Built for live shows.
Not for IT departments.

Without a cue system

• ✕ Speakers overrun and the schedule slips
• ✕ Hand signals get missed or misread
• ✕ Talent and crew see different information
• ✕ Cues delivered by shouting or messaging
• ✕ No clean confidence screen for presenters

With ShowPrompt

• ✓ One shared, accurate timer on every screen
• ✓ Cues appear instantly, clearly, in large type
• ✓ Talent and crew see one source of truth
• ✓ The running order drives the whole show
• ✓ A purpose-built, distraction-free talent view

Overrunning speakers

No visible timer means the speaker has no feedback. They keep talking. The schedule slips. Every subsequent item suffers. A shared countdown on stage or lectern ends this.

Missed hand signals

Stage managers wave from the wings. Presenters are mid-flow and not looking. The signal is missed, the cue is late, and nobody outside the team knows why it happened.

Crew running different clocks

The director's phone says one time. The floor manager's watch says another. The presenter's timer app says something else. Nobody is working from the same reference.

Cues by shouting or messaging

WhatsApp group messages, talkback shouting, and improvised hand codes. Every one of them is a failure point. A real cue system delivers clean, quiet, confirmed cues.

No presenter confidence screen

The presenter stands at the podium with no idea of the time, no confirmation of what's next, and no director notes. They're flying blind. That's a solvable problem.

Hardware too expensive to hire

Proper cue systems from broadcast suppliers cost hundreds to hire per day and need an engineer to run them. Most shows can't justify the cost, so they improvise. ShowPrompt changes the maths.

Nothing to install on displays

Display screens run in any modern browser. Works on rented laptops, locked-down machines, or borrowed kit. Nothing to install on display devices — just open a URL. The operator app itself is a free download that runs on Node.js on one laptop.

No internet during your show

ShowPrompt runs on your local network. A venue WiFi outage does not kill your show. There is no cloud service that can go down mid-performance, and display screens reconnect automatically if a link drops.

Licence key — no forced account

Free users never need an account. Paid users activate with a key. No logins mid-show. No password resets when the venue's guest WiFi blocks authentication servers.

Any screen is an output

A phone, a tablet, a smart TV, an external monitor — if it has a browser, it can be a screen. No proprietary hardware, no special cables, no per-device licence.

Five-minute setup

Non-technical staff can set up and run ShowPrompt without reading a manual. If it's too complicated to hand to a runner on the day, it's too complicated full stop.

Private by default

Nothing leaves your network. No accounts, no telemetry, no data sent anywhere. What happens on the show stays on the show. Important for clients and venues with strict data policies.

Scales without surprises

The Venue tier runs unlimited local displays across a whole site — any device with a browser can join. No per-screen licences, no extra hardware, no pricing surprises when you add a screen.

Built around real workflows

Conference, Music & Live, Broadcast, Matchday, Worship, Theatre — six modes, each shaped by how those shows actually run, not by what was easiest to build or looked good in a demo.

Priced for working professionals

Between the free tools that aren't good enough and the broadcast software you don't need. ShowPrompt costs less than an hour of specialist cue-hardware hire.

📋 Producer Mode

Read-only show overview for producers, directors and show callers. Current segment, next segment, drift indicator, all live timers, connected displays, live cue feed — one screen, no controls, just clarity.

⚠ Show Recovery

Hold, Delay, Skip, Extend, Blackout, Clear-All. Six recovery actions on every controller. Built for the operator when shows go sideways. Press-and-hold confirms for destructive actions prevent mid-show misclicks.

⏱ Smart Timing

Add planned durations to your run order and ShowPrompt tracks drift in real time. Running 4 min late · projected end 21:34 — shown to the operator and the producer.