Also called: Spikes.

Spike marks are pieces of coloured tape on the stage floor marking where a set piece, a piece of furniture or a performer must be placed. Each scene or cue usually has its own colour, and the deck crew sets to the spikes during a scene change, often in the dark and with glow tape.

In CueCall

Set pieces in the blocking editor keep their position per cue, which is the record a spike plot is drawn from; the Preset List tells the crew what stands where at the top of the show.

Features

Stage Blocking & Scene Visuals — Blocking recorded against a scene alongside backdrop images and reference videos.
Reports & Exports — Excel and PDF exports of characters, mic plots, slideshows and show reports, for the people who still want paper in the room.

Related terms

Blocking — Blocking is the planned movement and positioning of performers on stage: where each actor stands, when they cross, and where they end up, worked out in…
Ground plan — A ground plan is a scaled drawing of the stage seen from above, showing the set, the furniture, the masking and the playing area, usually with the centre line…
Preset list — The preset list says where every prop and set piece must be before the show starts — on the prop table stage left, on the rail, on stage at its spike — so the…
Deck crew — The deck crew are the people who move scenery, set props and run the stage during a performance, under the assistant stage manager. Each crew member has a…

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CueCall theatre production glossary

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