This was absolutely the best theatrical experience of my life. I had never done or even heard about "Emursive". Honestly, I was dreading this the entire trip. I am a very shy and squeamish person and when I heard about the fact that we would be walking alone and freely while a story was going on I was really uncomfortable. I was afraid actors would talk to me or that they would try to scare me. When we got on line for the show, I was shaking nervously.
When I finally entered into the experience I realized it was just as if I was inside a movie. Except I did not have to act or be part of it. I could simply watch and explore and be free to look at whatever I wanted. Once I realized how cool it was I tried to immerse myself in it as much as I could. It was so exciting and I feel like I could have been there for days.
The music was absolutely incredible. No matter who I was watching, the music seemed to go perfectly with what they were doing. I was so impressed with the actors. They stayed in character perfectly throughout the entire experience. Even with audience members bumping into them, watching them, and going right up to their faces. I never saw an actor look an audience member in the eye, which is absolutely incredible. I even found myself getting startled every time an audience member walked in because we were all in mysterious masks. The whole experience was just so cool!
At first, I found a character named Faye who I really liked. I told myself that I would follow her for the entirety of the show. She wanted to be a star but had an emotional set back after she was cheated on. At a certain point, her story repeated. I decided I would follow someone else because I did not want to see the same story twice. So I followed a bunch of other people until their stories started repeating. I liked the fact that they repeated. It gave me the opportunity to go back to square one and see the story through another character's point of view. The best was when I was following a character called Mary, and she went to a bar to dance with her lover. I heard Faye singing in the other room and realized that I had seen that exact scene through Faye's side beforehand.
I realized that I did not really see an overall plot that united all the characters, but I did not even care. It was just such an incredible experience that I do not even feel that I need to know what the full story was. It is incredible that a group of people could go to see the same show and have completely different experiences. I think everyone should experience something like this at least once. I am looking into "Sleep No More" in New York because I would love to experience more of this type of theater in the future.
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