Prop Fabrication - bespoke theatrical props and sculpture built in-house by TSA's scenic workshop, from clay sculpting and silicone moulds to fibreglass and epoxy casting and scenic finishes, made to convince at close range and survive a touring run
From clay, to mould, to stage.
Bespoke theatrical props and sculpture, built in-house by the workshop. Clay sculpting, silicone moulds, fibreglass and epoxy casting, scenic finishes and hard coating - made to impress at close audience range and finished to survive the tour.
Sculpted, moulded,
cast and finished.
The workshop's prop and sculpture line, clay through to scenic finish, all under one roof. The same line builds custom furniture and light fixtures where the design calls for them.
Sculpting & moulds
- Clay masters
- Silicone moulds
- Hand-sculpted
Hand-sculpted clay masters and silicone moulds - the original form a whole run of casts comes from.
Casting & fibreglass
- Fibreglass and epoxy
- Polystyrene
- Repeatable
Fibreglass and epoxy casting, plus large props in polystyrene - light, strong and repeatable across a run.
Scenic finishes & hard coating
- Close-range finish
- Hard coating
Precision scenic finishes built to hold their detail at close range, with hard coating where the piece takes a beating.
Practical electronics
- Integrated LED
- Special effects
- Mechanical action
Integrated LED, special-effects and mechanical action built into the prop where the script needs it.
Have a sketch, a reference image or a clear idea of the piece you need built? and we will scope it with you.
Built in-house,
finished by hand.
Prop Fabrication is the workshop's prop and sculpture line - 30+ years of clay sculpting, silicone moulding, fibreglassing, epoxy and scenic finishes, and large props in polystyrene, with practical electronics integrated where the script needs them. From a single hand-sculpted hero piece to a run of repeatable casts, the same crew takes it from clay to stage-ready.
| Built to | Hold up at close audience proximity and survive a high-cycle touring run, not one opening night |
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| Craft | Bespoke and craft-led: every hero piece starts as clay, and 30+ years of moulding and casting keeps the last cast looking like the first |
| Sits inside | The wider Sets, Scenery & Props workshop, with scenery, set electrics and load-in-ready handover around it |
| Also runs under | Show Works, now a TSA-owned brand: see the Show Works site |
From clay to stage-ready.
Sculpted, moulded, finished and wired by the same crew under one roof.
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Sculpt the master
The form is hand-sculpted in clay as a master, refined until the silhouette reads from the house.
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Mould, cast or carve
A silicone mould is taken off the master so the piece casts cleanly in fibreglass or epoxy. Oversized props are carved and coated in polystyrene where scale matters more than weight.
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Finish by hand
Epoxy detailing and scenic paint worked by hand for surface and depth, with a hard coat where the prop is handled, struck and reset night after night.
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Stage-ready
LED, special effects and mechanical action are built in where the script needs them, and casts and finishes are specified to tour, venue after venue.
Four jobs, one team.
Build a hero prop
A sculpted, moulded and finished one-off that stands up under stage light and at close range.
Run repeatable props
Consistent casts and finishes across the quantities a production needs.
Make it practical
Props with integrated LED, special-effects or mechanical action built in.
Survive the tour
Durable casting and finishes that hold up across a high-cycle run, venue after venue.
The full prop line,
clay to stage-ready.
Not a single technique: sculpt, mould, cast, finish and wire a piece in-house, so the prop you brief is the prop that loads in.
One hero piece, or a run cast for consistency.
- A single bespoke prop or sculpture
- Sculpted in clay, moulded, cast and scenic-finished
- Practical electronics where the script calls for them
- Built to reward a close look
- Cast off a shared mould
- Consistent casts and finishes across the quantities a production needs
- Each one durable enough to tour, venue after venue
Whole-show control and design
- Whole-show automation control
- Technical design and drafting
- Bespoke mechanical kit
Around the props
- Scenery
- Set electrics
- Load-in-ready handover
Props are one part of the workshop. In-house, concept to strike: see Production Engineering and Sets, Scenery & Props.
Sculpted, moulded, finished and wired by the same crew under one roof.
Moulin Rouge! The Musical the gold filigree heart for a portal, laid out in the workshop
Beetlejuice The Musical.
Props with a pulse.
Neon signs and scenic pieces built in the TSA workshop for Beetlejuice The Musical.
Read the case study →Sculpted, cast
and toured.
Hero pieces, runs of practical props and immersive scenic detail for productions inspected from the front row, then toured.
Read a project story
A sculpted hero piece.
Large-scale scenic fabrication with precision finishes for a long-run commercial production, built to be looked at up close.
Read the story
Practical props, repeated.
Robust props supporting high-cycle performance in a permanent theatre run - cast for consistency, finished to last.
Read the story
Props at close range.
Modular scenic props for immersive staging and high audience proximity, finished where the audience sits near enough to notice everything.
Read the storyProps, sculpted pieces and the finishes that sell them.
Props built, carved and sculpted in our workshop, painted and finished for the stage.
Australia wide
Built in-house. Delivered nationally.
Sculpted, moulded, cast and finished under one roof.
Questions
about prop fabrication.
If your question isn't here, call us or send through your sketch or brief - we will come back with the right way to build it.
Call 1300 439 872 →From clay,
to stage.
Tell us about the prop or sculpture you need built. We will scope the sculpt, the mould, the cast and the finish, and come back with a way to make it - built in-house, finished for close range, and delivered Australia wide.
- We talk. The prop or sculpture you need built.
- We scope. The sculpt, the mould, the cast and the finish.
- We make. In-house, finished for close range.