| American | English |
| Bells, Chimes | Barbells (chimes that play in the lobby five minutes before show comes down to alert front of house staff) |
| Blackout curtain, full stage black | Full Black |
| Board, Console | Desk |
| Booth | Box |
| Building the set onstage | Fit Up |
| Call the half-hour at 30 minutes to curtain | Call the half-hour at 35 mins to curtain |
| Calls include Half, Fifteen, Five, Places | Calls include Half, Quarter, Five, Beginners |
| Consumables, Perishables | Comestibles |
| Cueing | Plotting |
| Curtain Warmers | Tab warmers (lights on the house curtain before it rises) |
| Flashlight | Torch |
| Gaff | Gaffa |
| Headsets, radios, walkie-talkies | Comms, Cans |
| House closed | Clearance (front of house gives to stage manager when ... |
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