![]() ![]() In fact, the creators of the show are so aware of this that they give you three hours to explore. To have Sleep No More explained fully would take hours. Like me, you probably still don’t fully understand. One of many intense scenes at Sleep No More NYC interactive theater (Photo by Yaniv Schulman and supplied by Sleep No More, used with permission) Sleep No More Explained Knowing that I only caught a fraction of the story is exactly what made it so intriguing. I never did connect all the plot lines and I’m still unsure if I even met all the characters. ![]() I was on pins and needles wondering what I missed. ![]() I left the show unsettled, in an altered state of reality as I walked back to my hotel under the Chelsea Highline. This forces you to focus on everything, look through family photographs, and rummage through drawers, all adding to the fully immersive feel. Since there’s very little spoken dialogue, you’ll never know which details of the set and the story are integral to the overall message and which are merely ambiance. Although I wasn’t technically part of the story, the show is clearly participatory. To illicit such an emotional response is not easily done. Not once, but twice, I found myself completely alone in a silent cemetery that creeped me out so much I ran to a different set. At one point, I had to walk away from a nurse who never took her gaze off me, her eye contact burning a hole through my mask. More often than not, I found myself chasing characters down staircases, barely keeping up with them to find out what happens next. Photo by Robin Roemer and supplied by Sleep No More, used with permission (no photos are allowed during the performance) That is how I found myself wearing a white Venetian mask, silently roaming through elaborately-designed sets, half entranced and half confused. You can’t watch it all, meaning everyone’s experience is unique. Each actor tells their own story, with other actors simultaneously telling interconnected stories in other rooms and other floors. Instead of sitting in an audience and watching the show, you’re free to independently wander and follow cast members as you wish. It may be a bit pricey but it's truly unusual, creative, immersive, strange, and fun.In a converted Chelsea warehouse, theater-goers are welcomed to the “ McKittrick Hotel” and challenged to participate in a story that’s one part Macbeth, one part Hitchcock, one part interpretive dance, and one part escape room. ![]() If I had a friend who hadn't seen it and was planning on going, I'd probably go again if I could afford it. I'm not some extravagant money bags, I get pissed when I waste 12 bucks on a shitty movie, and it was a stretch on my monthly budget to see Sleep No More, but I was very glad I did. And while it's not the only piece of theater to ever do this, it's definitely unlikely you'll encounter anything like it again, or will have encountered anything like it before. This is an experience about being embedded within (and occasionally part of) the action. If your'e trying to piece the story together just read Shakespeare. If you're expecting a traditional play with a plot you won't get that. It's really unique and strange and detailed and you can stay as long as you want (although I recommend trying to go later because the finale at the end of the night is not to be missed). ![]()
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