Sometimes it seems like Punchdrunk is showing us the other side - and the underside - of “Macbeth.”Īnd be sure to make your way down to the basement before you leave. The nature of the Macbeth’s relationship has always been a source of mystery and speculation, and one of the things that “Sleep No More” offers is the chance to explore elements of the play that are either mentioned in passing, or, in some cases, played entirely offstage. You’ll probably also want to visit the Macbeths bedroom a couple times. It was oddly beautiful, and seemed to say something important about the interaction of actors and audiences as the art form of theater tries to make its way forward. Viewed from above, they were a slow stream of white faces, like so many silent screams.
SLEEP NO MORE SYNOPSIS FULL
But when it ended, the room full of masked observers turned around and headed toward the exit. Mimed by the actors in slow motion, the banquet scene was beautiful and lyrical, even if it, like many of the tidbits in many of the rooms, didn’t seem to go anywhere narratively. But I happened to watch it from above - in a room that overlooks the auditorium and provided me with a wide-screen overview. It’s the auditorium of the old school and on the stage we witness a version of the scene in which Macbeth sees the dagger. The banquet room was site of my most memorable experience of the night.
SLEEP NO MORE SYNOPSIS MOVIE
As part of her “Shakespeare Exploded!” festival, she’s brought British-bred Punchdrunk to the dormant school on Boylston Street, and they’ve transformed it into a Macbeth museum, where the Bard meets “The Twilight Zone.” You’ll don a ghost-white plastic mask - not unlike the “Scream” mask of scary movie fame - and then you’re left to your own devices, silently wandering the rooms and hallways of the Macbeths’ haunted minds. It’s the second offering from Diane Paulus, the new artistic director at the American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge. So brush up your Shakespeare - specifically, read a synopsis of “Macbeth,” unless you’re quite familiar with the play - put on a comfortable pair of shoes, and head off to Old Lincoln to get schooled in the avant-garde.
It’s as haunting and elusive and subliminal as a dream, and it’s way cool.
Other than that, we’re in uncharted territory here, with an offbeat and immersive theater experience that’s part art installation, part haunted house, part macabre ballet and part Macbethian nightmare. The only thing that’s old school about Punchdrunk theater company’s production of “Sleep No More” is its setting - the Old Lincoln School in Brookline.
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