General term for unit of lighting equipment including spotlight, flood etc.

Remotely controllable lighting instruments capable of a massive variety of effects (color and sometimes movement) which can be operated live or pre-programmed by through a light board These instruments require a power supply and a DMX data cable.

A break between acts of a play.

The person responsible for the Front of House staff and organization for a performance.

The instruments used to light the area where the audience sit during a show which are commonly faded out when the performance starts.

The support structure close to the top of the fly tower on which the pulleys of the flying system are supported.

A scaled (overhead) view of the theatre stage area or of a set design, to enable all technical departments to ensure that everything will fit correctly into the space available.

The theatre’s communication system that the crew use. This term also usually includes the beltpack and cables that carry the power. Some are wireless and others have to be plugged into the wall.

This is a shortened term for a wireless microphone that a performer holds or that goes on a mic stand.