Batten (theater)

The cables emerge from one end of the batten and continue through a snake to dimmers, control boards, or patchbays.

Electrics will often employ large loops of spring steel that extend outward to prevent adjacent battens from colliding with and damaging the lighting instruments.

[clarification needed] In some theaters, especially where battens are close together, a heat-resistant fabric is attached to the front of the electric to prevent heat from the lighting instruments from damaging nearby flown objects.

A drapery pipe may support front curtains (such as travelers), tormentor legs, borders, or tabs.

Many theaters have built in shells designed to reflect sound produced on stage back into the audience.

A simple Electric batten with two instruments (a Source Four PAR and a scoop ).
A view of an electric batten with scoops, fresnels, PARNels , elipsoidals and a Source Four