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Tech Rehearsal
What to Expect
You will get a technical rehearsal of up to 3 hours for your show. The festival provides a technician to run sound and lights and a venue with a basic festival plot. In terms of lighting, you can expect a general wash, warm, and cool lighting, and probably up to 3 spots in the downstage area. Each venue is equipped with a sound board, DIs, and microphones. We will update with details on the live streaming set-up you can expect soon.
If you have further questions regarding Technical Requirements for your show not covered here, you can contact Fringe Production Manager, Owen Schellenberger (owen@intrepidtheatre.com / 250 383 2663).
- CHECK your tech time and make sure you arrive on time
- PAPER TECH – Before going in to tech rehearsal do a ‘paper tech’, (talking through all of the cues and clarifying with the group what you want.)
- BACK UP – Have THREE backups of your sound files: laptop, flash drive, CD (with the actual files in a folder in addition to Q lab files). Note, computers are not supplied at your venue, so bring your own laptop (and power cord).
- LIGHTING LOOKS – Generate two lists – your basic one and one with your ideal looks if the venue can accommodate.
- CUE SCRIPT – a copy of your script with cues marked on it.
- CUE LIST – a list with cue #, page number, Q lab line/#, action (see example below)
- SCRIPT – Give them a paper copy of your script
- SET – How much set do you have to build, set up?
- STAGE MANAGER – Do you have an SM? If not, who is the ONE assigned person from your show who communicates with the tech?
- SCHEDULE – Outline your goals for the usage of tech time (e.g. Q2Q for 1.5 hrs, full run 1 hour) and work out a schedule with your tech.
- LIGHTING – How involved is it? How many cues do you have?
- MUSIC – How many cues?
- VIDEO – Any projection? Does a projector need to be hung? Screen?
- ACCESS – do you have an ASL interpreter, or is it a relaxed performance?
- Are there any other special tech requirements
A guide to preparing for your Fringe Tech Rehearsal – Need more detail? Here is a guide created by former Fringe Venue Tech Carolyn Moon. Fringe 101 Tech Tutorial
Cue Sheet Example – feel free to download and use this template
Qlab tutorial – how to video from the Arts Club Theatre Co
QLab – A playback program for sound, lighting, and projections. It is the simplest way to execute complex sound designs. There is a free version that allows for two channels of audio; you can rent or buy the pro version online, for more channels of audio, projections, or lighting. It is only available on MacOS
Multiplay – The Windows equivalent of QLab. It is not as commonly used as QLab.
Q2Q – A technical rehearsal where you literally go from cue to cue. You step through the show, skipping much of the text, and give your technician lead up time to your cues, so they can execute them properly. This is the ideal time to let your technician know if you want to make any changes to calling points, looks, or levels.
Cue Sheet – A list of lighting, sound, and projection cues, with times and calling points, and cue numbers.
Prompt Script – A script with lighting and sound cues indicated with clear calling points. You can also give your technician a blank script and let them annotate it in a way that works for them!
