A cue sheet lists every technical cue in a production in running order, with its number, its department (lighting, sound, fly, automation, followspot, projection, deck), the moment that triggers it, and what it does. The stage manager calls the show from it; each department builds its own list from it.

Cue numbers are conventionally per department (LX 12, SQ 4), and a cue sheet is a living document through tech week, when cues are added, renumbered and re-timed nightly.

In CueCall

The Master Cue Sheet under the Tech tab holds cues across eight departments, with triggers, continue modes and timing, pinned to script pages and scenes. Cues can be read out of an annotated script with AI, exported for QLab, and printed.

Features

Tech Cues — Light, sound, deck and other cues recorded against scenes, with a master cue view and filtering by type.
Script Viewer, Notes & Cues — The script uploaded and read in-app, with notes and cues pinned to specific pages, page overlays, versions, and page insert/replace.

How it works in CueCall

Master Cue Sheet (Tech Tab): Master Cue Sheet View — The master cue sheet displays all cues organized by scene:
Master Cue Sheet (Tech Tab): Import Cues from the Script — In the Cues view of the Tech tab, Import from Script reads the cue notes already written in the show's script — "LX 4: dim to blue", "MICS ON 1-6", "PROJECTION: Bull Pen", "Auto Continue" — along…

Related terms

Prompt book — The prompt book is the stage manager's master copy of the script, with every blocking move, cue and standby written against the line or moment it happens on…
Standby and GO — Calling the show is the stage manager speaking each cue to the operators over headset. A warning comes some way ahead; a standby ("Standby LX 12") comes…
Mic plot — A mic plot is the grid that assigns wireless microphones to performers scene by scene: which channel each actor wears, when a mic is handed from one performer…
Board operator — The board operator runs the lighting or sound console during a performance, executing each cue on the stage manager's GO. The cues are programmed in advance…

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CueCall theatre production glossary

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