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| Though the production was to run from October 8, 2009 to January 3, 2010, the run was extended through February 7, 2010.<ref name="art sleep no more website" /> The extended run sold out. Sleep No More won Punchdrunk the Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Theatrical Experience 2010.{{Citation needed|date=March 2011}}<!-- this webpage makes no mention of this award. if it does, please expand this th a fill {{cit, and fill in the |quote= field, or explain it on the Talk page <nowiki><ref name="art sleep no more website" /></nowiki> --> | Though the production was to run from October 8, 2009 to January 3, 2010, the run was extended through February 7, 2010.<ref name="art sleep no more website" /> The extended run sold out. ''Sleep No More'' won Punchdrunk the Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Theatrical Experience 2010.{{Citation needed|date=March 2011}}<!-- this webpage makes no mention of this award. if it does, please expand this th a fill {{cit, and fill in the |quote= field, or explain it on the Talk page <nowiki><ref name="art sleep no more website" /></nowiki> --> | ||
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For the 2003 and 2011 productions, see Punchdrunk.| Sleep No More | |
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| Written by | Felix Barrett and Maxine Doyle, with the Company |
| Characters | Duncan, Malcolm, Macbeth, Banquo, Macduff, Porter, Lady Macbeth, |
| Mute | most of the characters |
| Date premiered | October 8, 2009 (2009-10-08) |
| Place premiered | Old Lincoln School, Brookline, Massachusetts United States |
| Original language | English |
| Series | The Donkey Show, Best of Both Worlds |
| Setting | Scotland, Manderley manor |
| Official site | |
Sleep No More is an immersive theatre production created by British theatre company Punchdrunk. Based on Punchdrunk's original 2003 London production, the company reinvented Sleep No More in a co-production with the American Repertory Theatre (A.R.T.), which opened at the Old Lincoln School in Brookline, Massachusetts on October 8, 2009. It won Punchdrunk the Elliot Norton Theatre Award for Best Theatrical Experience 2010.
Overview
The production was a new and expanded version of Punchdrunk's 2003 production of the same name which was performed in the Beaufoy Building, London, a disused Victorian school. Unlike a conventional stage play, Sleep No More is an immersive experience in which audiences are free to explore the world of the performance at will. It combined plot and characters of Shakespeare's Macbeth with characters, narrative, and aesthetic elements inspired by the films of Hitchcock, in particular Rebecca, an adaptation of the novel of the same name by English author Daphne du Maurier.
Relationship to Macbeth
Assistant director Paul Stacey says that "every line of Shakepeare's Macbeth is embedded in the multiple languages—sound, light, design, and dance—of Sleep No More."
Characters
There were 18 characters in the 2009 production of Sleep No More, most of them taken directly from Shakespeare's Scottish tragedy, Macbeth.
Immersion of audience
Audience members are invited to explore the world of the production in their own time, choosing for themselves what to watch and where to go.
Unlike a conventional play, in which all audience members share the experience of witnessing the same events on the same stage, Sleep No More provides the audience with a more fragmented,, multi-layered and individualized experience. As directors Felix Barrett and Maxine Doyle say in the program notes, "exploring the space individually, the audience is given the opportunity to both act in and direct their own film; to revisit, to edit and to indulge themselves as voyeurs."
Absence of dialogue
Though the plot is driven forward by events and interactions, Punchdrunk has developed a unique physical performance language in which there is almost no speaking by the performers. In describing Sleep No More, the directors write that "Screen dialogues become intense physical duets between characters and the body becomes the site of debate. Spoken words rarely find their way into our world; we are excited by the human body as a primary source of emotive storytelling."
Old Lincoln School
The venue for Sleep No More was the surplus Old Lincoln School at 194 Boylston Street (Route 9) in Brookline, Massachusetts. The complex and overlapping subplots unfolded across 44 rooms on all four stories of the school building.
Credits
Sleep No More is directed and devised by Felix Barrett and Maxine Doyle, with the company.
