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Ahhh guys, I am so behind on booklogging but I have to take today to talk about MORE THEATER. This weekend sandrylene and wickedtrue (and ms_ntropy but she was at a different time) were in NYC to see Sleep No More, which has just come to Manhattan.

And the frustrating thing is that, as I say, I want to take today to talk about it, but that's actually very difficult to do! Because Sleep No More is a very difficult experience to describe, first of all, and second I am afraid that if I describe too much I will accidentally spoil people who may yet have a chance to see it. But okay, I will try.

Sleep No More is immersive theater based on Macbeth and Rebecca; the whole five-story giant warehouse is part of the show. You are part of the show. You know that you're part of the show because before you're ushered in you are encouraged to be bold, forbidden to speak, and required to put on a mask that looks like this:



( This LJ-cut may spoil you, but it probably won't )

Some things that they don't seem to say anywhere in the information about the show, and that you should probably know:
- if you are going to have difficulties chasing actors up and down five flights of stairs all the time, there are no accommodations for you
- if you have migraines or anything else that might be triggered by BRIGHT FLASHING STROBE LIGHTS or ENORMOUS ROLLING PILES OF SMOKE, you should know that this may occur without warning
- if you may be triggered by stylized violence, sexual or otherwise, you should know that this may occur without warning
- if you may be triggered by actors suddenly taking off all their clothes in front of you, you should know that this may occur without warning
- seriously, if anything about the phrase 'surprise strobe-lit smoke-filled bacchanalic child-sacrificing orgy' sounds like it may be a problem for you, you really should know that this may occur without warning. And there is an off-chance you will get hit in the face with a dead baby.

ETA: And here is wickedtrue's review!