Aksra Theatre, King Power Complex

King Power Complex is Bangkok's newest one-stop destination for tourists, which incorporates the 579-seat Aksra Theatre. The theatre is situated above a shopping mall, which presented several challenges in designing the theatre space and supporting accommodation to be functional. Specifically, the backstage areas needed to be carefully planned so that props and scenery could be brought into the building without disrupting the activities in the shopping mall below. The Aksra Theatre is designed to be luxurious, employing gold leaf in the wall bass-relief decorations and elegant furnishings in the public areas. The theatre itself is a single tiered 'horse-shoe' style auditorium, presenting traditional Thai performances and King Power Sakorn Puppet performances. The stage supports over 200 performers.

Services

Concept design, theatre planning, theatre equipment design and specification, and acoustics

Owner

King Power Foundation

Users

Touring performances

Acoustician

Theatre Projects

Theatre Type(s)

Drama theatre

Seat Count(s)

579

Construction Type

New construction