ShowRevueCamera + audio, one file
Record the wide shot, your programme feed and two more audio tracks, with LTC on a fourth track, all locked together in one file.
Tech · Dress · Every show · macOSThe show recorder for theatre.
The show recorder for theatre.
Every cue and note on one timeline.
ShowRevue records the video, up to three audio tracks, LTC on a fourth and every cue into one file. Search for a cue, replay the exact moment, and fire the cue back to the desk.
macOS 14+ · Apple Silicon recommended · Private beta
- grandMA3
- grandMA2
- ETC Eos
- QLab
- OSC
- SMPTE LTC
- sACN
- Art-Net
- MTC / MIDI
- NDI
- RTMP streaming
- Bitfocus Companion
- TheatreMix
At a glance
Frame-accurate
playback
Frame by frame, forwards or back.
Synced
cue lists
Every cue, at the frame it fired.
Multitrack
timeline
Video, audio, lighting and MIDI on one timeline.
Notes &
markers
Flag problems and notes the moment they happen, pinned to the exact frame.
Export &
share
Clips, cue lists and reports, out the door.
What it does
Everything here exists because tech week needed it.
ShowRevue is a show recorder for theatre on Mac, and it handles rehearsal recording too. It records the tech rehearsal, the dress and every show with every cue attached: the stage camera, up to three audio tracks and LTC timecode on a fourth, with each lighting, QLab and media cue stamped on the recording as it fires. Notes from phones, tablets and the lighting desk land on the same timeline. In playback you search for a cue by name or number and seek straight to it, then fire the cue back to the desk to rebuild the state. When the run ends it writes a session report PDF with running times, cue snapshots and every note.
TimeWarp: instant replay mid-run
Catch what just happened while the take keeps rolling. Jump to a cue and scrub it frame by frame, audio and all.
Live Notes from anyone, anywhere
Any phone, tablet or laptop is a notepad, on the house Wi-Fi or over the cloud. The whole team notes together, live, stamped to timecode and tagged by department. Theatre Mode goes full black with a red readout so you keep your night vision in a blackout.
Fire cues back to the desk
Send LX or media cues to the console as the video plays, so the stage matches the recorded state without you touching the desk.
Know you're good before you roll
A one-glance Show-Ready check: camera and resolution, timecode locked, signal on every audio track, consoles talking, servers up, disk free. It also catches the quiet traps, like a zoom crop left on, two services on one port, or no main cue list picked.
Show-Calling Trainer
Drill your calls against a real take. Hide the video and call Standby and GO by ear against the cues that actually fired. Every call is graded early, on time or late, with a scorecard and a PDF to prove it.
See the set move in 3D
Drop in your MVR rig (or build the stage in the app), bind your PSN or BlackTrax trackers, and watch automation and tracking replay in sync with the video. You get a shout if anything breaks a safe zone.
Punch in without losing quality
Always grab the camera at full res and record at HD, then punch in up to 4× and pan around. A tighter shot with no second lens, still sharp. Scroll or pinch the preview to zoom; drag to reframe.
A record you can actually trust
Crash-safe writing that survives a power yank, plus an optional live mirror to a second drive, so one disk dying mid-show doesn't take the whole run with it.
Plays anywhere, smart inside
The file is a bog-standard MP4* anyone can open. Pop it back into ShowRevue and every cue, note and bit of metadata is right there to jump to.
Timecode in and out
Records and plays back timecode in sync with the video (LTC, MTC / MIDI, Art-Net and sACN), so you stay locked to the desk.
iPhone and iPad app
Live timecode, the current cue and notes on your phone. On iPad there's a Director view big enough to call the show from. It finds the Mac on the house Wi-Fi and connects to it directly: timecode lands in around 30 milliseconds, and the app shows you the number. Out of the building it switches to the cloud.
