Prop Fabrication - bespoke theatrical props and sculpture built in-house by TSA's scenic workshop, from clay sculpting and silicone moulds to fibreglass and epoxy casting and scenic finishes, made to convince at close range and survive a touring run
From clay, to mould, to stage.
Bespoke theatrical props and sculpture, built in-house by the workshop. Clay sculpting, silicone moulds, fibreglass and epoxy casting, scenic finishes and hard coating - made to impress at close audience range and finished to survive the tour.
Sculpted, moulded,
cast and finished.
Prop fabrication is the workshop's prop and sculpture line - clay through to scenic finish, all under one roof. Each area is a craft in its own right, run by the sculptors, mould-makers and scenic finishers who build the piece end to end. The same craft line builds custom furniture and light fixtures where the design calls for them.
Sculpting & moulds
Hand-sculpted clay masters and silicone moulds - the original form a whole run of casts comes from.
See what you getCasting & fibreglass
Fibreglass and epoxy casting, plus large props in polystyrene - light, strong and repeatable across a run.
See what you getScenic finishes & hard coating
Precision scenic finishes built to hold their detail at close range, with hard coating where the piece takes a beating.
See what you getPractical electronics
Integrated LED, special-effects and mechanical action built into the prop where the script needs it.
See what you getHave a sketch, a reference image or a clear idea of the piece you need built? and we will scope it with you.
Built in-house,
finished by hand.
Prop Fabrication is the workshop's prop and sculpture line - 30+ years of clay sculpting, silicone moulding, fibreglassing, epoxy and scenic finishes, and large props in polystyrene, with practical electronics integrated where the script needs them. From a single hand-sculpted hero piece to a run of repeatable casts, the same crew takes it from clay to stage-ready.
Props are built to hold up at close audience proximity and to survive a high-cycle touring run, not a single opening night. It is bespoke, craft-led fabrication, engineered to tour, and it sits inside the wider Sets, Scenery & Props workshop - so scenery, set electrics and load-in-ready handover come around it, and the same sculpture and prop work runs under the Show Works name, now a TSA-owned brand, on the Show Works site. Every hero piece still starts as clay under someone's thumbs, and 30+ years of moulding and casting is what keeps the last cast off the mould looking like the first.
Four jobs, one team.
The full prop line,
clay to stage-ready.
Prop fabrication is not a single technique. It is a workshop that can sculpt, mould, cast, finish and wire a piece in-house - so the prop you brief is the prop that loads in, built for close-range scrutiny and for touring.
One hero piece, or a run cast for consistency.
A single, bespoke prop or sculpture - the form sculpted in clay, moulded, cast and scenic-finished, with practical electronics where the script calls for them, built to reward a close look. Or a run of repeatable props off a shared mould - consistent casts and finishes across the quantities a production needs, each one durable enough to tour, venue after venue.
Props are one part of the workshop. Whole-show automation control, technical design & drafting and bespoke mechanical kit sit with Production Engineering, and scenery, set electrics and load-in-ready handover come from the wider Sets, Scenery & Props team around them - in-house, concept to strike.
Sculpted, cast
and toured.
The same prop line - sculpt, mould, cast, finish - has built hero pieces, runs of practical props and immersive scenic detail for productions that are inspected from the front row, then toured.
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A sculpted hero piece.
Large-scale scenic fabrication with precision finishes for a long-run commercial production, built to be looked at up close.
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Practical props, repeated.
Robust props supporting high-cycle performance in a permanent theatre run - cast for consistency, finished to last.
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Props at close range.
Modular scenic props for immersive staging and high audience proximity, finished where the audience sits near enough to notice everything.
Read the storyExamples of our prop work.
Questions
about prop fabrication.
If your question isn't here, call us or send through your sketch or brief - we will come back with the right way to build it.
Call 1300 439 872 →From clay,
to stage.
Tell us about the prop or sculpture you need built. We will scope the sculpt, the mould, the cast and the finish, and come back with a way to make it - built in-house, finished for close range, and delivered Australia wide.