![]() ![]() Meticulous in detail, right down to specific smells in places, “Sleep No More” reaches beyond the theatrical and cinematic, whose tone is firmly Hollywood Golden Age, to become a choregraphed, multi-sensory experience. Treasures that position “Sleep No More” in a liminal space between horror, memory, psychology and nostalgia. Indeed, the space itself is the real star of the “Sleep No More” experience, with treasures to be found around each darkened corner, up each dimly lit stairway, down every darkened passageway. Built loosely around Shakespeare’s Macbeth, “Sleep No More” is an immersive, site-specific experience on an unbelievably impressive scale, a visual feast staggering to behold, and a design and choreographic masterclass of the highest order.Ī tale less told than experienced, “Sleep No More” is the brainchild of Emursive, in collaboration with UK’s Punchdrunk, which sees the legendary McKittrick Hotel transformed into a dimly dark, evocative space through which the audience can freely move. And well you should, for as we all know, the only thing to do with temptation is to yield to it. Smooth and sleek, Maximilian might well tempt you to indulge in “Sleep No More,” a noir styled, immersive experience, dripping with danger, decadence, and death. Indeed, in the Manderley Bar of the McKittrick Hotel the mysterious Maximilian is said to await the pleasure of your company. White faced figures seen haunting the nooks and crannies of the McKittrick’s dark and secret spaces. Voices and music heard rushing down darkened corridors. Yet in recent years there have been rumours of ghostly sightings. ![]() Over the decades it slipped into shadow, shrouded in the mists of myth and legend, a place you might pass on the street without ever knowing it was there. ![]() Mysteriously condemned just weeks before it was due to open in 1939, its doors closed under a shroud of suspicion. Designed to be New York’s flagship hotel for luxury and decadence. ![]()
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