Sleep No More first opened its doors in London, followed by a run at Massachusetts's American Repertory Theater, but moving to New York was a risk, due to the size of both the cast and the set. One turn of a corner could lead into a bedchamber where a sensual dance of passion and violence is taking place, while another turn might lead to a hedonistic rave, complete with pulsing music, flashing lights, and flowing blood. Moving through suggestively dark rooms and hallways, people can explore independently or follow a cast member for minutes or hours at a time. Ten years later, following multiple extensions and a pandemic and an industry shutdown, it still is.Ī fever dream of Shakespeare's Macbeth à la Alfred Hitchcock, Sleep No More could be described as a shadowy, cinematic "choose your own adventure." Participants are invited to enter the McKittrick Hotel, a vast warehouse space transformed into the production's eerie environment by Punchdrunk, the British theater company known for its site-specific, immersive productions. The sweeping avant-garde production, an immersion of Shakespeare, film noir, and dance, introduced a uniquely new experience to adventurous theatergoers. When Sleep No More premiered in New York in 2011, it was planned for a six-week run. And The Woman In Black, a ghost story which takes place in a pub, is running until Feb 27 th in the same building which hosts Sleep No More.A scene from Sleep No More at the McKittrick Hotel
Bottom of the Ocean in Bushwick caters to an exclusive audience of 5 people per show. Fortunately some new ones have popped up as well. One favorite, Then She Fell, where 15 guests unlocked rooms and explored a world based on the writings of Lewis Carroll had to shut down. While many shows are returning some have closed permanently. And I think we are in the midst of reinventing what nightlife is, and how we can safely come together to experience art and culture and community." "I think we're living in an extraordinary time. “My crowd loves to get dressed up and look phenomenal,” says Campbell, “they are excited to come and thrilled to be among the living again.” Her Dragon Ball will take place on March 20 th giving guests the experience of a 1930s Shanghai Jazz Age extravaganza, with live bands, burlesque dancers and fire performers.
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While not exactly theater, Juliette Campbell’s Shanghai Mermaid series of soirees also specialize in transporting people to exotic locals and eras. “At the first dress rehearsal we took them off and it was like magic! We could see faces again and expressions and connections. “We rehearsed for 4 weeks with the cast wearing KN95 masks and everyone was so great having to do these insane aerobic dances in them,” says Boyd. In the past audiences at Sleep No More always wore a ‘voyeur’ mask - they will now be given a redesigned version that sits above the KN95 mask they are also required to wear and also show proof of vaccination. We also scaled back capacity so people could have more room.” The show opened up at 50% of it’s usual audience and will be working it’s way back to 100% over the next few weeks, giving the production time to observe how things are working. “We asked does this feel ok from an audience perspective? From a cast perspective? There were hundreds of changes, from how we deal with consumable props to how artists physically interact with the guests, but always making sure it didn’t detract from the experience. To make things safer, Boyd says the production team went over every scene and questioned everything before the show reopened on Valentine’s Day.
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