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I don’t want to give too much away because I feel that part of the fun in this production is trying to figure out the connection yourself, but I will provide you with a few scenes to look for, to give you some clues on how to connect this physical theater piece with Shakespeare’s play: One of the most common complaints I read online from people who saw the show is that they didn’t understand the connection between Sleep No More and Macbeth. How is This Story Macbeth? (Spoilers Ahead) This freedom from the restrictions of text means that it’s up to you to truly piece a story together, and you will find that story can alter, change, and sometimes disappear into mist.
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The great, (and famously crazy) theater theorist Antonin Artaud once said, “Text is a prison.” If that’s true, then Sleep No More has set its actors free: their movements convey the story through mime, ballet, gestures, and occasional words. Eventually though, I found a story unfold before me, and I rushed to follow it.īecause none of the actors talk, this play is not Macbeth, unless you want it to be, it is not Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier, unless you want it to be. When I first entered the hotel, I spent a few minutes looking at the set- reading a hotel guest list, or examining a jar in the pantry, or staring at animal carcasses in the trophy room. Eventually the actors will find you and you choose whether to follow them or wait for something else to come along. You wonder if the people are crazy, or if the building itself is crazy.Īs an audience member, you set the pace of your experience as you wonder through the hotels’ infirmary, library, parlor, bath, ballroom, balcony, patio, and dark forest (masterfully designed by Alexandria Challer). I would describe it as sort of like living in the strange orgy scene in Eyes Wide Shut, or that scene in The Shining where Shelly Duvall runs through rooms of the hotel and keeps seeing bizarre sights.įrom the moment you enter the incredibly detailed hotel, you know you are in a place that was dangerous, dark, and chaotic.
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Your role is basically to be an anonymous spectator at an event that unfolds before you, an event full of madness, sex, murder, and mayhem. The only division between you and the actors is that you will wear a face mask. The title of the play comes from this passage from Macbeth:Īs I said before, this a very freeing and very active kind of theater. Different actors perform on different floors and interact with other actors at different times, and the audience may watch any scene or actor they wish. The audience is admitted on the ground floor and are permitted to go freely through the 6 floor set and watch the actors perform. The play was conceived by an English company called Punchdrunk Theater Company, who took over an old 6 story warehouse on West 27th Street in New York City, and turned it into a fictional hotel/bar called the “McKittrick Hotel.” The play, (which is done entirely without dialogue), is a re-imagination of both Macbeth, and the novel Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier, set in the 1930s. Rather than sitting and watching, you actively follow the action and you can get so close to the actors you can, (and sometimes will), touch them. It’s what theater teachers like my wife call “Experiential Theater.” The way she explains it, it’s theater that exists as an event. Sleep No More is not the traditional kind of theater- there is no proscenium, no stage, no seats, and only one platform.
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Going from the general to the specific, I’m going to talk a bit about what the show is, then describe the experience a bit, and then offer some tips for people who have never gone before. I will provide a basic outline of the production, and give you an insight into what I experienced, but I would urge you to see the show yourself without any preconceptions, so if you want to keep the mystery going that surrounds this production, I suggest you stop reading…Īlright, if you’ve chosen to keep reading, that means you want to know more, so more I shall give you. WARNING: this is a production where, the less you know about it, the better your experience will be. It was scary, interactive, exciting, clever, sexy, and even a little disturbing, but without a doubt it was incredible, original, and true Shakespearean theater.īefore you read the review though, a word of caution. This was without a doubt, the most incredible theater experience I’ve ever had.