In the technical rehearsal I got to finally see my set all in place, and fully lit. Pictured you can see what the set looked like. It featured various pieces to imply something meaningful or ‘artsy’. On the right there was the suitcase and the prop skull, which I linked to the ‘post-show discussion’, a costume rail with several costumes in order to suggest a number of roles being played throughout, a top-lit phone on a bar table to imply something meaningful, a set of foils linked to audience interaction and finally a table with a typewriter on it and a chair by it. The pre-set of the show had a number of lights cross-fading on the set to create a further ‘artsy’ feel, with a light constantly on me at the typewriter whilst the audience entered. I got to see the ‘profanity’ slides in the space, and if I had more time I would probably have put some more words into the slide show towards the end of it. The slides began with simple profanity that the audience could easily work out, until at the end the slides had longer and longer words with only the beginning and end letters visible. Whilst this provides a joke for the audience it is also meant with the intent of poking fun at how more and more is deemed offensive in contemporary society. A theme that was more prevalent in earlier versions of the performance but there is now less of in the performance’s final form.

The technical rehearsal also forced me to do my final cutting and ordering of the show, based around my technical requirements and also the planned order I had come up with. The order of topics that I finalised for the show ensured that the topics slightly linked from one to the next. This was so that they appeared almost as a stream on consciousness and worked with the improvisational style to give the impression of authenticity. The technical rehearsal overall filled me with confidence for the performance, being able to see my set in the space and walk through the show in order make it feel far more real, as previously the performance side of  Meta! has felt almost purely conceptual.