Touring Fundamentals

The same show in a different building every day

A tour is the same show in a different building every day, built by people who slept on a moving bus. That one sentence contains everything that makes touring different from any other AV work: the repetition, the strangers who help you, the truck that decides your morning, and the fact that tomorrow happens whether or not tonight went well.

Inside: Before You Begin - What Touring Is - The Shapes of a Tour - The Advance and the Paperwork - Who Is Who on a Tour - The Show Day - Trucks, Cases and Spares - Life & Work on the Road - Health, Fatigue and Hearing - Crossing Borders - Festivals and Shared Systems - Comms, Networks and Show Files - What It Takes to Tour - Touring as a Career - Glossary.