https://www.123articleonline.com/rss/author/253701/john-hoffmanArticles written by John Hoffman from 123ArticleOnline.comen-usCopyright (c) 123ArticleOnline.com All rights reserved. https://www.123articleonline.com/articles/1123769/a-short-guide-to-theatre-curtains-and-drapes Theatre curtains are very large pieces of material and are designed to carry out a wide range of specific jobs on stage. Many are used to hide the backstage area from the audience, but can also be used as part of the scenery. https://www.123articleonline.com/articles/1161064/christmas-is-a-good-time-to-clean-school-stage-curtains As we head into Christmas and the pantomime season, many theatres are going to be very busy. However, some stages such as those in school halls and colleges will be very quiet, and now is an excellent time to undertake any curtain cleaning and check over equipment such as curtain tracking. https://www.123articleonline.com/articles/1174105/cleaning-curtains-is-easy-isnt-it many people think that cleaning curtains is easy, and if you are talking about net curtains it is. You can throw them in the washing machine for an hour and out they come, clean and dry. However, other curtains can be a lot larger and heavier and made of a huge range of different materials, so will need special handling. https://www.123articleonline.com/articles/1164916/some-of-the-many-types-of-materials-used-for-theatre-curtains Theatre and stage curtains can be made of many different types of material, which will depend partly on the function that they have to perform, and partly a matter of personal choice. Front of house curtains, which are frequently red, have to be either inherently flame retardant or treated with flame-retardant chemicals. https://www.123articleonline.com/articles/1168997/the-many-uses-of-blackout-curtains Blackout curtains are used extensively in theatres in order to keep unwanted light from entering the stage. However, they not only block out light, but can also be used to dampen unwanted sound, such as stagehands moving about. They are not only used in theatres but have all sorts of other uses as well.