The stage

In the creation of the stage I started out with a box, I converted the box to and editable poly and used the line tool to shape the stage by pulling up he centre line.

Once i had the lines in place i used the polygons to move the lower part of the stage back to create the gap for the small curtain.

A symmetry modifier was added to the stage to made modifications quicker and easier.

Once happy with the shape I used multi-sub object to for adding in the stage textures.

Once the texture was applied i used the UVW Map modifier to size the texture to match the stage.

The texture used for the top surface of the stage is:

This texture was taken from http://awesomewallpapers.wordpress.com/2009/07/25/abstract-wallpaper-set-7-wood2/wood-black-1440x900-2/