- Felix Barrett....Director and Designer
- Maxine Doyle....Director and Choreographer
- Stephen Dobbie....Sound and Graphic Designer
- Livi Vaughan....Associate Designer
- Beatrice Minns....Associate Designer
- David Israel Reynoso....Costumer (Costume Designer)
- Mikhael Tara Garver....Staff Director
- Paul Stacey....Assistant Director
- Carolyn Rae Boyd....Stage Manager
Cast (October 8 - November 8)
- Phil Atkins as Duncan
- Hector Harkness as Malcolm
- Geir Hytten as Macbeth
- Vinicius Salles as Banquo
- Robert McNeill as Macduff
- Thomas Kee as Porter
- Sarah Dowling as Lady Macbeth
- Alli Ross as Lady Macduff
- Conor Doyle as Witch
- Stephanie Eaton as Witch
- Fernanda Prata as Witch
- Careena Melia as Hecate
- Poornima Kirby as The Second Mrs. de Winter
- Tori Sparks as Mrs. Danvers
- Alexander LaFrance as Bellhop/Taxidermist
- Sogdiana Azhiben as Speakeasy Bartender
- Annie Goodchild as Annie Darcy
- Hayley Jane Soggin as Elsie Price
- Robert Najarian as Man in Bar
Cast (from November 10)
- Phil Atkins as Duncan
- Robert Najarian as Malcolm
- Eric Jackson-Bradley as Macbeth
- Jeffery Lyon as Banquo
- Luke Murphy as Macduff
- Thomas Kee as Porter
- Tori Sparks as Lady Macbeth
- Alli Ross as Lady Macduff
- Jordan Morley as Witch
- Stephanie Eaton as Witch
- Kelly Bartnik as Witch
- Careena Melia as Hecate
- Poornima Kirby as The Second Mrs. de Winter
- Hope T. Davis as Mrs. Danvers
- Alexander LaFrance as Bellhop/Taxidermist
- Sogdiana Azhiben as Speakeasy Bartender
- Annie Goodchild as Annie Darcy
- Hayley Jane Soggin as Elsie Price
- Matt Spano as Charlie, Man in Bar
The Annie Darcy Band
- Bass/Sax....Timo Shanko
- Drums....Django Carranza
- Piano....Rusty Scott
Sleep No More and the ART
Sleep No More was presented as part of the ART's Shakespeare Exploded! festival, which included The Donkey Show, a disco adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Best of Both Worlds, an R&B/gospel musical inspired by The Winter's Tale.
Production dates
Though the production was to run from October 8, 2009 to January 3, 2010, the run was extended through February 7, 2010. The extended run sold out. Sleep No More won Punchdrunk the Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Theatrical Experience 2010.
Reviews
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- Encore Magazine review
- Boston Globe reviews 1 2
- Harvard Crimson review
- Broookline Tab review
- The Guardian review
- Variety review
See also
References
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- "Massive theater production opens in Brookline tonight". Brookline Tab. October 8, 2009. Retrieved January 11, 2010.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - "Punchdrunk website - Sleep No More". punchdrunk. 2011-04-13. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
- Helen Cooper. "Theater as Experience: London Company brings unique presentation to Boston". Encore magazine. Retrieved 2010-01-02.
- ^ Stacey, Paul (November 2009). Very Superstitious (in Sleep No More Program notes) (PDF). Encore magazine. Cite error: The named reference "directors' note" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- Anderman, Joan (October 4, 2009). "Mystery theater: British troupe Punchdrunk teams with the ART to explode theatergoers' expectations". The Boston Globe. Boston. p. 3. Retrieved January 2, 2010.
- Town of Brookline Massachusetts Parks and Open Space Division (2/1/05). "William H. Lincoln School Playground (Old)". Retrieved 1/11/10.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help); Cite has empty unknown parameters:|month=and|coauthors=(help) - Simpson, Neal (May 14, 2009). "London theater wants to rent out Brookline's Old Lincoln School for elaborate production". Brookline Tab. Retrieved January 11, 2010.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - Ackerman, Meghann (June 18, 2009). "Brookline schools considering theater company proposal". Brookline Tab. Retrieved January 11, 2010.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - Ackerman, Meghann (June 26, 2009). "Brookline's Old Lincoln to become temporary theater". Brookline Tab. Retrieved January 11, 2010.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - Simpson, Neal (August 25, 2009). "Theater company scavenges for Brookline's castoffs to complete offbeat production". Brookline Tab. Retrieved January 11, 2010.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - Helen Shaw (2009-12-18). "Review: Punchdrunk's Sleep No More". Time Out New York. Retrieved 2010-01-02.
- ^ "ART website - Sleep No More". ART. Retrieved 2010-01-02.
- ^ http://www.americanrepertorytheater.org/events/show/best-both-worlds
External links
- Official Web site for 2009 Boston production
- Articles needing cleanup from January 2010
- Articles with sections that need to be turned into prose from January 2010
- Articles with bare URLs for citations from April 2011
- Postmodern plays
- 2009 plays
- Theatre in Massachusetts
- Plays and musicals based on Macbeth
- Installation art works
- Plays set in Scotland
- British plays
- Plays based on films