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Live entertainment

Advance

The pre-event exchange and confirmation of technical, schedule, venue, staffing, hospitality, and access requirements.

Also known as: show advance, production advance

Reviewed

Setup

  • The producer or production manager resolves discrepancies among riders, venue capabilities, local rules, budgets, transport, and the current show plan before load-in.

Venue contexts

  • Theatre, concerts, festivals, broadcast, and corporate events, as applicable

Signal flow

  • Confirm the source, patch, transport, control, and destination for the system involved.

In practice

The producer or production manager resolves discrepancies among riders, venue capabilities, local rules, budgets, transport, and the current show plan before load-in.

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