Sleep no more

I went to a theatre called "Sleep no more", which was not a normal theatre but rather a ghost house with actors playing out a 1920-ties version of "the Scottish Play" for those of you who know your Shakespeare and your Black Adder. It is supposed to be a Hotel called the McKiddish and is housed in a five story building with a cellar. You as a visitor and guest are assigned a white mask and implicitly given the role of ghost. You are free to roam the building anywhere and way you might be able to. There are keepers who can stop you and move you at times. And then there are the actors somewhere around 10 or fifteen of them. Acting out their different schemes only rarely with other actors and much more often roaming through the rooms and interacting with the environment. There is also dancing going on when acting out fights and sex. It is an experience, I did like it and was probably most impressed with the surroundings. The actors are good as well. But there is an element missing and that is the interaction. You can of course fiddle around with the stuff and so but you are in no way any ingredient in the story and what happens. There are so called secret rooms to visit, some if not all of which you will be chosen to by one of the actors. Again, I being an interaction designer and a storyteller think there is a missing element in the set up here.
It is quite costly, just shy of a hundred if I am not mistaken, but if you are looking for a different experience this is a good one. If you are in to dancing as well you should definitely go, and if you are a roaring 20-ties guy or gal you should try to get a year long membership.
It is my understanding that the theatre company hail from London where they have set up this and other events like it before so the appearance in NY is surly time limited.
It can also be mentioned that I met a man in the line to get in who had been to the event earlier this week and felt compelled to explore it further. Something I understand very well: it is impossible to follow the whole timeline and see all the actors during the few hours that you have to your disposal.