What is a show?

A show is a logical block within an event. Events contain shows; shows contain cues.

If an event is your entire gathering — a church service, a concert, a conference day — then a show is one section of it. "Welcome and Worship." "Act 1." "Set 1." "Morning Keynote." Each show has its own ordered list of cues, runs as an independent session, and can be started and ended without affecting the others.

How shows fit in the hierarchy

Event
 └─ Show
     └─ Cue

An event is active for the whole gathering. Shows are the chapters inside it. You start a show when you're ready to begin a segment, advance through its cues at your own pace, and end the show when the segment is done. Then you start the next one.

The event keeps running between shows. You can have a gap — an intermission, a transition, time for the speaker to get to the stage — and the event stays active the whole time. Starting the next show is a single click whenever you're ready.

Why use shows

Natural breakpoints. When you end a show and start the next one, you get a clean reset. The cue counter starts fresh, the output screens update, and the team knows a new segment has begun.

Grouped structure. Related cues stay together under a meaningful label. It's clearer to brief your crew on "Act 1" as a block than to point to a range of cue numbers in a single flat list.

Reuse via templates. A show you've built well can be saved as a template and loaded into future events. If your Sunday worship set follows the same structure every week, build it once and load it in seconds next time.

Examples by production type

Church / house of worship

• Welcome & Announcements
• Worship
• Message
• Response & Closing

Theater production

• Pre-show
• Act 1
• Interval
• Act 2
• Curtain call

Live concert

• Set 1
• Break
• Set 2
• Encore

Conference

• Opening session
• Keynote
• Panel discussion
• Q&A
• Closing

These are just starting points. Shows map to whatever segments make sense for your production — the names and count are entirely up to you.

Shows vs events

An event is the whole thing — one instance of a gathering, with a start and an end. Shows are the chapters inside it. You can pause or stop the entire event (which suspends everything), but ending a show is lighter — the event stays active, the crew message board stays open, and you can start the next show immediately.

Standalone cues

Not every cue has to belong to a show. Cues that don't fit neatly into a segment — a single announcement, a tech check, a countdown before the first show — can exist as standalone cues at the event level, sitting between shows in the cue list. They advance in sequence just like show cues.