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GUS PAPAGIANNIS
About Me:
Gus Papagiannis is a lighting designer, programmer, and technician originally from Greece. He is a recent graduate of Technical Theatre and Stage Management at The Lir Academy, Trinity College Dublin. He is currently the Senior Technician at the Pavilion Theatre in Dublin, working as lead LX designer/programmer and house technician for theatre, dance, music, and live events. Gus also freelances internationally as a lighting designer and programmer. He was shortlisted for Lighting of the Year at the 2025 Production Futures Breakthrough Talent Awards and selected for USITT Training Ground with Cirque du Soleil in Las Vegas.
ALPD Member: 3437
Education & Certifications
Nominations - Awards:
Key Skills:
Lighting & Technical
• ETC Proficient Lighting Programming
• Chief Lighting Electrician on large-scale productions
• Lighting Design & Pixel Programming
• Large-Scale Lighting Network Engineering (Artistic license, Luminex )
• Capture Design, AutoCAD, Vectorworks, Augmented 3D
• Photoshop, Resolume Arena
• Proficient QLab Operation & Integration
• Score Reading for Cue Synchronisation
• Moving Light Assistant (MLA)
• VOR
• Dante Level 2 Certified
• Grand MA 3 - Avolites (Basic)
• Genie Lift License
• Plotting, focusing, rigging, and show operation in receiving-house environments
• Robe Robospot
Stage & Production
• Assistant / Deputy Stage Management
• Teamwork, Leadership & Communication Skills
• Problem Solving & Initiative under Pressure
• Hand and Machine Sewing Skills
• Collaboration with Creative and Technical Teams
Health & Safety
• Manual Handling Certified
• Work at Height & Harness Training
• AIST StagePass Qualification
• CPR, First Aid & Fire Safety Certified
• Fire and Electrical Safety
Selected artists I’ve worked with include: Deirdre O’Kane, Eddi Reader, Lisa O’Neill, Beth Orton, Sam Amidon, The Fureys, Susan O’Neill, Bell X1, Eimear Quinn, Tony Christie, Altan, Sharon Shannon, Hothouse Flowers, John Spillane, Niall Breslin, Fiachna Ó Braonáin, Chad Lawson, Albert Lee, Chris Smither, Federico Albanese, Andrea Vanzo, Niklas Paschburg, Chris Kent, Daughters of Jerusalem, and more.
Selected Credits
Senior (Lighting) Technician — Pavilion Theatre, Dublin | Dec 2024 – Present
Chief LX / Programmer — City Theatrical | Cork Opera House | May 2026
Shirley Valentine | Director/Lighting Designer: Michael Scott
Chief LX / Associate Lighting Designer — Begin Anywhere | Irish Modern Dance Theatre | Irish Arts Center (IAC), New York | Feb 2025
Choreography: John Scott | Composition: Mel Mercier & Musicians | Lighting Designer: Joe Levasseur
Chief LX / Programmer / Lighting Assistant — Irish Modern Dance Theatre | Dublin, Ireland | Sep 2024
Hyperphysical (double bill) — Dublin Fringe Festival | Choreography: John Scott; Abby Z & the New Utility
Lighting Programmer / Technician / Operator — Gaiety Theatre, Dublin | Oct 2024
The Valley of the Squinting Windows — Director: Michael Scott
Lighting Programmer / Technician — Dublin Theatre Festival, Dublin | Oct 2024
Things Hidden — Javaad Alipoor | Find Your Eyes — Benji Reid
Lighting Designer / Programmer / Stage Manager — The Viking Theatre, Dublin | Sep 2024
Tender Mercies — Colette Cullen
Lighting Designer / Programmer — NAF Dance, Dublin | Dublin Fringe Festival | Sep 2024 | Ham, Sandwiches and Discipline — Choreography: Nóra Ní Anluain Fay
Lighting Designer / Programmer — Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin | Scene + Heard Festival | Mar 2024| Space Deli — A new space musical by Pay Attention! Productions
While at The Lir Academy
CHIEF LX — Love’s Labour’s Lost (William Shakespeare) | Oct 2025
Director: Davey Kelleher | Lighting Designer: Kevin Smith
LX PROGRAMMER — Consent (Nina Raine) | May 2025
Director: Emily Foran | Lighting Designer: Bill Woodland
CHIEF LX — Mr. Burns (Anne Washburn & Michael Friedman) | Mar 2025
Director: Daniel Kramer | Lighting Designer: SJ Sheils
LX PROGRAMMER — Six Degrees of Separation by John Guare | May 2026
Director: David Horan | Lighting Designer: Kevin Smith
Selected Experience in Greece
About Me:
Gus Papagiannis is a lighting designer, programmer, and technician originally from Greece. He is a recent graduate of Technical Theatre and Stage Management at The Lir Academy, Trinity College Dublin. He is currently the Senior Technician at the Pavilion Theatre in Dublin, working as lead LX designer/programmer and house technician for theatre, dance, music, and live events. Gus also freelances internationally as a lighting designer and programmer. He was shortlisted for Lighting of the Year at the 2025 Production Futures Breakthrough Talent Awards and selected for USITT Training Ground with Cirque du Soleil in Las Vegas.
