Creating your first production

Creating a production is the moment runorder shifts from setup to day-to-day use. A production is the container events, participants, files, and templates are organised under — everything you plan from here on points back to it.

Create the production

Go to Productions and choose New Production. Only the title is required; the rest can be filled in as you go:

• Title — the name as it should appear on the planner and on call sheets.
• Subtitle and description — optional, for internal context.
• Venue — suggests venues you’ve used before.
• Colour — the production’s colour on the planner. The colour must be unique per production, so the plan stays readable across shows.
• Opening date and closing date — the key dates that frame the production in the year view.

New productions start with the status Pre-production. The status controls where the production sits in the production library and is changed from the production page when you move into performance.

Fill in the production page

The production page gathers everything about the production: participants and roles, files, call sheets, and notification settings. Add the artistic team and production crew here — participants become available when you staff events on the planner.

Place the first events

Open the Planner and place the first week. For one-off events, click an empty cell; for repeating patterns — rehearsals, performances — arm a template from the quick-plan panel and click your way through the week. See Placing events for the details.

Tip

Create the templates before you place many events. Ten minutes under Admin → Event Templates saves you the same form fifty times.