As you can probably guess on the night of the performance you have to run the memories. It is not a very hard skill to learn but nether the less one of the most important. The first part is about the actual running of the desk and the second part is understanding cues.

Running the Desk

1. Turn Key to Run

2. Select the first memory you wish to run by using the + or - buttons.

3. Press the GO Button to make the memory will then fade into the scene programmed.

Note: Before running any memories make sure the Preset masters are set to 0 before commencing.

Taking Cues.

The Stage Manager always gives cues to tell any aspect of the backstage crew what to do. This includes Lighting, Sound, AV/VT and the Setting of Actors. For each cue i.e. a lighting state change the SM will give two cues. A standby and a GO cue. The standby will be given a few seconds before the cue and for lighting may sound something like: " LX21 Standby". As the LX (lighting) operator you must reply to this as follows: "LX standing by". The next Cue will be the GO Cue. On this you press the go button and the Lighting state will Change. Tip: If you go a cdue to early (press go before the cue is given there is a knob on the board called Manual override. This normally stays in the middle but if you do GO a cue to early then take this down to 0 and wait for the real cue until taking it back up to the mid point.

Also remember all cues are given over the Can's even if the SM is sitting right next to the LX operator. This is to allow the rest of the cue to also hear the cue.

If cues are given in groups .For Instance if Sound is going to go on at the same time as the Lighting State changes and VT start playing a Slide Show then the SM will group the cues and call them something like Group 6. On this occasion when the SM says: Standby Group 6 all the departments in the crew will take it in turns to answer the SM. Look at this example:

"SM: Group 6 Standby"

"Lighting Operator: LX Standing By"

"VT/AV Operator: VT Standing By"

"Sound Operator: Sound Standing By"