If it goes above a stage, we know it.
Designed, supplied, installed, serviced, recertified. Under one roof. Australia wide.
Two tools.
One straight answer.
Size a hoist against your load, or walk a venue and see what does the lifting. Both take minutes, and both end with a spec you can hand straight to us.
Hoist Selector
Answer the job questions, get the hoist: model, phase and chain fall, matched to your load.
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Venue Rigging Explorer
Click through an isometric venue and see every rigging system in position, named and explained.
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Start with
what's going up.
Every rig starts with the load. Pick what you're lifting or hanging and we'll point you at the family that carries it - the hoist, the structure, the control and the fittings in between.
Five families sit behind the four answers. Everything the chooser points at is rated, supplied, installed and recertified by the same team.
The stocked Ace models - ACE 500 3PH and ACE 250 1PH - cover build-and-install lifts that never hang over people.
Not sure what will carry it? Get a hoist recommendation - the Hoist Selector sizes model, phase and chain fall against the load you actually have.
The systems that fly the show.
A fly system moves scenery, lighting and drapes above the stage: counterweight line sets flown by hand, motorised sets driven by hoists, or dead-hung grids where nothing moves at all. We design, install, upgrade and service all three, Australia wide.
Already flying? Book a fly system inspection and have every sheave, arbor and rope lock checked end to end.
- Gridiron, the steel above everything
- Loft and head blocks
- Counterweight arbor
- Operating line and rope lock
- Fly bar, the batten the show hangs on
- Chain hoist on a motorised set
Everything above the stage,
explained.
Chain hoists, controllers, truss, staging and the hardware in between: the stage rigging we stock, shown in place. Select a numbered pin to see what does the lifting in a venue like yours, then go family by family below.
The over-stage workhorse.
D8 Plus chain hoists from 350 kg to 2.5 t, double-braked as standard, stocked in Australia and supported for life. The EXE Ace entry model covers build-and-install lifts that never hang over people.
Explore chain hoistsThe built-in venue hoist.
The Australian-made electric pile wind hoist for venue bars - wire rope rather than chain, with a standalone pendant or networked touchscreen control and position recall.
Explore pile hoistsEvery hoist, answering one operator.
Basic, Pro, Toggle and Smart - the Atlas controller range, designed and built in-house on a shared 24V control platform, from 4 to 24 channels, so models mix and grow within one rig.
Explore controllersFor the spans a bar can't make.
X and H series box and flat aluminium truss with die-cast end plates, plus towers, corners and ground support - one cross-compatible system that keeps working years after the first order.
Explore truss & structuresA stage that arrives on a trolley.
Xstage S10 decks with interchangeable legs build stages, risers, ramps and thrusts - waterproof ply tops on an aluminium frame one crew member can handle, with guardrails and stairs to match.
Explore stagingThe load-rated joints of the grid.
Half, swivel, self-lock and quick couplers for scaffold, truss and fly-bar tube - every unit load-rated, stamped and stocked, so the joint is never the question mark in the rig.
Explore clamps & couplersEverything between steel and stage.
Cable holders, pulley blocks, girder and batten clamps - the certified fittings that connect building steel to the bar, each one serial-numbered and supplied with its certificate.
Explore rigging hardwareThe drawer every rig runs on.
Round slings, bow shackles, chain, wire rope, rope and cord, and the full tape drawer - the consumables that get used, checked and replaced show after show.
Explore consumablesGear for the crew who work at height.
Harnesses, helmets, connectors, lanyards, ascenders and rescue kit from Petzl, Skylotec and Black Diamond - bought here, kept certified through our height-safety inspections.
Explore personal rigging gearCases that survive the truck.
Road cases, flight cases, racks, trolleys and drape bags - the logistics layer that gets the rig to the venue and home again in the same condition it left.
Explore storage & transport
Supplied is half the job. Supported is the other.
Design, installation and servicing, carried by the same people who stock the gear. Pick a service to see what it covers and where it takes you.
