ENTERTAINMENT & THEATRE NETTING
Protect Performers, Crew and Audiences
Theatre, performing arts, and entertainment venues present a range of fall hazards and risks from dropped objects. Maintaining the safety of crew, cast, performers, and audience members is essential in any live performance or entertainment environment. InCord’s theatre safety netting systems—including Orchestra Pit Nets, Stage Guard™ Nets, and Catwalk Netting—provide comprehensive fall protection for venues of all sizes.
Custom-designed with safety as our top priority, our commercial-grade materials are rigorously tested to meet or exceed industry standards. Our wide selection of netting and rope solutions is custom-tailored to your project requirements, helping ensure compliance while enhancing safety across your performance and entertainment spaces.
Theatre, Performing Arts & Entertainment Systems
ORCHESTRA PIT NETS
Keeping the action on stage where it belongs, InCord Orchestra Pit Nets (OPNs) are custom built to provide vital protection for virtually any size or shape orchestra pit. Recognized across North America as an essential component of stage safety, InCord’s OPN is primarily constructed of black, knotless high tenacity polypropylene (HTPP) material, which has been tested to meet or exceed OSHA and ANSI standards and is visually non-distracting.
STAGE GUARD™
Stage Guard™ prevents falls with an impact-absorbing barrier net that spans the full proscenium width. It deploys and secures in under a minute, creating a highly visible vertical safety barrier strong enough to stop runaway equipment and props.
This suspended system leaves the stage floor clear and installs easily with standard hand tools. It mounts to four anchor points per side, deploys or retracts quickly, and stores compactly offstage when not in use.
CATWALK NETTING
Catwalk safety nets help prevent falls and contain dropped tools or equipment, protecting crews above and below while maintaining clear access and visibility. Custom-fabricated for your layout, each system installs to existing structure or cable framing with no permanent modifications.
Integrated access openings allow safe reach to lighting and electrical systems. Durable, low-profile netting supports safer theatre operations and helps meet modern safety standards.
SCENIC NETTING
Scenic netting transforms stages into immersive, interactive environments for climbing, swinging, walking, or aerial movement. Custom-fabricated to any size or shape from high-strength performance rope, these durable nets support multiple performers and withstand repeated productions with dependable safety.
Ideal for themed scenery and stage effects, scenic nets can replicate natural rope aesthetics or serve as grid structures for lighting and props. Each system installs where needed, spans large areas, and delivers reliable theatrical netting for dynamic stage design.
More Custom Theatre Netting Solutions
- TRAP DOOR NETS
- RAIL GUARD
- LIGHT CAGE NETTING
- VERTICAL BARRIER NETTING
- OPN SCRIM
- OPN RESCUE LINE
- LOADING DOCK NETS

There are myriad types of stage traps, and each presents a fall hazard if left unguarded. InCord Trap Door Nets catch and contain items or actors who may accidentally fall into an open trap door.

Handrail netting is ideal for walk areas or rail-type applications that require extra pass-through protection. InCord has many different netting styles to suit any theatre’s aesthetic.

Ideal for theatres, school cafeterias, or gymnasiums that serve as an auditorium. Light Cage Nets protect lighting fixtures from potentially falling if damaged or loosened. Light Cage Nets also protect equipment from getting hit by thrown objects.

Install in gymnatoriums/cafetoriums to keep stage areas safe during recreational activities. These vertical barrier nets quickly retract when not in use so that regular stage activities can resume without hassle.
Orchestra Pit musicians use lights to illuminate their music during a show. OPN Scrim offers a breathable solution to keep musicians and their lights obscured during a performance. This versatile product also protects musicians from small, falling props and acts as a percussive sound dampener when needed.

The OPN Rescue Line is a recovery aid that works together with InCord standard OPN. This simple and effective product, now included with every OPN purchase, aids in the retrieval of someone who has fallen into the net.

Tensioned nets protect bay doors and other areas from unauthorized access. The high-visibility nets install quickly to steel stanchions. Using eye bolts on each side of a shared center stanchion, they can be extended to span multiple dock door openings. The kit includes two stanchion posts with hardware and a web panel with adjustable end straps and snap hooks.
• Containment rating of 300 lbs with a 2:1 safety factor
• Meets OSHA 1910.29(b) requirements for guardrails
ANSI FALL PREVENTION STANDARDS
The latest ANSI Standard for the Prevention of Falls from Theatrical Stages and Raised Performance Platforms
(ANSI E1.46) outlines the need for any theatre to have a comprehensive safety plan.
Get in touch with InCord for help bringing your theatre into compliance.
Read in detail about ANSI E1.46 here.