| Producer: |
The producer is in overall charge of the production and takes responsibility for making critical decisions and controlling the production budget. |
| Production Manager (PM): |
The production manager is in charge of the production when it is in the theatre. All the designers and stage management are under the PM’s control, and the PM has to manage any conflicting interests between the various departments, such as the sharing of the space on stage during the get-in. The PM is responsible for making sure that the building, rigging and rehearsals run on time so that the show is ready to go up on the first night. |
| Lighting Designer (LD): |
After consultation with the director and other designers, the LD produces a lighting design on paper which indicates types lanterns used, where they are focussed and how they are coloured. The LD then oversees the assembly of the rig and the focussing of all the lighting equipment. When this is up and working, the LD plots the lighting changes onto the lighting control board, with the assistance of the LX Operator. |
| Sound Designer: |
After consultation with the director and other designers, the sound designer decides how to reinforce any live sound with microphones, the placing of these mics (radio and cabled), the positioning of speakers, use of compressors and equalisers, production of sound effects and any other electronically reinforced sounds on stage (playback). |
| Set Designer: |
After consultation with the director and other designers, the set designer will produce initial sketches of the set, followed by scale technical drawings and a modelbox. The set designer will choose colours of paint and fabrics, and the construction materials to be used, whether wood, metal, plastic or fibreglass. The set designer will oversee the building of the set and its assembly on stage. |
| Costume Designer: |
The costume designer develops initial sketches into full drawings with material samples, and is then responsible for overseeing the purchase or production of the various costumes. |
| Stage Manager (SM): |
The stage manager is in overall charge of the stage in the theatre. In the Oxford Playhouse, the student stage manager is usually subordinate to the DSM (Deputy Stage Manager) but the DSM is subordinate to the Playhouse’s Technical Stage Manager (Zeb !). The stage manager controls scene changes and props. |
| Deputy Stage Manager (DSM): |
The DSM “calls” the show from the DSM desk in the wings of the theatre either stage left or right. “Calling the show” means cueing the lighting, sound, effects and scene changes using intercom headsets or cue lights. The DSM is responsible for maintaining “The Book"e; which has all the cues and all the calls marked in the master copy of the script. |
