterward will be expected between 10:00 PM and 10:30 PM.Įnter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Contains nudity and simulated violence/sex.) Teenagers and Adults (Ticketholders under the age of 16 will not be admitted. Attendees are encouraged to explore the McKittrick Hotel and find the cast of characters dancing, loving, and murdering each other. Sleep No More is a fully immersive theatrical experience and a unique retelling of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. ![]()
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