Beginners
Also called beginners please
Beginners is the stage-management call, given about five minutes before the start, that summons the actors who open the show to the stage.
The stage manager may call those actors by name, and a similar call is made after the interval.
In use
Beginners for act one, please.
UK and US usage
In the UK, the call is Beginners. In the US, the call made at about the same point before the show is Places.
Last updated 4 Oct 2026
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