Sleep No More Floors

As far as i know it starts with the threes but even then it s not every group it just depends on the night.

Sleep no more floors. Down a few steps is a small room with an armchair. Yesterday sunday during the 4 pm show though i finally ended up there. Every room in the multi floor playspace is the set and decorated to create the world of macbeth in the hotel. Up or down i looked at the staircase in front of me wondering if the direction i took would actually impact tonight s choose your own adventure theater.

Sleep no more an immersive. Sleep no more is the new york city production of a site specific work of theatre created by british theatre company punchdrunk it is primarily based on william shakespeare s macbeth with inspiration also taken from noir films especially those of alfred hitchcock as well as some reference to the 1697 paisley witch trials it is expanded from their original 2003 london incarnation at the. Sleep no more is explained in this insider s look of a complicated bizarre experience. This is along the back wall but it is not obvious.

The mckittrick hotel is where the entire action takes place. It was my sixth time going to sleep no more and though in the past i ve been lucky enough to experience a few 1 1s i d never managed to figure out a way to the sixth floor. From here you have but one decision to make. Whether exploring the space on your own.

And probably half of the shows there is no 6th floor at all. There is a whole article on the new york times about the set. In my experience seven years and over 200 shows the best way to experience the 6th floor is to stumble upon the 6th floor nurse orderly on the 5th floor. Punchdrunk transforms chelsea warehouses for sleep no more they have a very informative gallery with audio commentary about the set.

This is a mezzanine level balcony that overlooks the 0th floor. Its name is the same as the hotel in hitchcok s movie vertigo. Sleep no more from british theater company punchdrunk is like nothing we ve seen before and we live in new york city the production takes place and has since 2011 in a bespoke venue. You can also find numerous photos of the set here.