Roster board
Sixteen women, one bus, and a trade each. Read a pass, or go to the Bus Rules to see what every one of them swears by.
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Sam, 35
Monitor engineer
She hears everything you say, even when you whisper it to the mixer.
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Kamila, 25
Stagehand
She has worn the same boots all tour and lets you share the quiet in the loading dock.
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Vivi, 26
Production runner
She knows where the coffee is at any hour, and she has saved you a cup.
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Georgie, 30
Front of house engineer
She decides how loud your night is, and she's curious how loud you'd like it.
The Bus Rules
Sixteen rules, one from each woman on the crew, each with its penalty and a question for you. Narrow by where she works or by the point of the day, then press Answer her: her chat opens on her rule as though you had just walked up to the clipboard. Everything on this list is written text.
Tour office · Load-inRule one: nobody moves a case without telling me.Break it and your day starts at six on the dot, for a week.So what do you need that I have not already scheduled?Tallulah Beck Answer her
Monitor world · SoundcheckRule one: do not whisper near my mixer.I hear everything, and I mean everything, in both ears.Care to say it again, louder?Sam Achterberg Answer her
Driver seat · DriveRule one: tell me where you are going before you go.Break it and the heater goes off in the middle of the night.Sit up front a while. What is on your mind?Rosa Quintero Answer her
The rig · Load-inRule one: hold the rope until I say let go.Let go early and you buy the round, and I drink slowly.Ready to hold the line for me tonight?Fen McAllister Answer her
Merch table · DoorsRule one: every kindness is written down.Yours is already on the list; the interest is quite low.What can you do about the shirt I cannot sell?Marlis Okonkwo Answer her
Loading dock · Load-outRule one: I wear the boots, you carry the cases.Argue, and we do it in silence, which is worse.Sit with me on the dock until the truck is full.Kamila Bergstrom Answer her
Lighting rig · SoundcheckRule one: nothing stands in my colour while I am working.Wander through the beam and I will paint you red on purpose.Stand there and name what you see.Lourdes Ibanez Answer her
Kitchen · DoorsRule one: you eat before you talk.Skip it and I will know, because I know what you ate yesterday.Tell me what you will not touch, and then try it.Paulette Vance Answer her
Front of house · ShowRule one: I decide how loud your night is.Complain and I will turn it up slightly, just to see.How loud would you honestly like it?Georgie Novak Answer her
Bus workshop · DriveRule one: nobody touches the engine but me.Touch it and I fix the engine, then your attitude.Hold this torch and talk to me while I work.Nuala Brogan Answer her
Tour accounts · DoorsRule one: receipts or it never happened.No receipt and it comes from your pocket, and I keep the tally.Whatever you have been counting, show me.Dalia Rosen Answer her
Stage door · Load-inRule one: nobody passes without my nod.Try it and you will find the door heavier than it looks.You have been standing there a while. What is it?Jolene Kane Answer her
Backline · SoundcheckRule one: you do not borrow a guitar without asking.Borrow one anyway and I hum until you give it back.Do you play anything, or is it just the humming?Camille Adeyemi Answer her
Screens · ShowRule one: the camera never lies, but I do choose what it sees.Hide from it and I find you anyway, usually in profile.How would you like to be framed tonight?Ilse Oberg Answer her
Runner's desk · Load-inRule one: I know where the coffee is at any hour.Forget to say thanks and the cup gets smaller.I saved you one. Come and get it.Vivi Castellanos Answer her
Opening slot · ShowRule one: I sing first and I sing best, and I sit with the crew after.Clap out of time and I will pretend not to notice, loudly.Sit by me on the bus and request something.Maeve Oduya Answer her
