A horizontal rail, along which a curtain runs (also known as banjo track).
A horizontal rail, along which a curtain runs (also known as banjo track).
An aluminium pipe suspended over the stage on which lighting fixtures, scenery or curtains can be hung. Bars can be lowered to the stage (flown in) or raised into a fly tower above the stage (flown out) using a counterweighted fly system or automation.
Bars are normally referred to by number e.g. no. 1 bar, no. 2 bar, etc. The no. 1 bar is the one immediately behind the proscenium or the frontmost bar which hangs over the stage in a non-proscenium arch theatre.
British Standard