Behind the scenes of Harmony of the Seas’ AquaTheatre
<p>On Harmony of the Sea’s AquaTheatre, aerialist, tight-rope walkers and divers all come together to show off their skills to give a mouth-opening and thrilling performance.</p>
<p>From the audience’s perspective, the show might appear seamless but behind the scenes there are various crews of specialists working in unison to make the show perfect.</p>
<p>Rigging specialists, certified Scuba divers and hydraulic lifts and underwater trap doors all are utilised to make the show happen.</p>
<p>Nick Weir the VP of Entertainment for the Royal Caribbean International explained in the video that being backstage for any play in the world allows you to witness the “controlled chaos” that makes the show happen.</p>
<p>“You take that now into a different environment, you take that into the AquaTheatre where we are dealing with aerial work and sub-aqua work and the whole thing becomes a totally new dimension,” said Nick.</p>
<p>Alex Williams the stage and production manager of the AquaTheatre described the complexity of the shows in the AquaTheatre.</p>
<p>“During the show, we have three individual stage platforms that move up and down independently… We have rigging specialist who do the performer flying, we have aquatic stage staff who have the open water PADI certification, they are under water and they’re talking to me throughout the whole show,” Alex explained.</p>
<p>“The only way that these shows function is an incredible level of trust and skill between everybody involved. Everybody has to be on their game 100 per cent every single day, or it just doesn’t work.”</p>
<p>Watch the video above to get a behind the scenes look into the operations and stunts at the AquaTheatre.</p>
<p>Have you ever seen a performance in Harmony of the Seas’ AquaTheatre? Let us know in the comments below.</p>
