01 - What We Do

Eight capabilities. One TSA.

Drapes & Accessories→ Soft goods, FR treatment, hire fleet. Sets, Scenery & Props→ Scenic builds, props, set hardware. Lifting & Rigging→ Chain, pile & drum hoists, controllers, consumables. Production Engineering→ Production management, design, custom kit. Venue Engineering & Installation→ Fit-outs, integration, upgrades. Dance & Studio Equipment→ Sprung floors, barres, mirrors, vinyl. Compliance & Service→ Inspections, certificates, callouts. Hire & Touring→ Calendar-driven kit. National coverage.
Products
Services
Drapes & Accessories Soft goods, supplied and supported. Drapes, tracks, FR treatment and hire fleet from our in-house workshop. Theatre-grade soft goods, engineered, FR-treated and serviced under TSA.
Services
Sets, Scenery & Props Built in-house. Toured nationally. Set construction, prop fabrication, museum and gallery fit-out and exhibition builds from our dedicated workshop. Concept to strike, with the engineering paperwork to back it.
Products
Services
Lifting & Rigging Rated gear. Stocked and serviced here. EXE Rise and Ace chain hoists, TSA pile and Hercules drum hoists, Atlas controllers, full consumables range. Design, supply, install, service, recertify.
Services
Production Engineering When off-the-shelf stops working. Production management, technical design and drafting, custom fabrication and cue-driven motion control. The technical side of your show - managed, designed, built and run.
Services
Venue Engineering & Installation Fit-out to commission, one team. Venue fit-outs, system installation, integration and safety upgrades. From new-build PACs to retrofit refurbishments. Engineered, documented, signed off.
Products
Dance & Studio Equipment Made for the joints that depend on it. Sprung floors, Tarkett performance vinyl, ballet barres, studio mirrors, tap and sports flooring. Measured, manufactured and installed to the room.
Inspections & programmes
Specialist inspections
Compliance & Service The paperwork your insurer asks for. Service & Inspection Programme, Venue Systems Health Check, electrical testing, emergency callouts. Defensible documentation, on schedule.
Services
Hire & Touring Calendar-driven kit. National coverage. Drape hire, hoist hire, touring packages. The same kit you'd buy, available on a calendar. Picked, prepped, shipped, collected.
02 - Industries

Eleven industries. One TSA.

Theatres & Performing Arts Centres Lyric houses, regional PACs, repertory venues. Long-cycle compliance, dark-week installs. Schools & Education Term-break windows, school-budget cycles, training programmes. Worship Venues Acoustic-sensitive spaces, AV-led production, multi-purpose halls. Stadiums, Convention Centres & Live Events Arena rigging, convention fit-outs, large-format event delivery. AV & Production Hire Companies Trade supply, cross-hire inventory, servicing and specialist support. Touring Productions Tour-ready packages, on-the-road servicing, certified gear. Film, TV & Studios Studio rigging, broadcast support, motion-controlled scenic. Museums & Galleries Permanent galleries, touring exhibitions, heritage recreations, display fabrication. Dance Studios & Companies Sprung floors, ballet barres and studio mirrors, made to the room. Corporate & Conference Venues Conference stages, auditorium AV, corporate event rigging and staging. Government & Civic Venues Council-owned PACs, civic centres, town halls and public venues.
Proof of work Recent Projects Lyric theatres, arenas, museums, schools and studios. The jobs behind the capability, and what we specified, built and signed off on each one.

Drape Support System - Portable, Freestanding Stage Drapes by TSA

Drape Support System · Portable drape system

Theatre-grade drape. No rigging required.

The Drape Support System is a portable, freestanding drape system. Goalpost bays link side-by-side to any length, stand in 3, 4 or 6 m heights, and dress in IFR Wool or Velour with the Option D header. Tool-free, with nothing fixed to the ceiling.

Spec your drape →

Or call 1300 439 872

Trusted on stages and in venues around Australia
Alder Construction Anglican Church Grammar School Annie Apollo Property Group Arts Queensland Back to the Future Beetlejuice Brisbane Powerhouse Brisbane Showgrounds Built Cairns Convention Centre Canberra Theatre Centre Capricorn Rigging Crossroads Live Crown Resorts Disney Diversified Edith Cowan University Encore Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Griffith University Hamilton HOTA Home of the Arts Ipswich Civic Centre Lendlease The Lion King Livingstone Christian College Logan City Council Mackay Regional Council Melbourne Olympic Park Michael Cassel Group Microhire MJ The Musical Moulin Rouge Mueller College Multiplex National Gallery of Victoria Queensland University of Technology Res-X Universal Studios University of Adelaide University of Melbourne WA Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries Wicked Wollongong City Council
The Drape Selector

Spec the drape
before you call.

Answer five quick questions. The Drape Selector matches the fabric, fullness and finish to dress your portable system, then turns it into a PDF spec routed straight to our soft-goods team to size the frame around it.

