Publicity photo of “Sleep No More” at the McKittrick Hotel, courtesy Yaniv Shulman

Punchdrunk’s “Sleep No More,” a Hitchcockian interpretation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, officially opening to the public on April 13th, 2011 at New York City’s McKittrick Hotel and has been extended due to its clearly impactful launch in New York. Since 2000, the British theater company Punchdrunk has been devoted to developing sensory theater; at “Sleep No More” audience members explore the 100 or so rooms of the hotel, encountering snippets of the performance and a unique display of theater, performance and an interactive art installation. Punchdrunk blurs the division between performer and audience, inviting spectators to explore, touch, and invent within the many spaces.

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