Electrical or electronic device which controls the amount of electricity passed to a lantern, and therefore the intensity of the lamp.

Create stage pictures that define the space, sound, costume and props that you see when you watch a performance.

This is the common term for the floor surface of the stage.

A venue that has been closed to the public.

A curved plain cloth filling the rear of the stage, often used as a sky backing.

The advertised start time of the performance.

A tabulated list of actions that must be taken by a technical department at a particular point in the show.

Cutting out action and dialogue between cues during a technical rehearsal, to save time.

The command given to technical departments to carry out a particular operation.