All Performance Areas Have A Need For Stage Curtains

Theatres, cinemas, gig venues, school halls, universities, and more all have a need for stage curtains as a critical part of their operation. Stage curtains provide a strong visual impact for audiences when they are the front of house curtains and they also separate different areas on a stage and can be used to control light entering and also minimise sound.

Some stage curtains such as legs, tormentors, and so on will remain in a fixed position during a performance while others may be raised up and lowered down, while still others, such as the front of house curtain usually open and close so that they meet in the middle, running on stage curtain track.

Curtains like the main curtain/front of house curtain, can be opened and closed by two people pulling them with theatre ropes, known as walkalong, or they can be operated mechanically. There are certain advantages to mechanical operation, not the least of which is that it doesn’t require two people to operate the curtains, and also that when closing they will meet in the middle of the stage at the same time.

Other types of curtains include blackout curtains which can be used for all sorts of purposes. Made of a heavy material, they can be used to control not only light but sound as well. For this reason, they are now being used in offices, conference halls, and many other places where it is desired to control the light, or to keep down sound in a building next to a noisy motorway, for example.