GUS PAPAGIANNIS

About Me
I am a passionate Lighting Designer / Programmer / Senior Technician, Stage/Production Manager with extensive experience in lighting design, programming, rigging, and providing multi-disciplinary production support. I thrive on bringing creative visions to life through technical precision. I am committed to the art of collaborative storytelling, ensuring every detail of a production aligns with the overall vision.

ALPD Member: 3437

Education & Certifications

• BA (Hons) Stage Management & Technical Theatre
  Trinity College Dublin – The Lir Academy | 2023 – Present​ | 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:

• 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) 

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Key Skills:

Lighting & Technical
• Proficient Lighting Programming (ETC, Luminex Systems)
• 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)
• 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 / Associate Lighting Designer — Irish Modern Dance Theatre | Irish Arts Center (IAC), New York | Feb 2025
Begin Anywhere — 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
Lighting Designer / Production Manager — Papastrateio Event Hall, Agrinio, Greece | Oct 2023
1st TEDx of Agrinio
Lighting & Sound Designer / Programmer — Agrinio, Greece | Mar 2023
Jamming High (Greek musical) — Director: Mairy Tsironi
Producer / Scriptwriter / Director / Choreographer / Lighting Designer & Programmer — Municipal Regional Theatre of Agrinio, Greece | Mar 2022 – Sep 2022
I’m Leaving — Director: Gus Papagiannis


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 — Project (Coming Soon) | May 2026

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