Engine 03 · Production
Flagship engineProduction Design. Show concept · scenic · set-list arc.
The creative spine of the show — concept, scenic build, set-list arc, surprise moments, cue lists and the IMAG and lighting language. Production Design is what turns a tour into a record people remember.
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Design source
100%
Cues mirrored to ops
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Cue clashes
The job nobody else is doing properly.
Every great tour is a designed object — concept, scenic, set-list, lighting, IMAG, surprises and encore arc deliberately composed.
The Design engine holds that object so production, technical and broadcast teams build to the same intent — not three different interpretations of a moodboard.
When the design changes mid-tour, every dependent engine — rigging, audio, lighting, broadcast — sees the change in the same minute.
What it does.
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Show concept
The narrative arc of the show — moments, transitions, surprises.
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Scenic build
Set, B-stage, automation, scenic SFX and pyrotechnics — designed and signed off.
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Set-list arc
Songs as cues — order, key changes, tempo, video and lighting language.
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IMAG & content
Camera language, content reels and stage-screen choreography.
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Cue lists
Lighting, video, automation and pyro cues — single source for every department.
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Versioned design
Every revision auditable; mid-tour changes propagated to every department.
How it runs, end to end.
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Concept approved with artist and creative director.
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Scenic, lighting, video and automation designs signed off and versioned.
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Cue lists generated and mirrored to FOH, lighting and broadcast.
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Mid-tour revisions propagate to every department in the same minute.
AI on design
Cue-clash detection across lighting, video, pyro and automation — flags any combination that would breach venue licences or risk crew/artist safety before show day.
What changes for the artist and the venue.
Production, technical and broadcast teams build to the same intent.
Mid-tour changes ripple through every dependent engine in minutes.
Cue clashes prevented before show day.
Design captured as an asset for after-films and broadcast cuts.
Common questions about Production Design.
Yes — pyro is treated as a cue with venue licence checks and a structural sign-off.
Yes, and every change is versioned and propagated to every dependent engine in real time.
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