Cirque du Soleil Theatre at Disney

The Cirque du Soleil Theatre lies in the heart of Walt Disney World’s West Side District, Disney’s night time entertainment capital. The theatre rises from a white big top, and transforms into a fairy tale castle, complete with stylized towers illuminated against the night sky. Within, however, the dark and sombre atmosphere evokes a medieval dungeon. 

First Cirque du Soleil theatre in an independent building. With fixed tiered seating in a 180º semi circle around the stage, the auditorium has neither a proscenium arch nor an architectural ceiling. A steel grid 78 feet off the ground covers the entire area of the theatre, providing a very flexible rigging system with numerous hanging points, a system of modular trapdoors and movable motors. 

Five stage lifts integrated into the stage floor allow for a wide variety of set...