Cue to Q

Shelly Lee is the reason your favourite musicals here in Australia such as make you cry (this is my own personal description of her work). As is the nature of backstage work you may not recognise her but here in Australia she is the force behind Hadestown, Back to the Future, Beetlejuice, Phantom of the Opera (inside and outside), Miss Saigon, Anastasia, Tina the Tina Turner Musical and so many mo...

Welcome to Cue to Q. An opportunity to shine a light on those who work in the dark to bring incredible stories to stages across Australia and beyond through conversations with crew members in the Australian entertainment industry. Pulling back the curtain on the mysteries of the backstage world, what positions are, what they mean, the experiences of touring and studying and much more. Jen Morgan h...

Welcome to Cue to Q. An opportunity to shine a light on those who work in the dark to bring incredible stories to stages across Australia and beyond through conversations with crew members in the Australian entertainment industry. Pulling back the curtain on the mysteries of the backstage world, what positions are, what they mean, the experiences of touring and studying and much more. Today I&apos...

Welcome to Cue to Q. An opportunity to shine a light on those who work in the dark to bring incredible stories to stages across Australia and beyond through conversations with crew members in the Australian entertainment industry. Pulling back the curtain on the mysteries of the backstage world, what positions are, what they mean, the experiences of touring and studying and much more. Today I&apos...

Welcome to Cue to Q. An opportunity to shine a light on those who work in the dark to bring incredible stories to stages across Australia and beyond through conversations with crew members in the Australian entertainment industry. Pulling back the curtain on the mysteries of the backstage world, what positions are, what they mean, the experiences of touring and studying and much more. Today I&apos...

Welcome to Cue to Q. An opportunity to shine a light on those who work in the dark to bring incredible stories to stages across Australia and beyond through conversations with crew members in the Australian entertainment industry. Pulling back the curtain on the mysteries of the backstage world, what positions are, what they mean, the experiences of touring and studying and much more. To kick off...

Welcome to Cue to Q. An opportunity to shine a light on those who work in the dark to bring incredible stories to stages across Australia and beyond through conversations with crew members in the Australian entertainment industry. Pulling back the curtain on the mysteries of the backstage world, what positions are, what they mean, the experiences of touring and studying and much more. Today I&apos...

Welcome to Cue to Q. An opportunity to shine a light on those who work in the dark to bring incredible stories to stages across Australia and beyond through conversations with crew members in the Australian entertainment industry. Pulling back the curtain on the mysteries of the backstage world, what positions are, what they mean, the experiences of touring and studying and much more. Today I&apos...

Welcome to Cue to Q. An opportunity to shine a light on those who work in the dark to bring incredible stories to stages across Australia and beyond through conversations with crew members in the Australian entertainment industry. Pulling back the curtain on the mysteries of the backstage world, what positions are, what they mean, the experiences of touring and studying and much more. Today I&apos...

In this episode of Cue to Q, Ella (Assistant Stage Manager), Adrian (Touring Lighting Swing) and myself (Radio Mic Technician) are sitting down to answer your questions about working in commercial musical theatre in Australia as the number 3 in our teams. 

Today I'm chatting with Anthony (Head of Sound) and Shane (Head of Lighting). Being a HOD in commercial music theatre means not only being the most senior person within your touring team responsible for a huge amount technically, but also holding a management style position in a team of people you lead as well as in dealing with other departments that are not your own. This can be incredibly...