Export timecode blocks as video
Export each named timecode block as its own video file, programme audio on the left and LTC on the right. That's the layout cue-building apps like Cuepoints expect. Block names are stored with the show, so the next rehearsal exports the same set.
Jump to any cue
Type a cue number and land on the moment that lighting or media cue fired, instead of scrubbing through hours of footage.
On every screen backstage
Stage Display puts live cue state, timecode and a camera feed on any screen in the building over the LAN. Fire a half-hour, beginners or evac message to the whole house in a tap.
Note it from the lighting desk
Hit a macro, type, done. The note is frame-stamped to timecode and shared with everyone. No reaching for the iPad, no breaking focus.
Notes out the door fast
Send the session's notes, with timecode and time since the cue, as a PDF or straight to your inbox the moment the run ends.
Show reports + run of show
Automatic show and rehearsal reports with run-of-show timing: act, interval and total, plus how far you ran off your target times. Ready for the production meeting, the remount or the tour.
Put two runs side by side
Pick any two recordings of the same show and see what moved: running times act by act, cues added, dropped or shifted, which notes are still open and which are cleared, and any technical incidents. Is the show tightening up, or drifting?
A view built for the room
The Director view is a clean, big-text layout (live or playback feed, timeline and cue navigation) sized for whoever's watching or calling rather than driving the desk. Step through cues and drop notes from the keyboard.
Draw on the moment
Scribble straight on a note's snapshot: circle the late entrance, arrow the dead lamp. Vector strokes replay over the moving video at the cue, from the Mac or any device (yes, PCs too).
* H.264 / H.265 record to a standard MP4. ProRes LT records to a MOV with a sidecar metadata file.
Lighting console integration
Talks to the desk direct.
ShowRevue takes cue data live from grandMA3 and ETC Eos over OSC, and from grandMA2 over MIDI Show Control. No middleware, no bridge app.
grandMA3
grandMA2
ETC Eos
more to come
Media server integration
QLab, Millumin, Pixera & disguise, connected.
ShowRevue takes cue data straight from your media server and can fire cues during playback. Running QLab 5 cues show progress bars in the cue list.
QLab
Millumin
Pixera
disguise
Ableton Live
Hardware
What you need to run ShowRevue.
MacApple Silicon (M1 or later) recommended. macOS 14 Sonoma or later required.
RAM8 GB minimum. 16 GB recommended for long sessions with multitrack audio.
StorageH.264 uses 4 to 12 GB/hr, H.265 2 to 8 GB/hr, ProRes LT about 45 GB/hr. Bitrate is user-selectable for H.264/H.265. ProRes LT needs a fast SSD. Allow 100 GB+ free for a full tech day.
NetworkGigabit LAN recommended for Stage Display. Wi-Fi works for monitoring only.
AudioCore Audio compatible interface for multitrack and comms capture.
CameraAny USB or Thunderbolt camera recognised by macOS. NDI sources supported.
Built for your role
What does ShowRevue do for you?
- Jump to any LX state by cue number. No scrubbing about.
- TimeWarp: scrub back through what just happened without killing the record.
- Drop a note from a grandMA3 macro, straight into the record at timecode.
- LTC records on its own audio track and plays back locked to the video.
- A stage snapshot 2 seconds after an LX cue fires (adjustable; a quick sequence gets one shot of the last cue).
- Export the whole cue list with timestamps for the post-mortem.
Stage Display · backstage monitor
The whole show, on any screen in the building.
Stage Display is a live web page with the show's current cue, running timecode and stage camera, and any display on the venue network can show it. Use it as a show relay or backstage monitor: point a dressing-room monitor, a foyer screen or a digital-signage player at the URL.
Just a web page
Stage Display is a single URL on the venue network. Open it in any browser: no app, no install, no extra hardware.
Live cue state + timecode
The cue that just fired, what's coming next and the running timecode, updating live on every screen.
Stage camera feed
The wide stage view streams to every connected display over the LAN, so back-of-house always sees the room.
