URE Books

This page is a collection of URE Books (User REfrence Books) compiled and edited by the staff and students of The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. This list is intended to be a live reference library for common equipment, systems of work and facilities

Stagecraft

Arena Rigging

Rigging

Stage Automation

Production Carpentry

Screws & Bolts

Hemp Flying

Counter Weight Flying

Breastlines & Brail Lines

How to Fold Black Masking

Pit Bridge

Genie Trap

WLL & SWL

SWL calculations

Cellar trap

Ladders

Tallescopes

Scaffolding & Aluminium Access Towers

Chain

Rope

Rope Access

Knots

Working at Height

Vectorworks

Dance_Floor

Folding the BP screen

Wireless LoadCells

A really thrilling page about Bolts

Dundee Rep Revolving Stage

Trucks and Arctics

Slinging Truss

Sound

Audio Signal Paths

Adding Decibel Levels

Weighted Hearing Response

The Different Types of Microphone

Audio Cable Wiring

QLab

LX

Electrical Plugs and Sockets

Basic Electrical Theory

DIP Switches

Procedures For Rigging Lanterns

Procedure for Lighting Rig Fault Finding

Lantern Prep

Electrical Safety

Control Systems and Networking

Video

Vectorworks and MA3D

Other

Opera Terminology

Fire Extinguishers

Fire Safety in Theatre, Cinema & Similar

Photoshop

Theatre Jargon Buster

Technical Drawing

Risk Assessments

Flame Retardant Fabrics

Captioned and Accessible Performances