![]() ![]() ![]() Not sure…ģ) The very end of the show, which I found powerful and shocking the first time, was played much safer in last night’s performance, and it just did not have the same effect. I’m not sure the reason for this except that I thought perhaps some of the detail/objects were removed from the rooms to prevent pilfering, and the lights were turned down so the rooms wouldn’t look bare. I’m thinking of the Macbeth bedroom and the sanatorium room with the cots. I do think the experience is more powerful/intense if you go it alone.Ģ) Certain rooms/scenes were so dark that you could barely see what was going on. This could have been because they were running late with getting everyone in due to checking everyone’s Covid tests and vaccination cards. But some things about the show had also changed from the pre-Covid era.ġ) They didn’t try to separate couples/groups, and they didn’t have you hang out in the bar at the beginning. My experience was different the second time around, partly because I knew the lay of the land, had some things in mind that I wanted to focus on, and felt slightly more comfortable in the environment. I had such FOMO the first time that I couldn’t wait to go back to see those scenes I heard about but missed (including the techno party scene). But the most intriguing part of it is that there’s always something else to explore. The physicality of the acting/movement is impressive, and somehow the actors manage to maneuver around the audience. Sleep no More is completely transporting (and creepy). ![]() Last night I returned for a second time, seeing the newly reopened and slightly revised version of the show. Photograph by Yuan Studio.I attended Sleep No More for the first time in early 2020–right before it was shut down due to Covid. Punchdrunk’s Sleep No More, Shanghai – Andrea Carrucciu, Emily Terndrup.Punchdrunk’s Sleep No More, Shanghai – Lee Wen-Hsin, Chiang Pao-Su.Punchdrunk’s Sleep No More, Shanghai – Olivia McPherson.Punchdrunk’s Sleep No More, Shanghai – Fania Grigoriou, Olly Hornsby-Sayer, Miranda Mac Letten, Daniel Whiley.Punchdrunk’s Sleep No More, Shanghai – Omagbitse Omagbemi, Ian Garside.Punchdrunk’s Sleep No More, Shanghai – Xu Xinwen, Garth Johnson.Punchdrunk’s Sleep No More, Shanghai – Samuel Booth.Punchdrunk’s Sleep No More, Shanghai – Emily Terndrup, Zhang Xuehao, Steven Apicello, Daniel Nicholson.Punchdrunk’s Sleep No More, Shanghai – Paul Zivkovich.The production received a Thea Award for Outstanding Achievement in Connected Immersion Theatre in November 2017. Sleep No More received the prestigious Best Breakthrough Act at Shanghai’s Annual TV & Culture Awards on 13 June 2017. A number of modifications have been made to ensure the safety of audiences, performers and production staff.įind out more on the Sleep No More, Shanghai website. Sleep No More, Shanghai has re-opened with a reduced audience capacity. This production sees new surprises hidden across five storeys of this newly built building in the Jing’An District. Taking Punchdrunk’s work to Asia for the very first time, Punchdrunk International and SMG Live have co-produced a re-imagined version of the original production, now set in Shanghai in the 1930s. Audiences move freely through the epic story, creating their own journeys through a film noir world. Sleep No More tells Shakespeare’s classic tragedy Macbeth through a darkly cinematic lens, offering an audience experience unlike anything else.
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