Building-wide calls
Push half-hour, beginners, evacuation, and department notices to every screen in the building at once.
Drive a screen any way you like: straight off the Mac's HDMI, or any signage player you already run
Workflow
Tech rehearsal to opening night, one record.
- 01Connect
Plug into the show
Point ShowRevue at your desk and timecode. It records video, multitrack audio and LTC, and grabs every LX, QLab and media cue as it fires, so nobody logs cues by hand.
- 02Note
Flag it as it happens
Anyone drops a timestamped note from a phone, the lighting desk or the app. It's tagged by department, carries a snapshot and is locked to the frame, and the whole team sees it land live.
- 03Replay
Jump back, fire it
In playback, hop to any cue or note and replay the exact moment in sync. Fire LX or media back to the desk and QLab to match what was recorded.
- 04Archive
Report it, keep it
An automatic session report with the notes, cue snapshots and act and interval times, plus one clean record for remounts, tours and the long-term archive.
FAQ
Questions from the tech table.
Is it for rehearsals or for shows?
Both. ShowRevue is a show recorder that also works as a rehearsal recorder. It records your tech, your dress and every show, with each cue and note on the same timeline. Set the session type to Show and it records show-safe.
Which consoles and playback systems does it work with?
grandMA3 and ETC Eos send their cues to ShowRevue over OSC, and ShowRevue can fire cues back to them in playback. grandMA2 cues come in over MIDI Show Control. On the playback side it works with QLab 5, Millumin, Pixera and disguise.
What Mac do I need?
A Mac running macOS 14 Sonoma or later. Apple Silicon (M1 or later) is recommended, with 8 GB of RAM as a minimum and 16 GB for long sessions with multitrack audio. Allow 100 GB or more of free disk for a full tech day.
Does it record show timecode?
Yes. LTC is recorded as its own audio track (always track 4, next to up to three tracks of show audio) and plays back locked to the video. ShowRevue can also follow MIDI timecode, sACN and Art-Net timecode.
How do notes from phones work?
Live Notes serves a web page on the venue network, so any phone, tablet or laptop opens it in a browser with nothing to install. Each note is stamped to timecode, tagged by department and lands on the recording at that moment. Away from the venue network, notes can go through the cloud instead.
Can the crew see the cue backstage?
Yes, with Stage Display. It is a web page on the LAN showing the cue that just fired, what's next, the running timecode and the stage camera, so any browser, smart TV or signage player can be a backstage monitor. The SM can also send half-hour, beginners and evacuation calls to every screen at once.
What's in the session report?
A PDF with the running time of each act, the interval and the total, worked out from the cues you mark as show start, interval and show end. It also lists the lighting cue lists and every note, with stage snapshots taken 2 seconds after a lighting cue fires (adjustable; in a quick sequence it waits for the last cue). It is ready to go out as the show report or rehearsal report.
Is the video file locked to ShowRevue?
No. H.264 and H.265 recordings are standard MP4 files that open in any player, with the cue and note data embedded inside. ProRes LT recordings are MOV files with a sidecar metadata file. Open either in ShowRevue to get the cue list and notes back.
Is there a free version?
Yes. The free Viewer plays any recording, follows a live ShowRevue show and joins a cloud show as a team member, but it doesn't record. Each Mac can run a free 14-day Professional trial once, with no card. After that, Base records your show with desk cues and LTC, Professional adds firing cues back to the desk, QLab and media servers, and Max adds hosting a cloud show for your team. During the private beta every tester gets the full app.
Is it show-safe?
Yes. When a session is set as a Show, Stop becomes hold-to-stop and no cue commands go out to the console while it records. The Output Audit Trail logs anything ShowRevue sends, and anything the lock blocked.
Private beta · macOS
Want early access?
ShowRevue is in private beta on macOS 14 or later. Drop your details and we'll send you builds. Each Mac can run a free 14-day Professional trial once.
MACOS · PRIVATE BETA