Gus Papagiannis

Experience

Lir Academy Training

• Stage Management & Technical Theatre - 2026

Productions

• • Production
  • Role
  • Director
• • Six Degrees of Separation
  • Lighting Programmer
  • David Horan
• • Love's Labour's Lost
  • Chief Electrician
  • Davey Kelleher
• • Mr. Burns
  • Chief Electrician
  • Daniel Kramer
• • Consent
  • Lighting Programmer
  • Emily Foran
• • Eurydice
  • Lighting Crew
  • Zia Loparic Basbaum
• • The Nest
  • Lighting Crew
  • Friederike Karpf
• • Bent
  • Lighting Crew
  • Connor Mickiewicz
• • Punk Rock
  • Lighting Crew
  • Tom Creed

Other Experience

Nominations - Awards:

• ETC FRED FOSTER STUDENT MENTORSHIP PROGRAM 2026 - 2027

Selected as one of 10 international participants for ETC’s Fred Foster Student Mentorship Program, a competitive industry mentorship scheme

• 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)

Experience:

Production Manager & Lighting Designer / Dancer from the Dance Festival / Project Arts Centre, Dublin

Chief LX & Lighting Programmer / Shirley Valentine / Michael Scott – City Theatre Dublin & Cork Opera House

Chief LX & Associate Lighting Designer / Begin Anywhere / John Scott – Irish Modern Dance Theatre, Irish Arts Center, New York

Chief LX, Lighting Programmer & Assistant Lighting Designer / Hyperphysical / John Scott – Irish Modern Dance Theatre, Dublin Fringe Festival

Chief LX & Lighting Programmer / The Valley of the Squinting Windows / Michael Scott – Gaiety Theatre, Dublin

Lighting Designer, Programmer & Chief LX / Ham, Sandwiches and Discipline / NAF Dance – Dublin Fringe Festival

Lighting Designer, Programmer & Stage Manager / Tender Mercies / The Viking Theatre & Irish Tour

Lighting Programmer / Things Hidden / Javaad Alipoor – Dublin Theatre Festival

Lighting Technician / Find Your Eyes / Benji Reid – Dublin Theatre Festival

Lighting Programmer & Designer / Space Deli / Pay Attention! Productions – Scene + Heard Festival, Smock Alley Theatre

Lighting Designer / Jamming High, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Nutcracker and Dear White Brother – Municipal Theatre of Agrinio, Greece

Production Manager & Lighting Designer / TEDx Agrinio

Camera Operator, Music Composer & Editor / Documentary Projects – Greece

Lighting Designer / Melina Kana Concert / Music School of Agrinio Productions

Creator, Director & Lighting Designer / I’m Leaving / Municipal Theatre of Agrinio

Website: www.guspapagiannis.com

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Skills

Lighting & Technical

• Proficient Lighting Programming (ETC, Avolites, Luminex Systems)
• Chief Lighting Electrician on large-scale productions
• Lighting Design & Pixel Programming
• Large-Scale Lighting Network Engineering
• Capture Design, AutoCAD, Vectorworks, Photoshop
• QLab Operation & Integration
• Score Reading for Cue Synchronisation
• Moving Light Assistant (MLA)
• Dante Level 2 Certified
• Genie Lift License

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

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