Installations
Drape and track installations, by the makers
House curtains, masking, backdrops and dividers on manual or motorised track. We measure the room, sew the drapes in our Melbourne workshop and fit them with the people who made them.
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 process
Made off site. Fitted on site.
The making happens in our workshop while your room keeps working. The on-site window is agreed around your calendar: term breaks, dark weeks, the gaps between seasons.
- 01
Consult
We look at the room, how it is used now and what it needs to become.
- 02
Design and coordinate
Layouts are settled before anything is cut, and coordinated with the builder, AV and lighting trades.
- 03
Make
Drapes are cut and sewn. Track and hardware are pre-assembled and checked.
- 04
Install
Our installers fix the track, hang and dress the drapes, and prove the operation, manual or motorised.
- 05
Hand over
We walk you through the finished system before we leave.
What we install
One system, made to measure
5steps
The same process on every install
2drives
Manual or motorised track
1team
Accountable from measure to make to fit
| System | What it does |
|---|---|
| House curtains | Travellers, tabs and valances, sewn with the fullness the room needs |
| Masking | Legs, borders and blacks that shape the stage and hide what the audience should not see |
| Backdrops and cycloramas | Full-width cloths and cycs for performance, film and photography |
| Dividers | Drape walls that split a multipurpose room, then park away when it needs to be whole |
| Track | Manual or motorised, chosen for the drape it carries and how often it moves |
- The track we fit is on Track Systems →
- Hoists and rigging above the drapes: fly systems at TSA →
Our work
Stages, studios and rooms that are not stages
John XXIII College: stage blacks and school-colour legs on new track, handed back performance-ready. 
A round velour enclosure, fitted on site 
Not only stages: a full-height black drape closing the end of a mirrored event space. 
Black drapes wall to wall in a converted studio 
Red ceiling swags, mid-install
Questions
Installations, answered
Do you make the drapes you install?
Yes. The drapes are cut and sewn in our Melbourne workshop, and the people who fit them work alongside the people who made them. One team is accountable from measure to make to fit.
How long will the room be out of action?
Only for the on-site work. Drapes are sewn and track is pre-assembled in the workshop while the venue keeps running, and the on-site window is agreed around your calendar.
Can you install track in a space that is not a theatre?
Yes. Halls, film and photography studios, galleries, classrooms, offices and event spaces take the same systems as stages: masking, dividers, backdrops and blackout runs.
Manual or motorised: how do we choose?
We recommend after seeing the space. The drape's weight and drop, who operates it and how often it moves decide it, and both run through the same design, make and fit process.
Do you install hoists and fly systems too?
Those are engineered by Theatre Safe Australia, our parent company. We work alongside their team, so the drapes and the system above them are planned together.