Sleep no more

In 2011, Emursive and Punchdrunk, two theater companies, came together to produce Sleep No More, which was probably the most original theatrical experience in New York history. It’s an immersive play. Do not expect a stage with an audience. You are free to walk independently and follow the cast members as you wish. Each actor tells his own story, with other actors telling stories interconnected simultaneously in other rooms and other floors.

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An intensely detailed set, we took a minute to find out more about the challenges and excitement of Punchdrunk Theatre Company’s Sleep No More’s decor from the Associate Designer Livi V…

"The show infects your dreams."

Sleep No More on Instagram: "are you ripe with light, or the night? #sleepnomorenyc #mckittrickhotel"

The groundbreaking immersive theatrical experience Sleep No More first welcomed guests to experience its uniquely interactive, multi-narrative and non-linear mash-up of Macbeth and a haunted hotel in 2011, across several floors of a building in NYC. Five years later, the augmented reality game Pokémon Go swept the world, inviting users to experience AR in an exciting, engaging…

For its New York debut, the Punchdrunk troupe has transformed three warehouses in Chelsea for its unique brand of immersive theater.

For Sleep No More’s most devoted fans, few experiences prove as powerful as that initial breaking of the fourth wall: the first one-on-one encounter with a fictional character.

Jonathan Hochwald, Randy Weiner and Arthur Karpati formed production company Emursive with the goal of bringing Macbeth-inspired immersive-theatre-dance mash up Sleep No More to New York City. One might think that such an unusual production, where audience members wear plastic Venetian masks and follow the actors around a vast and [...]