IAROSLAV USHAKOV

Lighting Designer | Lighting Console Operator
grandMa | HOG | Chamsys | ETC | Avolites

ABOUT

Lighting designer and lighting console operator with over 15 years of experience in theatre productions, concerts, touring shows and live events.I work with lighting consoles including grandMA2/3, HOG, Chamsys, ETC, Avolites and have extensive experience in programming and operating lighting for live performances. My background includes theatre productions, cruise ship shows and international entertainment projects where reliability, precision and fast problem solving are essential.Skills include:• Planning and plotting light setup for the events
• Lighting programming and live operation for concerts, theatre productions and live events
• Creating and managing showfiles from scratch (patch, groups, presets, effects)
• Adapting touring showfiles to different venues and systems
• Close collaboration with production teams and stage managementResident lighting designer at Engineering Theater “AKHE” http://akhe.org/
Resident lighting designer at “Cremulator” production https://cremulator.net/en
Lighting designer at “Grand Classic Ballet” and “Imperial Classical Ballet” (Germany/UK, 2024-2025)
Lighting designer at “Brunch Electronic Festival” (Berlin, 2025)

Lighting programming and operations:Planning and plotting
Building showfiles from scratch (patch, groups, presets, palettes)
Executors and effects programming
Cue lists, sequences and theatre cue-based workflows
Live show operation (theatre, concerts, events)
Busking workflows
Timecode shows
Touring showfiles and venue adaptation
Session management and showfile organisation
Visualisation

Fixtures and Systems:Moving lights
Conventional and LED fixtures
Media servers (Pandora’s Box)
DMX/Art-net/ACN
Q-Lab, Reaper, Capture Live, Ma3D

Selected works

THEATER

LIVE EVENTS

Artistic

Corporate

VIDEO

Nutcracker. Grand Classic Ballet
Lighting design, programming and execution
Germany Tour 2024-2025

Ezhel
Live show execution
Huxleys Neue Welt. Berlin 2025

Ikarus. AKHE Theater
Lighting design, programming and execution
Erlangen Figuren Theater Festival 2024

Create our space
Corporate event
Berlin 2025

Cremulator
Lighting setup process
Baltic Tour 2026

Swan Lake. Imperial Classic Ballet
Lighting design, programming and execution
UK tour 2025

Lighting setup process
Berlin Messe 2025

Brunch Electronic Festival
Live show execution
Berlin 2025

Brunch Electronic Festival
Live show execution
Berlin 2025

CONTACT

Available - Berlin / EULighting Operator (MA, HOG, ETC, Chamsys, Avolites)
Freelance • Touring • Theater • Clubs • Live Shows • Corporate
Short-notice availability