Run your show inperfect time.
PilotCue is the real-time run-of-show console for live events, broadcast, and theater. Import your rundown, drive cues to the millisecond, and keep every screen — crew, stage, monitors — in lock-step.
Every screen, in lock-step
The same imported rundown across Dry Run, Go Live, the backstage monitor, and the speaker's confidence screen — live and synced.
One console, the whole production
From the rundown to the final report — built for the people who keep live moving.
Live cue engine
A 100 ms timing core auto-advances cues, ripples downstream starts, and flags overruns the instant they happen. Silent when on-track, loud when at risk.
Import from anything
Drop an Excel, CSV, or Google Sheet. We detect the header, map your columns, keep every field as-is — even reading real Excel dropdowns and their values.
Backstage & speaker screens
Big-screen countdown for the crew and a confidence monitor for the talent — share by QR, no install, late-joiners sync instantly.
Cue the speaker
Type a message to the stage or hit Flash to grab attention. It persists on screen and survives reconnects.
Fixed-time anchors
Pin a cue to a hard clock time (the 12:00 keynote). Everything upstream ripples; the anchor never drifts.
Plan vs. actual report
After the show, see exactly where time was gained or lost — per cue, with totals and the biggest overrun. Export to CSV or PDF.
Dry run at speed
Rehearse the whole rundown at 2×–50×. Pause, scrub, and stress-test your timings before the doors open.
Resilient by design
Live presence counts, offline indicators, and durable state mean a dropped tab or flaky Wi-Fi never loses the show.
Share in a tap
Every monitor and speaker screen is a QR away. Point a phone, a tablet, a stage display — they all stay in lock-step.
Your sheet, live in seconds
No re-keying. Drop an .xlsx, CSV, or paste from Google Sheets — PilotCue finds the header, maps Title / Duration / Start, and brings every other column in as-is, even real Excel dropdowns with their values.
- Smart header & column detection
- Keeps custom columns and data types
- Append or replace your runsheet
- Times and durations parsed correctly
Drive it like a flight deck
GO advances the cue and the highlight moves instantly. The crew sees the countdown on the backstage monitor; the talent sees your message on their confidence screen; you see drift, projected end, and overruns — all in real time.
- Keyboard-first transport (Space = GO)
- Fixed-time anchors that never drift
- Message & flash the speaker
- Lock the layout the moment you go live
Import. Run. Report.
Import
Bring your rundown from Excel, CSV, or Sheets — or build it in the grid. Set durations and anchors.
Run
Go live (or dry-run at speed). Drive cues, share monitors by QR, cue the speaker, ride the clock.
Report
See planned vs. actual for every cue, spot the overruns, and export the post-show report.
Made for the people running the room
If your show runs on a clock and a cue list, PilotCue is your control surface.
Conferences & summits
Keynotes, sessions, and breaks that have to hit the printed agenda — anchor the times and let everything ripple.
Houses of worship
Worship, message, and media in lock-step across the booth, stage, and confidence screens.
Theater & live performance
Call the show from a cue list with keyboard-first GO and a backstage countdown.
Broadcast & studio
Run-of-show timing with drift, projected end, and overrun tracking the gallery can trust.
Esports & streaming
Segment timers and a speaker/host screen that stay synced across every operator.
Agencies & production
Reuse a runsheet template per client, rehearse at speed, and hand over a post-show report.
Frequently asked
What is PilotCue?+
PilotCue is a real-time run-of-show console for live events, broadcast, and theater. You import or build a timed rundown of cues, then run the show with a millisecond-accurate engine that drives the clock, the backstage monitor, and the speaker’s confidence screen — all in sync.
What is a run of show (rundown)?+
A run of show — also called a rundown or cue sheet — is the minute-by-minute timed plan for a live event: an ordered list of segments (cues) with durations and start times. PilotCue turns that static plan into a live clock that auto-advances cues, ripples downstream start times when something runs long, and keeps every screen in the room on the same time.
Do I have to re-type my rundown?+
No. Import directly from Excel (.xlsx), CSV, or a Google Sheet. PilotCue detects the header row, maps your Title/Duration/Start columns, and brings every other column in as-is — it even reads real Excel dropdowns and their values.
Does the crew need to install anything?+
No installs. The backstage monitor and speaker confidence screen are just web links — share them with a QR code and any phone, tablet, or stage display joins instantly and stays in lock-step over WebSocket.
Can I rehearse before the show?+
Yes. Dry-run the entire rundown at 2×–50× speed to stress-test your timings, then pause, scrub, and adjust. Switch to Go Live when the doors open.
What happens if my Wi-Fi drops?+
The console is resilient by design: live presence counts, offline indicators, and durable state mean a dropped tab or flaky connection re-syncs automatically without losing the show. The current speaker message and timer persist for anyone who joins late.
How is it different from QLab or a spreadsheet?+
A spreadsheet can’t run a live clock or push cues to other screens; QLab is media playback on one machine. PilotCue is the timing brain for the whole room — cloud-synced cues, fixed-time anchors, overrun tracking, and a planned-vs-actual report — with zero install for the crew.
How much does it cost?+
You can create an event, import your rundown, and run a show for free. Spin up the console and try it with your next event.
Who is PilotCue for?+
PilotCue is for anyone whose show runs on a clock and a cue list: stage managers, show callers, event producers, technical directors, and AV teams. It’s used for conferences and summits, houses of worship, theater and live performance, broadcast and studio, esports and streaming, and production agencies.
What screens can PilotCue drive?+
PilotCue drives three synced views from one rundown: the operator console (where you call the show), a backstage monitor (a big-screen countdown and up-next for the crew), and a speaker confidence screen (a clean timer and your messages for the talent). Each backstage and speaker screen is a web link you share by QR — any phone, tablet, or stage display joins instantly.
Can more than one person run the show?+
Yes. Every screen connects over WebSocket and stays in lock-step, so the operator, backstage crew, and speaker all see the same live state at once. Late-joiners and dropped tabs re-sync automatically from durable state, and live presence counts show who’s connected.
How accurate is PilotCue’s timing?+
PilotCue’s engine ticks every 100 milliseconds. It auto-advances cues, recalculates downstream start times the instant a cue runs long or short, pins fixed-time anchors to a hard clock time, and records actual-vs-planned duration for the post-show report.
Your next show,
perfectly timed.
Spin up an event, import your rundown, and run it in minutes. No installs for the crew — just a link.