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Updated course in showcalling for Stage Management Students
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Updated course in showcalling for Stage Management Students

Learn about the differences between showcalling for theatre and corporate events
Created byKate Salberg
Last updated 3/2026
English

What you'll learn

  • The basics of showcalling for corporate events
  • The differences between calling for theatre and corporate & the transferable skills
  • There are definite transferable skills between theatre and corporate showcalling

Course content

23 sections • 31 lectures • 1h 41m total length

  • What to expect as you work through this course1:33

    Explore the responsibilities of corporate show calling for theater and stage management, from arrival on site to live show, and assess whether this fast-paced, travel-heavy role suits you.

  • Gender Specifiicity in these videos1:36

    Explore gender specificity in showcalling, clarifying pronouns aren’t fixed to gender; the on-site show crew is mixed, with female roles in auto cue, graphics, and client management.

Requirements

  • A basic understanding of calling a show
  • You should have learnt the basics of how to compile your showbook and give cues

Description

When you work as a theatre DSM you always start rehearsals at the beginning and end at the end.    Corporate event rehearsals are always a jumble - dependent on the availability of presenters.  You are the living breathing running order for the showcrew. Sometimes a presenter doesn't rehearse at all. Together with the event producer and the technical crew you are pulling together a show, always under time pressure. You don't get a second hit.

The good news is that the process of putting together cues is the same so your theatre training equips you with skills which are absolutely transferable. What changes is your position in the room.

In theatre many people will be instructive to you as to how they want a cue sequence to run. the director, the lighting designer. In corporate events you will find yourself more at the centre of the decision making. Sometimes you will know more about how to do this than the junior producer you may be working with and supporting. This course will prepare you for that shift in authority as well as the technical differences between the two worlds.

I have been a professional showcaller for over 25 years with a background in theatre stage and company management.  The course gives you a good grounding in corporate showcalling. The technical departments, the producer, client, showcaller relationship. Building your showbook from a set of disparate information from arrival onsite to the show going live.

The videos in the course have been updated in early 2026 to reflect changes in the industry together with hybrid streamed shows.

At the end of the course there is a short video demonstration of how it sounds to hear a show called.


Who this course is for:

  • Year 2 and 3 stage management students
  • People already starting work in theatre stage management without formal training
  • This course is for people either in training or with some comparable experience of stage management

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