House Curtains		Hoisted House Curtains
Tottori Prefectural Citizen's Cultural Center）	The house curtain is a decorative device that separates the stage from the audience and generally opens and closes vertically. (The house curtain shown here is made with Nishijin (Kyoto) brocade fabric, as are most house curtains in Japan.)		Hoisted house curtains are lifted using a drum-type winch system.
Contour Curtains
Contour curtains are house curtains that are opened by a gather-up mechanism rather than a vertical-lift mechanism. Operated at the touch of a button, contour curtains accept a wide variety of pre-set opening and closing patterns. Contour curtains are made from soft material.
Opera Curtains
Opera curtains are house curtains that are gathered at an oblique angle to open. They are made from soft cloth.
Border Curtains		Blackout Curtains
Border curtains are long, thin, black curtains, which hang parallel to the house curtain on stage, spanning the full breadth of the stage. Border curtains block from audience view large props and lighting equipment suspended in the space above the stage. Multiple border curtains are installed, according to the depth of the stage.		The blackout curtain is usually an opaque curtain, installed immediately behind the house curtain. Blackout curtains are used to ensure that the audience cannot see scene shifts and work taking place on stage. Standard blackout curtains move vertically, but some theaters have them moving horizontally.
Horizont Curtains		Leg Curtains	Traveller Curtain
A horizont curtains is a light colored (usually grey) curtain without pleats. Stage lights are shined on this curtain to produce effects depicting the sky, the horizon or just colors.		Leg curtains are black curtains that block from audience view performers waiting in the wings for their entry and other parts of the back stage. Multiple leg drops are installed, according to the depth of the stage.	A traveller curtain is a black curtain split down the middle, the right half of which opens to the right and the left half of which opens to the left. When closed, both halves come together at center-stage. These curtains are used during scenery shifts or to adjust stage area. Multiple traveller curtains are installed, according to the depth of stage.
Backdrop Curtains		Projection Screen Equipment
The backdrop curtain is the black curtain that blocks the back of the stage from audience view. This curtain can also be used to depict night-time or darkness.		Projection screen equipment generally raises and lowers the projection screen, screen curtains (which cover the entirety of the screen), side maskings (used to adjust image dimensions) and other related equipment. Simple roll-up screens are also available.
Variable Portal Systems
Variable portal systems move the proscenium, itself, to adjust its overall (top, bottom, right and left) dimensions, thereby changing the shape of the stage opening.
Portal Systems
The portal bridge is used to adjust the height and the portal towers which are used to adjust the width of the proscenium. This enables the stage opening to be set at the optimum size for the work being performed. This system is also known as the "inner proscenium.