12/29/2023 0 Comments Sleep no more new york bar![]() I just taught Macbeth to my grade 11 class, and so every detail of that play is etched in my brain, and consequently all over this hotel. The attention to detail at the McKittrick was really shocking. ![]() I rummaged through draws, I pulled off covers from rows of small beds, I read love notes from Lady Macbeth, I tried to find keys to cabinets that didn’t exist, I found chests full of human hair samples, and I bravely ate candy from unidentified jars. It’s difficult to explain, but it definitely sets the tone for a blood bath murderous villain like MacBeth.Īll by myself I begin to wonder around like a little lost child. I got stuck in a forest that seemed to have no exit and then found myself in a padded room wearing a straight jacket. The hotel itself is enough to mimic the blood and horror that is featured in the play there is a general eerie presence that fills the entire Hotel. Suddenly aware of the hairs on my neck I get called into the elevator with a handful of strangers wearing masks. ![]() However, before I can even decide what I want to drink my number is called and I’m off. We are then encouraged to go to the bar and have a drink, the bar is 40s inspired with plenty of red. I walk in wearing nothing but my mask and the little-black-I-don’t-If-it-gets-ruined-dress purchases at H&M for 12.99$. I’m also so brave as to abandon my purse. After feeling our way, alas we arrive and our coats are taken. I felt like Alice in Wonderland when the little guy with the broom tail sweeps away her path leaving her stranded. ![]() We walk in and it’s completely black, I mean like pitch black, the hall way just to check in is like a maze. We didn’t know that it was an individual experience. We knew that we might get soaked in fake blood, and that we should wear sensible shoes. We knew we needed to wear a mask, and follow the characters around the space. This is what we knew going into the hotel: w e knew that the play is a spin off of Macbeth and the film ‘Eyes Wide Shut’. ![]()
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