Though there are infinite paths audience members can follow as theyĮxplore the production, most audience interactions with the environment Not allowing them to determine their own dramatic destiny." (4) To see the production, your account "may do them the injustice of You manage to successfully convey your experience to a friend who wants Individualized experience." (3) Another blogger argues that even if I can't share my night,īecause the magic of this production is each person has a highly OneĪudience member explains this impossibility as: "Try as I might, I The very act of sharing an individual experience can be problematic. They had explored, the scenes witnessed, and the details noticed. Their late dinner (and many of the following days) describing the places Even without knowing about the complex fandom surrounding theĮvent, students were still anxious to tell their stories. My first visit to Sleep No More includedīringing a group of honors students who were on a school trip to New Through the McKittrick, trying to find ways to convey what the The emergence of this fan community suggests that audience membersįeel compelled to share their experiences, chronicling each unique trip Members to collect and compare wildly different experiences over the That each response shared over social media is unique, allowing audience (2) The highly individualized nature of the performance means They take photos of the objects they have receivedĭuring performances: playing cards, masks, keys, rings, even tearstained These fans createĬritical and creative essays, fiction, artwork, and music to chronicle Simplicity's sake, I will use "Insomniacs" in this essay,Īs it is the term I have encountered the most often. While some prefer the term "The Sleepless." (1) For Were first called "Sleepalos," then "Insomniacs," Passionate followers who returned more than once Writing individual letters, blog posts, and responses, they haveĭeveloped online communities to share their experiences, connecting withįorums and tumblrs such as Scorched the Snake, The Bloody Business, andīehind a White Mask. Many as sixty times, always finding something new. Fans of the show can now attend the production as More entrenched in its Chelsea location, building additional spaces forĪudiences, including a speakeasy accessible by elevator from the streetĪnd a rooftop bar. Immediately to a warehouse in Manhattan, Sleep No More has a history ofĮvolving to match its place and time. Running first in England in 2003, then inĢ009 in Boston at an abandoned school before transferring almost More stands out among Punchdrunk's productions for its scope,ĭuration, and devoted fans. Juliet and The Firebird to a Doctor Who fan experience. Punchdrunk has performed a variety of immersive theatrical events,įrom Oedipus in a Victorian garden to a ball inspired by Romeo and Sleep No MoreĪnd The Night Circus are tributes to the power of audiences, privileging Productions, shaping their own experiences of the event. Mapping their own journeys through the created spaces of the Morgenstern's Le Cirque des Reves, audiences are responsible for
Theatrical world of Sleep No More and the fictional world of The show developed a passionate fanįollowing, including author Erin Morgenstern, who drew upon herĮxperiences with Sleep No More as she was developing the magical circusĪt the center of her debut novel, The Night Circus.
Observers of a static spectacle, audiences of Sleep No More becameĪctive players in its world. Shakespeare's Macbeth and Hitchcocks Rebecca. The chance to immerse themselves in a noir-style mash-up of Production Sleep No More to the United States, they offered audiences When the British theater company Punchdrunk brought their
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