Eric Chad is a designer and technologist working across live performance, installation and large-scale public experience. His practice combines lighting, projection, media systems and show control, moving between creative design and the technical integration required to deliver complex productions. His work includes international dance and theatre for Kidd Pivot, GöteborgsOperan Danskompani and Opera Ballet Vlaanderen, alongside broadcast and institutional projects including the CFL Grey Cup, Expo 2020 Dubai and Lobe Studio.
Projection Design & Media Systems
Lighting Design & Programming
Show Control & Systems Integration
Sound & Spatial Audio
Content Direction
Interactive & Installation Design
Institutional Instruction
Selected Design for Performance
2026
Only Light Years Away
Projection Design — Opera Ballet Vlaanderen, Antwerp — David Raymond & Tiffany Tregarthen
Pyper
Lighting Design — UBC Department of Theatre — Leora Morris
2025
Megahertz
Lighting & Projection Design — Bayerisches Staatsballett, Munich — Emma Portner
Spirit Willing
Projection Design — GöteborgsOperan Danskompani — David Raymond & Tiffany Tregarthen
2024
Rhino
Projection Design — Out Innerspace — David Raymond & Tiffany Tregarthen
Forever, Maybe
Lighting Design — GöteborgsOperan Danskompani — Emma Portner
Last Flower
Projection Design — Ballet BC — David Raymond & Tiffany Tregarthen
Bathtub Ballet
Lighting Design — Royal Swedish Ballet — Emma Portner
2023
Myokine
Lighting Design — Anne Plamondon Productions
Assembly Hall
Show Control Design & Programming — Kidd Pivot — Crystal Pite
Ghost Town
Projection Design — Gibney Dance — David Raymond & Tiffany Tregarthen
Some Girls Don’t Turn
Lighting Design — Norwegian National Ballet — Emma Portner
Force Majeure
Projection Design — Hessisches Staatsballett — David Raymond & Tiffany Tregarthen
An Undeveloped Sound
Projection Design and Integration — Electric Company Theatre — Jonathan Young
2022
What You Won’t Do For Love
Asst. Sound Design under Meg Roe — Why Not Theatre — Ravi Jain, Miriam Fernandes, David Suzuki
Dance:Craft
Projection Design — JoeInk — Joe Laughlin
2021
Animation
Lighting Design — Dialogues Project — Crystal Pite
Entre Chien et Loup
Projection Design — Plastic Orchid Factory — James Gnam
Graveyards and Gardens
Co-Sound Design with Kate De Lorme — Action at a Distance — Vanessa Goodman & Caroline Shaw
2019
Bygones
Projection Design — Out Innerspace Dance Theatre — David Raymond & Tiffany Tregarthen
Epilogos
Interactive Design & Co-Projection Design — Radical System Art — Shay Kuebler
Revisor
Show Control Design & Programming — Kidd Pivot — Crystal Pite
2017
Feasting on Famine
Interactive & Projection Design — Radical System Art — Shay Kuebler
Telemetry
Interactive & Projection Design — Radical System Art — Shay Kuebler
2015
Betroffenheit
Show Control Design & Programming — Kidd Pivot — Crystal Pite
2009-2014
Lighting, projection, scenic and sound design for Ballet BC, UBC School of Opera, McGill University, Hardline Productions and independent theatre companies.
Selected Design for Installation and Public Events
112th Grey Cup Halftime and Kickoff Shows
Content Design, 2025 — MGK, PRP, Prod. Design Robert Sondergaard
111th Grey Cup Halftime and Kickoff Shows
Content Design, 2024 — Jonas Brothers and Owen Riegling, PRP, Prod. Design Robert Sondergaard
Circle Wellness Studio
Spatial Sound/Show Control Consultation, 2021 — Paul Hennessey
Canadian Pavillion, Dubai Expo
Interactive Projection Design Specialist, 2021 — NGX Interactive
Sanctuary: The Dakota Bear Ancient Forest Experience
Installation/Projection Design, 2021 — Damien Gilis, Cease Wyss & Olivier Leroux
Lobe Studio
Founding Technical Director, Networking Specialist, Media Director — 2019–2023
Biosphere Environment Project
Projection Consultation, 2017 — NGX Interactive
Sustainability in an Imaginary World
Lighting, Projection & Interaction Design, 2016 — UBC Dept of Sustainability
Institutional Instruction
University of British Columbia
Adjunct Professor - Lighting Design I & II, Lighting Design Advising - 2026–present
Douglas College
Contract Faculty - Stage Lighting II, Lighting Control Systems, Multimedia Technology & Special Events - 2025–present
Selected Technical Direction, Touring & Production Support
Out Innerspace Dance Theatre
Technical Director, Touring Video Director, Touring Lighting Director, 2018–2025
Action at a Distance
Technical Director, Touring Lighting Director, 2021–2025
Kidd Pivot
Picture of You Falling & Lighting Director for Rob Sondergaard — Charlotte Ballet, 2022
Revisor — Touring Sound & Show Control Technician, 2019
Betroffenheit — Asst Technical Director, Touring Sound & Show Control Technician, 2015–2018
Tempest Replica — Touring Sound & Video Technician, 2013
Soundspace Festival
Technical Director and Performer, 2022 — Performance Works, Lobe Studio
Shay Kuebler Radical System Art
Touring Video Director, Draftsperson, 2017–2020
Chuthis.
Smile Masking & Paper Cuts in an Empty Bag & Face Her, Technical Director & Production Designer, 2015–2020
Joe Ink
4our Maritimes Tour, Technical Director & Lighting Director, 2015
Awards & Accomplishments
Assembly Hall — Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Dance Production (2025)
Revisor — Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Dance Production (2022)
Betroffenheit — Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Dance Production (2017)
Betroffenheit — Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards: Georgia Straight Critic’s Choice Innovation Award (2016)
Betroffenheit — Dora Mavor Moore Awards: Outstanding Production (2016)
Dorothy Somerset Memorial Scholarship 2014
Faculty of Arts Graduate Award 2014 & 2013
Norman Young Scholarship in Theatre 2013
Education
MFA — Lighting and Projection Design
University of British Columbia, 2013–2016
BSc — Pharmacology, Minor in Theatre Studies
McGill University, 2009–2013
Skills
Media & Projection
TouchDesigner, Resolume, Adobe Creative Suite Isadora, Isadora ; media server and projection system design
Lighting
ETC Eos, grandMA, Vectorworks, LightWrite, AutoCAD; lighting control and system design
Show Control & Audio
QLab, OSC, MIDI, timecode, SPAT Revolution, 4DSOUND, Reaper, Ableton Live; networked show control and spatial audio systems, Digital Audio Consoles
Technical
Networking, system integration, drafting, digital fabrication, photography/video