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To expand its presence in the venue engineering space, The P.A. People has announced that it has acquired Sydney based business, TheatreQuip.

TheatreQuip, which can trace its origins in the Australian theatre industry back over 30 years, brings a wealth of theatrical experience and product to The P.A. People’s venue engineering portfolio, including a comprehensive range of drapes, curtain tracks and accessories, counterweight fly systems, portable staging and theatre machinery. 

For 50 years, The P.A. People has been involved in the design and supply of staging and hoisting systems to venues, The P.A. People Managing Director, Chris Dodds stated “we have been looking at expanding our capability to deliver staging solutions for quite some time.

“Over the past few months, we have received numerous enquiries from across the country looking for alternative providers of staging design and delivery.”

Joining The P.A. People team, Michael Rafferty, Proprietor of the TheatreQuip business since 2001, added “I am delighted that the TheatreQuip business is now part of The P.A. People.

“I am looking forward to working together to deliver the very best staging solutions for venues.

“Chris has put together a very experienced team with a lot of familiar faces as well as some new ones, and we have hit the ground running.

“We are looking forward to creating a new chapter for The P.A. People over the next 50 years by providing the best Venue Engineering solutions in Australia.”

TheatreQuip has a full year of business ahead of it, having recently completed a significant project for the installation of drapes and tracks at the new Meadowbank Education and Employment Precinct and holding a substantial orderbook.

With TheatreQuip now a part of The P.A. People, Dodds added “we have a whole range of new contractor friendly TheatreQuip installation products.

“The next six months will see the release of a portfolio of equipment that we feel are destined to become benchmark products in our industry.”

Click here to contact The P.A. People via their entry in the Australasian Leisure Management Supplier Directory.

Images (from top): Installation by The P.A. People at the Wyong Arthouse, TheatreQuip's Track technology, installation by The P.A. People at Sydney Olympic Park's Ken Rosewall Arena and the TheatreQuip logo.

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