Photo Flash: Punchdrunk's SLEEP NO MORE Celebrates One Year in Shanghai; New Photos!

Punchdrunk International and co-producers SMG Live today celebrate the first birthday of Sleep No More in Shanghai. BroadwayWorld has fresh shots from the production below!

To mark this first anniversary milestone, Punchdrunk artistic director Felix Barrett and Punchdrunk associate choreographer / director Conor Doyle will be in conversation after the performance of Sleep No More tonight (Thursday 14th December). On New Year's Eve, a special cabaret performance will also take place. These additional events follow the success of the show's sold-out 'Coven' parties which audiences enjoyed over Halloween.

Sleep No More broke all box office records when it opened, becoming the fastest selling theatrical production in the city. It has continued to enjoy phenomenal success throughout the year and is already the third longest running show in Shanghai theatre history. The production has attracted a devoted network of followers, with several committed audience members experiencing the show over 100 times.

The first show of its kind in China, Sleep No More has become a trail-blazer for British theatre finding success in new territories. The production has won several prestigious awards recently including the Thea Award for Outstanding Achievement in Connected Immersion Theatre and Best Breakthrough Act at Shanghai's Annual TV and Culture Awards.

Punchdrunk International's visceral, tactile and darkly cinematic telling of Shakespeare's classic tragedy, Macbeth, spans five floors of a vast, specially constructed building in the Jing'An district of the city. To create this production, the original creative team collaborated with Chinese co-producers SMG Live and Chinese artists. The production shows the world of 1930s Shanghai in sumptuous cinematic detail.

The creative team for Punchdrunk's SLEEP NO MORE is Felix Barrett (Co-Direction, Co-Design and Lighting), Maxine Doyle (Co-Direction and Choreography), Livi Vaughan and Beatrice Minns (Co-Design), Stephen Dobbie (Sound Design), David Israel Reynoso (Costume Design) and Colin Nightingale (Creative Producer) Conor Doyle (Associate Choreographer & Associate Director).

SLEEP NO MORE is performed by an international company, including many long-term Punchdrunk collaborators alongside a host of some of the most exciting and innovative performers China has to offer.

Tickets for the record-breaking production are now available until 31st March 2018 at www.sleepnomore.cn.

Photo Credit: Jiang Fang