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.

Exhibitions & Interactives - TSA's in-house service for large sculptural objects, hands-on interactives and immersive brand activations, designed, engineered, fabricated and installed in steel, carved polystyrene, scenic finish and joinery. Engineered to survive crowds, weather and a tight install window, then re-deployed across venues. Concept to crowd, on time.

Service · Sets, Scenery & Props

Concept to crowd, engineered to last the whole event.

TSA's in-house exhibitions and interactives service - large sculptural objects, hands-on interactives and immersive brand activations in steel, carved polystyrene, scenic finish and joinery. Engineered to survive crowds, weather and a tight install window, then re-deployed across venues.

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Activations and interactives built for brands and venues around Australia
HOTA Home of the Arts Canberra Theatre Centre Brisbane Powerhouse Ipswich Civic Centre Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Brisbane Showgrounds Cairns Convention Centre Melbourne Olympic Park Arts Queensland WA Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries National Gallery of Victoria Griffith University Queensland University of Technology University of Melbourne University of Adelaide Logan City Council Mackay Regional Council Wollongong City Council Mueller College Anglican Church Grammar School
What we build

Four services.
One workshop.

This is a creative workshop, not a commodity fabricator. An activation draws large sculptural objects, hands-on interactives, immersive environments and a hybrid off-the-shelf and bespoke build together under one roof, so the idea, the engineering and the finish are coordinated rather than handed between shops. Here is what goes into an activation.

Large sculptural objects

Hero pieces in steel and carved polystyrene with scenic finish - the big object a crowd walks up to and photographs, engineered to hold its shape on day three.

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Hands-on interactives

Touch, turn and play features built for constant handling - from the Cadbury Joyville chocolate machine to mechanisms that take a crowd all day, every day.

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Immersive brand activations

Environments, marquees and temporary retail that put a brand on its feet - interpreted from a brief, engineered for crowds and weather, finished to read on message.

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Deliver, install & re-deploy

Delivered and installed on a tight window, then re-deployed venue to venue where the activation tours - the same build, re-installed clean each time.

See the build

We interpret the brief, engineer it to endure, fabricate it and install it on site - then re-deploy it where it tours. It is the same workshop, trades and materials that build for the stage - see Sets, Scenery & Props. Not sure where your brief sits? and we will scope it with you.

What Exhibitions & Interactives is

An activation,
built to endure.

Exhibitions & Interactives is TSA's in-house service for large sculptural objects, hands-on interactives and immersive brand activations - built in steel, carved polystyrene, scenic finish and joinery by carpenters, sculptors, welders and finishers under one roof. We interpret the brief, engineer it to last the event, fabricate it and install it on site, then re-deploy it where it tours.

This is the same workshop that builds for the stage - a creative shop set up for high-scope, bespoke work, not commodity runs. The build has to work on day three, not just day one: activations are engineered to survive crowds, weather and constant handling, with off-the-shelf integrated where it makes sense and bespoke where it counts. Exhibition and interactive fabrication also carries the Show Works name, now a TSA-owned brand, and those builds are set out on the Show Works site. Part of the Sets, Scenery & Props group.

Steel & polystyrene carving Off-the-shelf + bespoke hybrid build Engineered to endure Installed, on time Re-deployed across venues
Endure
Engineered for crowds and weather
Hybrid
Off-the-shelf plus bespoke build
On time
Installed to a tight window
AU
Built for brands and venues, Australia wide
What Exhibitions & Interactives does for your event

Four jobs, one activation.

Build a hero object Make it hands-on Survive the conditions Tour it across venues
What you get

An activation built to
last the whole event.

An activation is a coordinated build, not a stack of parts. You get the idea interpreted, engineered to endure, fabricated in steel, carved polystyrene, scenic finish and joinery, then delivered and installed on a tight window - with off-the-shelf integrated where it makes sense and bespoke where it counts.

Interpret the briefWe take a brand or a brief and turn it into something buildable, engaging and on message - the idea before the build.Concept
Engineered to endureBuilt to survive weather, crowds and constant handling - day one to the last day, not just opening hour.Endure
Custom fabrication, four materialsSteel, carved polystyrene, scenic finish and joinery - a workshop that can weld, carve, turn and machine, not a single-material shop.Materials
Large sculptural objectsHero pieces and centrepieces a crowd walks up to, built to hold their shape all event.Objects
Hands-on interactivesTouch, turn and play features built for constant handling, from working mechanisms to play stations.Interactive
Off-the-shelf plus bespokeOff-the-shelf integrated where it makes sense, bespoke where it counts - so the budget goes where it matters and it still reads as a one-off.Hybrid
Delivered & installed on timeBuilt in the workshop, then delivered and installed on site to a tight window by the same team.Install
Single-site build & strikeA one-off activation built for its venue and run, installed clean and struck when the event ends.One-off

Built to work on day three, not just day one.

A one-off activation is engineered for its venue and its crowd: weather, footfall and constant handling, finished to read on message and built to last the whole event - not just the launch.

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We interpret, engineer, fabricate and install the activation - then re-deploy it where it tours. It is the same workshop, trades and materials that build for the stage through Sets, Scenery & Props. An activation only crosses into motorised movement or show control on the rare build that needs it - otherwise it stays a fabrication and install job, end to end. Either way, you deal with one team.

Built work

Activations that
hold the crowd.

From working interactives to outdoor activations and multi-venue tours, the workshop takes a concept to crowd, on time, and engineers it to last the whole event.

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See what we build

Examples of our activation work.

FAQ

Questions
about your activation.

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

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Large sculptural objects, hands-on interactives and immersive brand activations - in steel, carved polystyrene, scenic finish and joinery. From the Cadbury Joyville chocolate machine to VIP marquees at the Australian Open and temporary retail builds. The same workshop, trades and materials that build for the stage, pointed at activations.
Yes. We engineer activations to endure the conditions - crowds, weather and constant handling. The Vegemite Surf Groms stand we built stood up to storms, surf, sand and seven-year-olds across two years at the Quiksilver Pro.
Yes. We design, fabricate, deliver and install, then re-deploy the build across venues where the activation tours. The Tough Mudder Solo Man Wash we built was delivered and installed at sites around the country, and our marquee activations at the Australian Open were delivered on time and on budget.
Both. We integrate off-the-shelf items with bespoke pieces, so the budget goes where it counts and the result still reads as a one-off. The hybrid approach is how we hit a tight install window without thinning out the idea.
Steel, carved polystyrene, scenic finish and joinery, with CNC design and fabrication for precision components - a creative workshop that can weld, carve, turn and machine in-house, not a single-material shop. Built to take a beating and read close up.
Concept to crowd

Got an activation
to build?

Tell us the brand, the venue and the crowd, the materials it calls for and your install dates. A TSA project lead will scope the activation with you and the workshop will engineer, build and install it - then re-deploy it where it tours, Australia wide.

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