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.

Drape hire - FR-certified stage drapes, masking and cycloramas hired on your show calendar

Hire & Touring · Drape hire

Drapes for the run, not for the storeroom.

Drape hire from TSA puts FR-certified stage drapes on your stage for the dates you run: masking blacks, house velvets, voiles, scrims and cycloramas from the same fleet you would buy from - picked, prepped, freighted Australia wide and collected after the run.

Request availability for these dates → Read a project story →

Or call 1300 439 872

Trusted on stages and in venues around Australia
Alder Construction Anglican Church Grammar School Annie Apollo Property Group Arts Queensland Back to the Future Beetlejuice 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 Hamilton HOTA Home of the Arts Ipswich Civic Centre Lendlease The Lion King Livingstone Christian College Logan City Council Mackay Regional Council Melbourne Olympic Park Michael Cassel Group Microhire MJ The Musical Moulin Rouge Mueller College Multiplex National Gallery of Victoria Queensland University of Technology Res-X Universal Studios University of Adelaide University of Melbourne WA Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries Wicked Wollongong City Council
Where this starts

Start with the dates.
We check the fleet.

Three ways a drape hire starts. All of them end the same way: certified stock on your stage for the run, then back on the truck.

01

Start from a kit list

You know the drapes you need. Send the list with your dates and we check the fleet.

02

Start from the room

Send stage dimensions and what the show needs to hide or reveal, and we spec the drapes for you.

03

Start from a season

Hiring for a run while you scope a permanent set? We quote the hire and the buy side by side.

Request availability for these dates → Plan your hire →
What drape hire is

Hired, hung,
handed back.

Drape hire from TSA is stage-ready soft goods on a show calendar: masking blacks, house velvets, voiles and sheers, scrims and gauzes, cycloramas and backdrops, legs and borders - the same FR-certified stock our drapes team supplies to buy. Every piece is fire-rated to AS 1530.2 and AS 1530.3, inspected and maintained between hires, and shipped with the certification your venue or insurer will ask for. The fleet is TSA-owned and managed from our Victorian warehouse, and the same stock serves productions that come to us through Reveal. DSS drape-support frames and Electro Kabuki drop systems hire alongside the soft goods, so a reveal or a room build ships as one package.

It runs on your dates, not ours. Send bump-in and bump-out, and the stock is picked, prepped, freighted to your dock and collected after the run. There is no minimum production size - schools, community theatre, corporate events and touring productions all hire from the same fleet, for a week, a run-of-show, or a single day by arrangement. Hire runs on weekly rates, with day rates by arrangement. Installation and pack-down are available on request, quoted with the hire.

For peak periods such as school production seasons and touring bumps, allow four to six weeks; for standard stock, one to two weeks usually works.

AS 1530.2 + .3 certified fleet Cleaned between hires No minimum production size Freight Australia wide Install on request
See the full drape hire fleet
Every hire, one cycle Bag to batten and back
AS 1530 01 Picked, cleaned, prepped 02 On the batten for the run 03 Collected, checked back into the fleet Out of the bag. Onto the batten. Back in the fleet.
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Fire-test standards behind every hire drape - AS 1530.2 and AS 1530.3
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Of the fleet cleaned and FR-checked between hires
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Stock classes in the fleet, masking blacks to cycs and backdrops
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FR treatment maintained in-house on a rolling cycle
Where the fleet goes to work

Four jobs, one fleet.

The hall that plays theatre Covering the house set Dressed for one night Touring without the softs
How hire runs

Five steps, every time.

The same discipline whether it is one borrowed backdrop or a full masking set for a season: checked out of the fleet, checked back in, with the FR paperwork along for the ride.

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  1. Step 01

    Availability check

    Send bump-in and bump-out dates and what you are after. Stock is checked across the national fleet and an answer comes back inside the working day.

  2. Step 02

    Pick & prep

    Every drape is picked and inspected before it ships - cleaned, FR-certified to AS 1530.2 and AS 1530.3, with certification documents on request.

  3. Step 03

    Ship national

    Palletised and freighted to your dock, Australia wide, with the freight booked by us around your load-in window.

  4. Step 04

    Run support

    A number that answers while the show is on. Installation, pack-down and callouts are available on request for the life of the hire.

  5. Step 05

    Collect & inspect back in

    Return freight is booked and every drape is cleaned and inspected back into the fleet - which is exactly why what ships to the next customer arrives right.

This page is the short version. The full drape hire fleet - fabric by fabric, with the FR detail - lives with the soft goods range: see the full drape hire fleet. Hiring for now but buying later? Start with house curtains and stage masking or the wider Drapes & Accessories range.

Proof in the fabric

The same fleet,
on real stages.

The hire fleet comes out of the same workshop that makes, installs and services soft goods for productions around Australia.

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Lock it in

Ready when your dates are.

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Request availability for these dates

Send bump-in and bump-out and what you are after. Stock is checked across the national fleet and an answer comes back inside the working day.

Check the fleet

Mid-run and something needs eyes? On-the-road service backs every hire nationally. The certification behind the fleet comes from the same team that runs FR treatment and testing.

FAQ

Questions
about hiring drapes.

If your question is not here, send it through with your dates. Someone who knows the hire fleet will come straight back.

Call 1300 439 872 →
Masking blacks, house velvets, voiles and sheers, scrims and gauzes, cycloramas, backdrops, legs and borders - the same FR-certified stock our drapes team supplies to buy. Every piece is fire-rated to AS 1530.2 and AS 1530.3 and inspected and maintained between hires. Tell us the room and the dates and we check the fleet.
It runs on your show calendar. Send your bump-in and bump-out dates, we check stock across the national fleet and come back inside the working day, then the drapes are picked, prepped, certificated and freighted to your dock. After the run, we book the return freight and collect.
Yes, on request. Installation and pack-down are available alongside the hire and quoted with it, so one engagement covers the fabric and the hands that hang it. Ask when you send your dates.
Yes. Every drape in the hire fleet carries current fire-rating certification to AS 1530.2 and AS 1530.3, maintained in-house on a rolling cycle. Certification documentation is supplied on request for your insurer or venue audit.
For peak periods such as school production seasons and touring bumps, allow four to six weeks. For standard stock, one to two weeks usually works. Send your dates as early as you can and we will hold the stock.
Lock in the dates

The stage look,
on your dates.

Send the room, the dates and what the show needs to hide or reveal. We check the national fleet and come back inside the working day - FR paperwork included.

Request availability for these dates → Read a project story →
Or call 1300 439 872 [email protected]