What Are Some Terms Used In Technical Theatre In The UK?

There are so many but here's some:

SM - Stage Manager
DSM - Deputy Stage Manager
ASM - Assistant Stage Manager
TSM - Technical Stage Manager
PSM - Production Stage Manager
CSM - Company Stage Manager

AD - Assistant Director/Artistic Director
MD - Musical Director

A Frame - Ladder (with the shape of an A for its frame)
AJ - Adjustable spanner, very handy tool for lighting technician
Board - the lighting board
Prompt copy - the book from which the shows cues are run

LX Q - a light cue state
SQ - a sound cue state
FX Q - an effect cue state

Fresnel (pronounced without the s) - a type of light
Par Can - a large bright lantern mainly used for blasting an area with light
A Birdie - a tiny lantern (it looks like a small par can, which might be why it's called a birdie, because it's one under par (golfing term) - but it also looks like a little bird when its on the ground.

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