Showcalling for Senior Event Producers
We are an industry driven by delivering our best under challenging circumstances. I understand the difficulties you face delivering a show while managing client expectations and technical limitations under pressure of time.
This course addresses these recurring issues throughout, giving you an in-depth understanding of what showcalling involves — and the confidence to call your own event if you find yourself in that position.
What the course covers
- The Showcaller role in depth
- Repetitive problems and how to manage them
- How to manage content
- Best way to deliver materials
- Shortcuts
- Common terminology
- Less is always more!
Showcalling for Junior Event Producers
You're lacking confidence in understanding of the technical issues. You're navigating a language you're still learning. This course gives you the understanding, the language and the confidence to hold your own.
Working on an event is pressurised even for experienced. You'll explore how a showcaller thinks and collaborates while making fast decisions from arrival on site to delivery of the show. Understand how to group Standby and Go cues
What the course covers
- Building an easy to read running order
- How a showcaller converts a show running order into a showbook
- The basics of putting together a set of cues with commonly used terminology
- How the showcaller works from arrival to delivery
She struck the perfect balance between straight-talking, practical, and genuinely engaging — a really insightful day. What really stands out is how she worked with the team. She's got a calm confidence that puts everyone at ease, but she's not afraid to challenge when needed. That mix of support and honesty is exactly what helps people develop and learn.
— Sean Barton, Events Director, Maverick Live
I recently joined Kate's Showcaller training session and it was superb. Kate is hugely experienced and has a wealth of knowledge which she shares readily in a concise but densely packed day of learning. Highly recommended to anyone looking to get insight and move into the world of showcalling.
— Emmeline Caines-Gooby, Freelance Event Manager / Producer / Stage & Room Manager