Custom Drape Fabrication - Bespoke Stage Soft Goods Made in Australia by TSA
Made to your stage. By our people.
Custom stage drapes, bespoke soft goods and stage curtain restoration, manufactured in-house and built specifically for your venue. Better masking. Better sightlines. Better operation. Every metre measured to suit, every seam stitched in-house, every drape flame retarded and certified. The result is a curtain system that fits properly, performs properly and lasts.
Spec your drape
before you call.
Answer five quick questions. The Drape Selector matches the fabric, fullness and opening style to your venue, then turns it into a PDF spec routed straight to the workshop.
Spec drapes, hoists and venues with all our configuration tools →
Stock never fits.
We make yours.
The house curtain is faded. The blacks have tide-marks. The legs sit short of the fly bar. Off-the-shelf soft goods will not solve any of it, and guesswork on sizing eats your contingency.
So tell us the space, the spec and the budget. We design, manufacture and install custom stage curtains and bespoke soft goods end-to-end in our in-house workshop - the home of Reveal Drapes since 2001 - flame retarded to AS 1530 standards, with the certification supplied. One accountable team, from brief to handover. It is one part of the full Drapes & Accessories range.
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Step 01
Brief
Tell us the space, the goal and the timeframe. We listen first and scope second.
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Step 02
Pattern & cut
Stage dimensions become a cutting plan. Fabric, fullness and finish, documented for your approval.
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Step 03
Machine
Cut, stitched and finished on the workshop floor by our machinists. Every metre tracked.
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Step 04
FR-certify & QC
Flame retarded to AS 1530 standards, inspected and certified before it leaves the floor.
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Step 05
Install
On-site fit-out, full run-cycle test and a documentation pack. One accountable team, handed over.
Four jobs, one workshop.
Choosing the right
stage drapes.
Not all theatre fabrics, fire ratings and drape types are the same. Here is a practical guide to the most common soft goods we manufacture, the cloth they are typically made from and the factors that affect performance, compliance and lead time.
What do IFR / DFR / NDFR mean?
FR ratings explained: IFR is built into the fibre and permanent. DFR is a durable treatment that withstands a number of washes before retreatment is required. NDFR relies on a surface treatment that can degrade over time and with exposure to moisture. Every drape manufactured by Theatre Safe Australia is flame retarded to AS 1530 standards and certified before delivery.
The cloth the audience sees.
The front curtain sets the tone for every performance. Whether you are looking for traditional velvet theatre tabs, modern wool serge drapes, swags, valances or reveals, we manufacture front-of-house curtains to suit your venue and aesthetic. Choose from a wide range of fabrics, colours and finishes, with manual or motorised track systems to match the way your venue operates.
Legs, borders and tabs that vanish.
Matte wool serge masking sets cut to the grid - legs, borders, tabs, travellers and smothers that soak up stray light and read as a true black from the seats. The workhorse of the rig, and inherently flame retardant, so the rating never lapses.
Scrims, cycs and printed drops.
Create the scene. Change the space. From small backdrops through to full-stage scenic drops, we manufacture curtains and scenic fabrics that help transform a venue. Whether you need a projection surface, a clean lighting backdrop, a reveal effect or custom-printed artwork, we can produce a solution sized to suit your stage and performance requirements.
Re-made, re-treated, re-certified.
When curtains start showing their age, replacement is not always the only option. We help venues extend the life of heritage curtains, worn velvets and existing stage drapes through restoration, repair and FR recertification. For unique spaces and unusual requirements, we also manufacture bespoke soft goods tailored to the venue and application.
Not sure which cloth your job calls for? Tell the Drape Selector the brief and it specs the fabric, fullness and opening style, or browse the full soft-goods range. The design and production-support side of that work, from first sketch to the bench, is set out on the Reveal Productions creative design page.
Our soft goods,
on real stages.
Cut, sewn and FR-treated in our in-house workshop. Same machinists, same craft, now backed by the scale of TSA.
See all projects
Moulin Rouge! The Musical: the set, the electrics and every soft good, built in-house.
Reveal Productions manufactured every drape, banquette and piece of soft scenery for Moulin Rouge! The Musical - delivered in-house through 18 months of Melbourne lockdowns.
Read the project
Cairns Convention Centre: 36 hoists, one ceiling, every brief accepted.
36-axis EXE Rise hoist array, 42 metres of five-chord box truss, and a Raynok control desk - the turnkey overhead rigging system that lets the Great Hall take every brief that walks in.
Read the project
Australian Outback Spectacular: 4,000 shows. Five flying rigs. Zero missed cues.
Seven-plus years servicing five performer flying rigs and the full stage automation system at Australian Outback Spectacular - 4,000-plus shows, zero missed cues.
Read the projectThree PDFs, sent to your inbox.
Soft goods, cut, sewn and hung.
Scroll through the workroom - sari swags for Moulin Rouge, chroma cloth on the cutting floor, and custom pleats fitted on site.
Sari swags for Moulin Rouge
Chroma cloth on the cutting floor
Swags and fringe, made to order
Fabric columns, flown
Custom pleats on siteQuestions
about custom fabrication.
If your question isn't here, call us or send a brief - we'll come back with the right answer for your stage.
Call 1300 439 872 →Tell us your stage.
We'll make the drapes.
Custom design, in-house manufacture, on-site install. One conversation, one accountable team - and the AS 1530 paperwork supplied with the build.