Carnival Cruise Lines Names Adrian Fischer Vice President-Entertainment

Carnival Cruise Lines Names Adrian Fischer Vice President-Entertainment
By Theresa Norton Masek

Carnival Cruise Lines named Adrian Fischer, a 28-year veteran of the entertainment industry, as its vice president-entertainment. In this capacity, Fischer will oversee all aspects of entertainment and programming for Carnival’s 23-ship fleet, including production shows, live musical performances, comedy clubs, guest activities, cruise directors/entertainment staff, and youth programs. He will also focus on developing new entertainment concepts for the brand.

Fischer will lead the roll-out of new entertainment programming recently announced as part of Carnival’s Fun Ship 2.0 initiative. These include Playlist Productions, which combines live performances with high-tech LED effects; the Punchliner Comedy Clubs Presented by George Lopez, who will serve as the line’s curator of comedy; and Hasbro, The Game Show, featuring stage adaptations of the brand’s board games. Fischer will report to Mark Tamis, Carnival’s senior vice president of guest operations.

Prior to joining Carnival, Fischer served as vice president-entertainment for Sea World Parks and Entertainment. He also spent three years as senior vice president-live productions with the Blue Man Group.

His experience also includes nine years with the Walt Disney Company, serving as director of entertainment operations for the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, Calif., and producer/manager for the company’s entertainment programming in California, Florida, Singapore and Taiwan. He also spent 14 years in the music and theater industry, working at the San Francisco Opera, Theatre Calgary, the Sydney Opera House and the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, holding a variety of managerial and technical production positions.