Abstract

Itching Tian is a theatre and interdisciplinary maker
She works across light, sound, space, and performance
She is currently exploring where social life meets architectural form

experience

theatre maker

2023-Now

_Katabasis_Lighting Design
_Wall of Babel_Lighting Design
GOOTO Best Performance and Director Award

_TROUBLED FEMALES_Lighting Design
_Naran Ja_Lighting Design
Thess Fringe Exchange Award nominee

_I.D.S.T. _Lighting Design
_Katabasis_Lighting Design
OffWestEnd-OffFest Award nominee

_My Little Death_Technical Support
_1_Lighting Design
_Constellation of Awakening_Lighting
_caul_Lighting Design
_Reinventing Joe_Lighting and Sound Design
_Bach in the Clouds_Lighting Design
_Modality Company_Director
_Porto Seguro_Performer
_Macbeth_Sound Design
_The Volcano For Now_Sound Design
_Shame_Lighting and Set Design
MullenLowe NOVA Award Nominated

2025.10 Pengzhou Culture Centre, GOOTO
2025.10 Pengzhou Culture Centre, GOOTO

2025.02 Oxford House Theatre
2024.11 Theatre Deli, Voila Fest

2024.11 Applecart Art Theatre, Voila Fest
2024.11 The Playground Theatre, Voila Fest

2024.9 King's Head Theatre
2024.5 Platform Theatre
2024.1 The Place Theatre
2023.4 Studio Theatre
2023.3 Platform Theatre
2023.3 Platform Theatre
2023.3 Platform Theatre
2023.3 Platform Theatre
2023.3 Platform Theatre
2023.3 Platform Theatre
2023.3 Platform Theatre

internship technician

2025.10-12 YOUNG Theatre

Learn technical skills and provide technical support for theatre groups, including: Schaubühne Berlin

graduate teaching assistant

2023-2025 UAL_CSM

Provide support for BA/MA performance course productions as a lighting technician. Assist students in learning lighting programming and Qlab

internship designer

2021.03-06 WAY STUDIO

Participate in space design projects, focusing on designing and optimising restaurants and exhibition displays. Produce detailed concept diagrams to improve project visualisation, 3D Modelling and Rendering

internship stage crew

2020.12-2021.01 Magnificent Culture

Toured with the play Thunderstorm. Ensure the efficiency of stage disassembly and installation between multiple venues. Collaborate with the team to adjust stage design, lighting arrangements and technical settings to adapt to different venue environments

education

2021-2023

UAL_CSM
MA: Performance Design and Practice

2016-2019

Politecnico di Milano
BSc: Industrial Product Design

language

chinese
english (IELTS 7)
Italian (CILS B2)

software

ETC lighting console
MA2 lighting console
QLab
Isadora

Rhino
Keyshot
Enscape
AutoCAD
Adobe Suite

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