Inside the Reveal Productions workshop in Melbourne, with cutting tables and the checkerboard sewing floor

About Reveal Productions

Melbourne drape makers since 2001. stage drapes and soft goods

We cut, sew and finish stage drapes and soft goods in our Melbourne workshop, and look after them for their working life. Part of Theatre Safe Australia since 2023.

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The Reveal workshop, Melbourne

The Drape Selector

Spec your drape
before you call.

Answer five quick questions. The Drape Selector matches fabric, fullness and opening style to your space, then turns it into a spec ready to send to the makers.

  • Five questions
  • No email gate
  • Quote-ready spec
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
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

Where we started

Fairfield to Preston.

Fairfield

Reveal starts as a small drapery workshop in Fairfield, Victoria.

Preston

The Fairfield shopfront is outgrown. The workshop moves to Preston.

More room

A bigger Preston facility, for larger projects.

A new workshop

Reveal consolidates into a new, larger workshop built for growth.

Theatre Safe Australia

Reveal joins Theatre Safe Australia. We make the fabric; they engineer the tracks, motors and fly systems. About Theatre Safe Australia

A machinist at an industrial sewing machine stitching a length of black webbing strap A length of red cloth run out along the workshop cutting table Two makers kneeling on a large ornate cloth of red rays and gold detail spread across the workshop floor The drape workshop from above, with a red cloth on the cutting table Two crew hanging a black drape from truss in the workshop
At the sewing machine.
A machinist sewing a long black drape on an industrial sewing machine in the workshop

Who makes it

Made, fitted and looked after.

The team that cuts your drape also fits it, re-treats it and hires it out.

  1. Theatre drapes
  2. Track systems
  3. Fire treatment
  4. Rentals & hire
  5. Maintenance
  6. Covers & soft goods
  7. Design & production support

Where our work hangs

HOTA Home of the Arts Arts Queensland National Gallery of Victoria Canberra Theatre Centre Disney Logan City Council Brisbane Powerhouse Universal Studios Crown WA Arts and Culture Trust
Reveal Productions team members assessing a printed scenic portal piece beside its frame in the workshop
Reveal machinists finishing an ornate printed proscenium cloth on the workshop floor for MJ the Musical
Soft scenery for MJ the Musical, on the workshop floor.
On the workshop floor

MJ the Musical

An international design reference, a short turnaround and soft scenery made from limited references. Our machinists sourced the fabric, replicated the technique and worked with the production's design team throughout.

We made the soft goods; the finished stage build is the production's own work.

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