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.
Crew member working at height on a stage truss during a production fit-up
Production Engineering

When off-the-shelf stops working.

The technical side of your show - designed, engineered, drafted, built and run - to the cue sheet you actually have. One team, every discipline in-house. Australia wide.

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How we work

Specified. Supplied. Supported.

  1. Stage 01

    Identify

    We meet with your team, read the cue sheet and the brief, and define the scope against what the show actually needs.

    Production management
  2. Stage 02

    Specify

    Engineered design and a coordinated drawing set. Load paths, automation performance, compliance trail.

    Design & drafting
  3. Stage 03

    Deliver

    Build, rig, bump-in, run. In-house crews, traceable kit, technical direction on the floor.

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  4. Stage 04

    Maintain

    For shows that become permanent installs, we hand over cleanly and keep it serviced. Long-running touring shows stay covered too - hoist certification and electrical test and tag between dates.

    Service & inspection
01  /  What we do

Brains and kit.
Not one or the other.

Production Engineering is how TSA delivers the technical side of a production when the standard catalogue will not cover it. We design the staging, automation and rigging solution, draft it to a buildable drawing set, fabricate the show-specific kit, and put experienced technical direction on the floor to run it - from first production meeting through bump-out. Along the way we coordinate with the show's other departments - lighting, audio and the rest - so the technical side fits the whole picture.

01

Production Management

An experienced hand owns the technical delivery of your show - scope, crew, procurement, budget, bump-in and bump-out.

 02

Design & Drafting

The staging, automation and rigging solution, drawn to a coordinated set with the engineering paperwork to back it.

 03

Specialised Crew

Accredited riggers, operators, designers and production managers who meld into your team or run the technical side from the top.

 04

Automation & Control

Automated scenery, revolves, kabuki drops and multi-axis moves, integrated and cued on the Raynok control platform.

 05

Performer Flying

Show-specific flying rigs, customised for the apparatus and the artist.

 06

Custom Fabrication

Bespoke mechanical kit built when nothing stock will do.
02  /  Proof

Engineered on shows
you already know.

TSA has engineered and built the technical and scenic side of large-scale productions - staging with integrated automation, flying and precision finishes. The work below is a slice. If your show needs more than stock, that is the work we do.

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Annie Back to the Future Beauty and the Beast Beetlejuice Cats Dracula's Grease Hamilton Jesus Christ Superstar The Lion King MJ The Musical Moulin Rouge Sister Act Six the Musical Tina: The Tina Turner Musical Wicked
University of Adelaide Alder Construction Anglican Church Grammar School Apollo Property Group Arts Queensland Brisbane Powerhouse Brisbane Showgrounds Built Cairns Convention Centre Canberra Theatre Centre Capricorn Rigging Crossroads Live Crown Resorts Disney Diversified Edith Cowan University Encore Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Griffith University HOTA Home of the Arts Ipswich Civic Centre Lendlease Livingstone Christian College Logan City Council Mackay Regional Council Melbourne Olympic Park Michael Cassel Group Microhire Mueller College Multiplex National Gallery of Victoria Queensland University of Technology Res-X Universal Studios University of Melbourne WA Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries Wollongong City Council

All trademarks, production names and venue names are the property of their respective owners. Used here to identify productions and venues TSA has worked on.

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Engineering the technical side of shows
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Disciplines, one accountable team
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Productions and venues supported
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Designed, built & run in Australia
Built for your sector

Already working in your world.

The technical side of a show changes with the room. Find the way we engineer, build and run it for your kind of venue.

On real shows

The technical side,
delivered.

Designed, built and run in Australia - the same team that plans the technical side of your show puts it on the floor.

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FAQ

Common
questions.

If you don't see what you're after, talk to us directly.

It is the engineering and management of the technical side of a production - designing and drafting the staging, automation and rigging solution, building the show-specific kit, and directing the technical delivery from first meeting to bump-out.
Both. You can take the full technical solution and the people to run it, or any part of it - design and drafting, the kit, or technical direction on the floor.
Yes. We can engineer and draft from your concept and cue sheet, or design the technical solution from the brief up.
Yes. Production Engineering is built around per-show work, including touring kit that has to deploy consistently city to city.
Production Engineering is for a show. Venue Engineering is for a building - permanent fit-out to commission. If your production becomes a permanent install, the two teams hand over cleanly.
Let's work on it

Carry the technical side
with one team.

Whether you're scoping a new production or carrying a tour, we'll work through the technical side with you - designed, engineered, drafted, built and run.

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