Aurora Theater,
Radiance of the Seas
Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines
Following Wilson Butler’s trend-setting main theatre design for RCI’s Voyager Class ships, WBA designed the Aurora Theatre, onboard the first of the more intimate “Radiance” Class ships. With this 900-seat room Wilson Butler continues to set the standard of bringing “landbased” theatre design to the world of cruise ships.
Designed as a contemporary room, the theatre’s seating is divided into an orchestra, parterre and two balconies and the stage features a proscenium with a full fly-loft behind.
The interior’s designed was inspired by an abstract rendering of the forms and colors found at the water’s edge, and is meant to recall and reinforce many of the patron’s impressions of the ship’s coastal destinations.
Since our theater design for the first Radiance Class ship, Radiance of the Seas, WBA has designed three additional 900-seat main theatres for the other three ships in this class.
Project
Info
Cost:
not available
Complete:
2001
Scope:
Architecture, Interior Design, Construction Oversight
Client:
Royal Caribbean International
Staff:
Scott Wilson, AIA; Scott Butler, AIA; Barbara Sherman, IIDA
