The Technical rehearsal for our show When You See It was a smooth transition from the rehearsal room. With minor changes to our set design such as a hanging instead of free standing projector screen with front on projection instead of rear projection being the major change due to a lack of the 5 metre space to rear project. Furthermore, after the run we abandoned the 2nd TV screen, choosing to move forward with one TV with the live feed and a projector screen. As I had already programmed the sound and projection cues into the QLAB software, we were able to run ahead of schedule and complete a full run in the space after the lights had been set and programmed. This naturally allowed us to see things that worked well and those that didn’t to make minor changes to the piece in our rehearsal in-between tech and show day.
Show day, although a long day, was a successful one. We did 2 runs prior to the show both between 48 and 48 and a half minutes. After each run we had minor changes for tech in terms of either position of lights, level of sound or in some cases the cue line to press go. Again we ran to schedule and had a photographer on hand for both runs in the day. We had an audience of 147 which, considering it was a Sunday, I believe can be regarded as a success. The audience reaction post show was very touching with many in tears from both laughing and crying. Taking the show forward there are minor tweaks that could be made after seeing the audience reaction but through several work-in-progress sessions with other companies the show had been viewed and refined which I believe aided its ultimate success.