At that moment I didn’t know if I was even there - everything was fuzzy, distorted & beautiful. My highlight wasn’t the amazing choreography, epic labyrinth set, slo-mo ‘last supper’ or murderous drum & bass orgy - it was the twisted intimacy of being picked out of a crowd and taken into a cupboard where I was recited poetry by a woman who held my face and told me that our love would last forever. I have always loved the tremendous ambition of punchdrunk from watching there early UK shows and I was relieved to see it here again. When you just sink into the utter surreal ness of it all and accept that life is different here you will have a wondrous experience. However Sleep no More was absolutely bonkers - I think I saw half of the show but I’m not sure which half and if I went next week I might see another half and still have no idea what the hell it was all about. I rarely use the word bonkers - it seems to be one of those words used early & often to describe fairly mundane occurrences in daily life. Until something is changed or ticket prices are extremely lowered (ha), I unfortunately can't recommend it. I'm not saying it would be an experience altogether not worth paying for, but the $120+ they charge for this is ludicrous.

This doesn't even begin to describe the sheer frustrating idiocy you'll witness here as audience members fail to do simple things like not talking, keeping their masks on, or drunkenly getting busy behind one of the sets and running away giggling when they get caught (at least I'm pretty sure that's what was happening, and it was more bizarre than anything in the production itself). Trying to be a good audience member by 'maintaining a respectful distance from the actors' (as instructed) will result in everyone immediately crowding in front of you and elbowing you out of the way. Any 'immersion' here is completely nonexistent as you will be fighting through large, unruly crowds in order to get a good view of anything that the cast is doing. With that said, if you're only just now discovering it, it really feels like you missed the boat of what was once probably a really cool experience that's now been turned into a hyper-commercialized profit-driven machine (although I guess you could say that about a lot of New York, really). The McKittreck Hotel itself is a genuinely awesome and creepy setting (even the Manderley bar might be one of my favorite bars ever) and the cast is super talented and engaging with a production that's (initially) designed to reward multiple viewings. Also you have to fully mask up and it gets boiling in there so it’s thoroughly uncomfortable!Ībsolutely torn on this as I thought it was genuinely one of the coolest concepts I'd ever heard of when a friend first described it to me. Overall, I came out feeling like I’d been scammed and wanted the 3 hours of prime NYC time back. You also need to be fairly fit to keep up with the characters sprinting up and down 4 flights of stairs. WARNING: the place is bloody dark and really easy to walk into things so not for those with any sight impediments. Some interestingly bizarre interpretive dance and random nudity that was completely unnecessary, in my opinion, but I guess they need something to lure in the crowds. I ended up watching a bloke fiddle around with some bones for 15 minutes, hoping it would get interesting. Tickets are clearly oversold so once you are in, it’s a melee to follow the interesting characters and no one is adverse to elbowing you out of the way Performance: be careful who you follow. You are shown to the bar, which is cool - prices are extortionate for a drink and you have to guzzle it down to be ready to enter the “hotel”. Quite frankly, extortionate to watch a uni performance - perhaps I missed the point but at very few points could I get any semblance of Macbeth which the show is purported to be about Experience: ridiculous queueing to get in - arrive at 3 and you’ll be lucky to get in for 3:30 so it’s not actually a 3 hour show. I’m not sure where to start: Price: we paid a discounted price of $125 for the 3pm show.

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