Start the Drape Selector →

Spec drapes, hoists and venues with all our configuration tools →

The Drape Selector running on a laptop and a phone
Drape Selector
01What is the job?
House curtain
Masking legs
Cyclorama
02Which fabric?
VelvetIFR
Wool sergeIFR
Turo moltonNDFR
03How full should it hang?
Flat
75%
100%
04How does it open?
Traveller
Guillotine
Tableau
05What size?
FabricWool serge
FR classIFR
Size12.0 x 7.0 m
SpecReady →
Step 1 of 5 · The job
Freestanding & portable

No fly bar.
Still theatre.

The Drape Support System (DSS) is a portable, freestanding drape system you put up by hand - no rigging, no fixings into the ceiling. Each bay is a goalpost: two telescopic uprights, one telescopic crossbar, two base plates with spigots and 10 kg shot-bag ballast, dressed in a drape. Bays come 3.1 m or 4.1 m wide and link side-by-side to build a drape wall at any length.

The room has no fly bar, the get-in is short, and the result still has to read as theatre. The DSS comes in three heights - 3, 4 and 6 m - and dresses in inherently flame-retardant (IFR) Wool Serge or Velour which meets AS 1530 standards, fixed to the bar with the Option D hook-and-loop header for a clean finish every time. Tool-free up, tool-free down, and it packs into carry bags between events. Spec the drape in the Drape Selector and we size the bays around it.

3 m / Small 6 m / Large

Small 3 m. Medium 4 m. Large 6 m. Drag to see the telescopic uprights rise and the bay grow, with the drape redrawing to fit.

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Australian-made soft goods, since 2001
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Trusted nationally since
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Metres of fabric sewn
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Designed, cut & sewn in-house
Where it earns its keep

One kit. Every room.

Masking Multipurpose halls Conference & AV Event walls Ops surrounds
The system, specified

One bay,
linked to any length.

A Full Kit is one complete bay - two telescopic uprights, one telescopic crossbar, two base plates with spigots, shot-bag ballast and a drape. An Extension Kit adds a single bay to an existing run, and bays link side-by-side for any length. Here are the real figures, grouped by what they set.

Tool-free assembly. Freestanding on 10 kg shot bags. The drape is inherently flame retardant and meets AS 1530 standards, fixed with the Option D hook-and-loop header.

Index

Put together, a Full Kit goes up tool-free, stands freestanding on 10 kg shot bags with no rigging, dresses in IFR Wool or Velour with the Option D header, and meets AS 1530 standards. Add Extension Kits to reach any length, then pack it into carry bags between events - or store and protect the kit with a custom cover or bag. The drape side of the system - fabric choice, header and finishing - is set out on the Reveal Productions portable drape system page.

Take the detail with you

Three PDFs, sent to your inbox.

FAQ

Questions
about portable drape.

If your question isn't here, call us or send a brief - we'll come back with the right answer for your room.

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No. The Drape Support System is tool-free and freestanding. Each bay is a goalpost of two telescopic uprights, one telescopic crossbar and two base plates with spigots, held down with 10 kg shot bags - no fixings into the ceiling and no rigging crew. A small team puts it up and packs it down between sessions.
A Full Kit is one complete bay - two uprights, one crossbar, two base plates with spigots, shot-bag ballast and one drape. An Extension Kit adds a single bay to an existing run, and bays link side-by-side to build a continuous drape wall at any length. Bays come in 3.1 m and 4.1 m widths.
Three heights: Small at 3 m, Medium at 4 m and Large at 6 m, with drapes in 3.1 m and 4.1 m widths by the height. There is also a low 1.5 m Ops Surrounds version in Black Velour, built to screen tech boxes and front-of-house operator positions at live events.
Both are supplied in Black and both are inherently flame-retardant. Wool Serge at approx 550 gsm is heavier-duty with better light absorption and acoustic performance, suiting permanent and semi-permanent theatre installs, and is dry clean only. Velvet / Velour at approx 330 gsm is lightweight and compact folded for hire, corporate AV and conference where fast pack-down matters, and is machine washable - the small Ops Surrounds drape washes easily, while the taller 4 and 6 m drops are large to handle, so other cleaning methods suit those.
Yes. Both drape options are made with inherently flame-retardant (IFR) fabrics which meet AS 1530 standards. The frame is the freestanding structure; the drape that dresses it carries the flame retardancy the venue's compliance officer asks for.
Option D is a D-ring with a hook-and-loop tab fixing that replaces the slow, inconsistent eyes-and-ties method. The hook-and-loop tape feeds around the crossbar and through the D-ring, fastening tight and flush for a clean finish every time - fast to hang, consistent between operators, no ties and no tools. Heavier wool drapes hang as easily as lightweight velour, even at height.
Each bay stands on 10 kg shot bags - a Small full kit uses 2, Medium 4 and Large 6. The system packs into compact DSS carry bags for transport and storage, each carrying 2 to 3 kit components, with base plates stored separately. Replacement upright and crossbar ends, spare shot bags and carry bags are all stocked.
Tell us your room

Tell us your room
and your run.

Send us the room and the run length. We'll size the bays, set the height to 3, 4 or 6 m, dress them in IFR Wool or Velour, and supply the AS 1530 paperwork to match - or spec the drape first in the Drape Selector.

Spec your drape →
Or call 1300 439 872 sales@theatresafe.com.au