ALPD Member: 3437
Education & Certifications
- BA (Hons) Stage Management & Technical Theatre
Trinity College Dublin – The Lir Academy | 2023 – 2026| https://www.thelir.ie/students/gus-papagiannis - Dante Level 2 | Jun 2024
- Manual Handling | 2023
- Work at Height & Harness Training | Oct 2023
- AIST StagePass | Oct 2023
- First Aid Certified | Medicore - Order of Malta, 2025
- PAT Test trained
- Fire Safety trained
- Electrical Safety trained
Nominations - Awards:
- ETC FRED FOSTER STUDENT MENTORSHIP PROGRAM 2026 - 2027
- USITT TRAINING GROUND WITH CIRQUE DU SOLEIL - LAS VEGAS - AUGUST 2026
Selected as one of 8 selected participants invited to Las Vegas for specialist ETC programming training with Cirque du Soleil. - Shortlisted 2025 Breakthrough Talent Awards - Production Futures - Lighting of the Year
- Special Commendation (2023) – Recognition for lighting designs and audiovisual work (Music School of Agrinio, 2018–2023)
Key Skills:
Lighting & Technical
• ETC Proficient Lighting Programming
• Chief Lighting Electrician on large-scale productions
• Lighting Design & Pixel Programming
• Large-Scale Lighting Network Engineering (Artistic license, Luminex )
• Capture Design, AutoCAD, Vectorworks, Augmented 3D
• Photoshop, Resolume Arena
• Proficient QLab Operation & Integration
• Score Reading for Cue Synchronisation
• Moving Light Assistant (MLA)
• VOR
• Dante Level 2 Certified
• Grand MA 3 - Avolites (Basic)
• Genie Lift License
• Plotting, focusing, rigging, and show operation in receiving-house environments
• Robe Robospot
Stage & Production
• Assistant / Deputy Stage Management
• Teamwork, Leadership & Communication Skills
• Problem Solving & Initiative under Pressure
• Hand and Machine Sewing Skills
• Collaboration with Creative and Technical Teams
Health & Safety
• Manual Handling Certified
• Work at Height & Harness Training
• AIST StagePass Qualification
• CPR, First Aid & Fire Safety Certified
• Fire and Electrical Safety
Selected artists I’ve worked with include: Deirdre O’Kane, Eddi Reader, Lisa O’Neill, Beth Orton, Sam Amidon, The Fureys, Susan O’Neill, Bell X1, Eimear Quinn, Tony Christie, Altan, Sharon Shannon, Hothouse Flowers, John Spillane, Niall Breslin, Fiachna Ó Braonáin, Chad Lawson, Albert Lee, Chris Smither, Federico Albanese, Andrea Vanzo, Niklas Paschburg, Chris Kent, Daughters of Jerusalem, and more.
Selected Credits
Senior (Lighting) Technician — Pavilion Theatre, Dublin | Dec 2024 – Present
- Lead lighting programmer and house technician for shows and major music/theatre gigs
- Main lighting designer for live events/music gigs
- Maintain, operate, and support upgrades of the venue’s lighting systems and equipment
- Health & Safety Assistant Supervisor; provide backstage support and assist stage/production management as needed
Chief LX / Programmer — City Theatrical | Cork Opera House | May 2026
Shirley Valentine | Director/Lighting Designer: Michael Scott
Chief LX / Associate Lighting Designer — Begin Anywhere | Irish Modern Dance Theatre | Irish Arts Center (IAC), New York | Feb 2025
Choreography: John Scott | Composition: Mel Mercier & Musicians | Lighting Designer: Joe Levasseur
Chief LX / Programmer / Lighting Assistant — Irish Modern Dance Theatre | Dublin, Ireland | Sep 2024
Hyperphysical (double bill) — Dublin Fringe Festival | Choreography: John Scott; Abby Z & the New Utility
Lighting Programmer / Technician / Operator — Gaiety Theatre, Dublin | Oct 2024
The Valley of the Squinting Windows — Director: Michael Scott
Lighting Programmer / Technician — Dublin Theatre Festival, Dublin | Oct 2024
Things Hidden — Javaad Alipoor | Find Your Eyes — Benji Reid
Lighting Designer / Programmer / Stage Manager — The Viking Theatre, Dublin | Sep 2024
Tender Mercies — Colette Cullen
Lighting Designer / Programmer — NAF Dance, Dublin | Dublin Fringe Festival | Sep 2024 | Ham, Sandwiches and Discipline — Choreography: Nóra Ní Anluain Fay
Lighting Designer / Programmer — Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin | Scene + Heard Festival | Mar 2024| Space Deli — A new space musical by Pay Attention! Productions
While at The Lir Academy
CHIEF LX — Love’s Labour’s Lost (William Shakespeare) | Oct 2025
Director: Davey Kelleher | Lighting Designer: Kevin Smith
LX PROGRAMMER — Consent (Nina Raine) | May 2025
Director: Emily Foran | Lighting Designer: Bill Woodland
CHIEF LX — Mr. Burns (Anne Washburn & Michael Friedman) | Mar 2025
Director: Daniel Kramer | Lighting Designer: SJ Sheils
LX PROGRAMMER — Six Degrees of Separation by John Guare | May 2026
Director: David Horan | Lighting Designer: Kevin Smith
Selected Experience in Greece
- Producer / Scriptwriter / Director / Lighting Designer & Programmer / Choreographer — I’m Leaving | Municipal Regional Theatre of Agrinio | Mar 2022 – Sep 2022 | Director: Gus Papagiannis
- Lighting Designer / Production Manager — 1st TEDx of Agrinio | Papastrateio Event Hall, Agrinio | Oct 2023
- Lighting Programmer / Designer — The Nutcracker (Ballet) | Summer Cinema Ellinis, Greece | Dec 2022 |Choreographer: Eleni Pisiou
- Lighting Designer / Operator — Melina Kana (Concert) | See Sound, Ellinis (Summer Cinema), Agrinio | Sep 2022