She whispered something in my ear and sent me on my way, slamming the door behind me. She stared into my eyes – hers laden in shadow – and fed me cold tea with a spoon. My mask was removed and a story was told to me, intensely. We just knew that we wanted to be a part of it.Įventually, I was lucky enough to receive a one-on-one experience, pulled into a cabin in the woods. With a strict no talking rule – as with any theatre production – we would never know what went on behind those doors. I’d heard rumours of people getting whisked away for special one-on-one parts of the story, and it was something I started to witness people being grabbed my the hand and taken away into a room, the door locked behind them. And it was these sorts if experiences I was looking for. Some were packed with people, others only saw a few stumbling into them. I tried opening doors, climbed the staircases, moved through rooms and side rooms, finding scenes of action along the way. So I stayed – but when the scene ended, and the crowd followed the characters into the next room, I quickly walked in the opposite direction, and it’s here where things started getting really interesting. And suddenly I was a part of it all – and it was a hard thing to pull myself away from. He was followed by a sea of people, who likely had witnessed the crime. Having stumbled across the room after I left the elevator you arrive in, I was reading a letter from Macbeth on the bed, covered in blood, when the man I assume was Macbeth walked into the room, covered in blood. It was a piece of the storyline that came to me, rather me to it. Within minutes of entering the Sleep No More world, I found myself in a packed room, watching two of our main characters fighting it out in bed – often unclothed – and then jumping into a bath, covered in blood. And these are the wise words I also impart to you. I carried only one piece of advice with me for the show: don’t stick with the crowds. Then, on the day, emails come through to fill you in on everything you need to know about the show.Ī couple of shots of a absinthe cocktail (naturally) in the beautifully designed hotel bar got us in the mood and we headed in, given a white mask to “hide our identities” (and ensure no one mistook us for actors or staff), and were forcibly separated within moments of entering the sets, starting out on different levels of the five story building. You choose this at your time of booking at. This – unbeknownst to us – ends up dictating how long you will be able to spend in the fictional McKittrick Hotel the hotel in this case referring to the show itself, not just the building. Each performance has a set hotel check in time. Your experience starts, almost unknowingly, from the minute you purchase your ticket.
And for the rest of you, read on to find out why… Just take my word for it: this is as much a must have New York experience as seeing the Empire State Building or the Statue of Liberty. However, if you want to go into the show completely blind, then turn away from this article now. As no two experiences are the same, it’s likely that you won’t see half of – or almost any of – what I saw.
And last month, we got to experience the much talked about show for ourselves.įirstly, I’d like to preface this article by saying that this piece will contain and possibly spoil some minor elements of the show – though I’m omitting a lot of the specific details. Its unique take on the classic story of Macbeth has redefined the experience as an art form into itself, and set a new bar for the genre to follow. But few interactive productions have gained the level of talk and acclaim that Sleep No More has in New York City since it was unveiled in 2011. Even sitting front row at a comedy show brings out the more daring individuals. From “whodunit” dinner parties to whatever it is people get up to at those Rocky Horror screenings, there’s always been a market for those of us who want to feel a part of the action. The idea of the interactive theatre experience is nothing new.
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