Tech and cues

Cue

Also called: Q

A planned change: a light shift, a sound, a curtain, a set move. Each has a number and a trigger in the script.

Cues are labelled by department: LX or LQ for lights, SQ for sound, Fly for flies. Write them in pencil; they change all through tech.

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How-to: Calling cuesWarning, standby, go: how to say them, with a cue light to click through.When does this happen on your show?Type your opening night and see every milestone dated.

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