The drawings your venue keeps.
Rigging plots, load calculations and certified load-bearing elements - the documentation that tells you, your engineer and your insurer exactly what is hanging and what it can carry. Produced before anything is ordered, kept for the life of the venue.
Explore design & documentationBuilt into the venue you already have.
Bars, hoists, grids and fly systems installed retrofit. We design around your structure, install in dark weeks and term breaks, load-test the result and hand over with the documentation attached. Whole-venue fit-outs run as integrated venue engineering projects.
Explore rigging installationAny brand, certified for twelve months.
Electric chain hoists of any brand serviced, load-tested and certified - in our workshop, on site or on tour. Every hoist leaves with its own certificate and its history tracked against its serial, so next year's service builds on this one.
Explore hoist servicingFor a season, not forever.
Hoists, controllers, truss and hardware from the hire fleet, checked before and after every hire. When the job is a season rather than a venue's lifetime, hire keeps the capital in your production and the maintenance on us.
Explore hoist & rigging hireFlying a performer, not a truss?
Flying a person is its own discipline, with its own engineering, rehearsal process and sign-off. We take it end to end, from concept and engineering through rehearsal to show call - and the Hercules Performer hoist that does the lifting stays in our rigging stable.
Explore performer flyingOne accountable partner from the first drawing to the annual recert. Not sure which service the job needs? and we will point you at the right one.
Identify
A Venue Systems Health Check tells you what is hanging, what it carries and where it stands.
Rigging is not a purchase, it is a system you operate for decades. The Health Check tells you where you stand; the programme keeps it there.
Already rigging in your world.
A school hall grid and an arena ceiling carry different loads, different duty cycles and different sign-off. Find the approach built for your venue.
Our rigging,
over real stages.
Specified, supplied and installed by crews who work on stages every week - then serviced for the life of the rig.
See all projects
36 hoists, one ceiling, every brief accepted.
A 36-axis hoist array and five-chord box truss, the turnkey overhead rigging behind the Great Hall.
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4,000 shows. Five flying rigs. Zero missed cues.
Seven-plus years servicing five performer flying rigs and the full stage automation system.
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A workshop that did not stop when Melbourne did.
Every drape, banquette and piece of soft scenery manufactured in-house through 18 months of lockdowns.
Read the projectTwo PDFs, sent to your inbox.
Prefer to self-serve? Open the WLL chart for theatre fly systems
Arena floors to fly towers, rigged and loaded.
Scroll through the load-ins - chain hoists over the arena floor, truss towers under climb, and battens rigged in the fly tower.
Arena load-in, Brisbane
Chain hoists over Etihad Arena
EXE hoists on the floor at bump-in
Up the tower, hoist overhead
Battens rigged in the fly tower
Drop lines from the grid
Hemp house fly railThe bits people always ask.
If we missed yours, send it through. We'll get back to you.
Yes. Our technicians service and load-test electric chain hoists of any brand - in our workshop, on site or on tour. Every serviced hoist leaves with its own certificate, valid for 12 months.
It depends on what you are lifting, how the load is shared and what the structure above can take. The WLL stamped on the hoist is only part of the answer - run your job through the Hoist Selector, or talk to our team and we will size it for you.
They are entertainment duty classifications from the German industry codes most of the world rigs to. A D8 hoist lifts and holds loads but must not hold them over people without a secondary safety. A D8 Plus hoist carries double brakes and an 8:1 safety factor, so it can hold a static load over people without a secondary. Moving loads over people during a show is a different class again - ask us before you spec it.
Yes - most of our installation work is retrofit. We design around the structure you have, install the bars, hoists, grids or fly systems, load-test the result and hand over the documentation with it.
Yes. Hoists, controllers, truss and hardware are available from the hire fleet, checked before and after every hire. If the job is a season rather than a venue's lifetime, hire is often the right call.
Whatever hangs above your stage,
we've got your back.
Hoists, truss, bars and control - designed, supplied, installed and serviced, Australia wide.