EVENT PRODUCTION · SHOW CALLING · SINCE 2014
We call
the show.
Launches, galas and live shows for brands that can’t afford a second take. One crew, one script, one person calling every cue.
STANDBY
20:42:18 · Stage left clear · House at 1,180
ON SHOW DAY FOR
01 — THE HOUSE
412
shows called since 2014
38
countries, one running order
0
missed cues on the last 120 shows
02 — THE RUNNING ORDER
A show day,
cue by cue.
Eighteen hours, one script. Scroll the day the way our show caller lives it: each cue lights up when it is called.
Q01
06:00
Q01
06:00
Q02
09:30
Q02
09:30
Q03
12:00
Q03
12:00
Q04
15:00
Q04
15:00
Q05
17:30
Q05
17:30
Q06
19:30
Q06
19:30
Q07
20:15
Q07
20:15
Q08
23:40
Q08
23:40
06:00
Load-in
Trucks on the dock at dawn. Every flight case is labelled to its final position before it leaves the warehouse.
09:30
Rig
Trusses fly, motors are checked twice, and the lighting grid goes up exactly as drawn in the plot.
12:00
Sound check
The engineer walks the room with the console in hand until the back row hears what the front row hears.
15:00
Light focus
Every fixture is pointed, coloured and saved. The look of the show is fixed hours before the doors.
17:30
Rehearsal
Speakers, hosts and crew run the full show once, top to tail, with the script on the desk.
19:30
Doors
Front of house opens. Ushers, cloakroom and bars are in place; the room is ready before the first guest walks in.
20:15
Show
Standby, go. From here every light, sound and video change is called by one voice.
23:40
Load-out
The room goes back exactly as we found it. Trucks leave on time, and the debrief is in your inbox by morning.
What we run
One crew, from the first call to the last cable.
We don’t hand your show between agencies. Production, technical design, venues and crew sit at the same desk, on the same sheet, answering to one caller.
01
Show calling
A dedicated caller and a cue sheet written to the second, from doors to curfew.
02
Sound & light
Technical design, rigging plots and operators who rehearse with your speakers.
03
Venues & logistics
Scouting, permits, load-in schedules and every truck on the road.
04
Crew & staging
Stage managers, runners and builders, briefed on the same channel.
Backstage, before the doors open
Cue 412
Northfield Summit, closing keynote
“They ran our summit like a premiere. Every speaker hit their mark, and we wrapped four minutes early.”
Mara Lindqvist
Head of Events, Northfield Labs (fictional)