#Sleep no more map free

It was so passionate, it transported me to a world of intrigue and I instantly felt compelled to stage the album by turning the music into a show. I found an album of film noir soundtracks, and my mind got pulled into the world that music creates. ThatвЂ™s the effect weвЂ™ve aimed for in Sleep No More. Punchdrunk likes to pull the rug out from under the audienceвЂ™s feet so they can truly immerse themselves in a theatrical world. When you step out of your comfort zone, your adrenaline is fueled and your brain has to work that much harder.

Punchdrunk wants to put the surprise back into theater, to genuinely invite the audience to come inside the experience. The fact that we know the rules and feel so safe immediately distances us from the process of the show. ItвЂ™s so completely passive and mechanical, and weвЂ™re all used to it. We go into the auditorium, hand the usher our ticket, rush down the aisle, take our seat, the house lights drop and the show begins. I love the theater, but the way we experience it can be so formulaic. Below, Barrett discusses the reasoning for this unique mode of theater and how putting it all together isn't such an unconventional process after all.

#Sleep no more map free

Upon entering, audiences are required to wear Venetian masks that disguise their identity and, rather than sitting down and watching the action unfold on a stage, theatergoers are free to roam the intriciately designed space as they please, following the actors as they take separate routes throughout the building. For the show, Punchdrunk converted a five-story abandoned warehouse space in Chelsea into the fictional 1930s McKittrick Hotel. As the artistic director of Britain's Punchdrunk theater company, Felix Barrett is helping reinvent the way audiences experience theater with off-Broadway's Sleep No More.