Born in St. Petersburg (Russia), 1980.
Son of two theatre directors, Tatyana Jakovskaya and Lev Shwartz, Sergey grew up in the wings of their small studio theatre “Four Little Windows,” taking part in performances as a child.
Sergey became a part of Sharmanka team in 1992 and was working then primitive lighting controls at the age of 12. He left Russia with Sharmanka in 1993. As time went on, Sergey gradually was taking on more and more responsibilities, and since 1998 has been fully in charge of lighting design and technical management of Sharmanka.
Sergey has graduated as a Bachelor of Arts (Technical and Production Arts) from Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Summer 2002, and now making his way up in the career of theatrical lighting and technical craft.
Review extracts:
“Sergey Jakovsky's lighting lights the space so that the dark hours, the smoking of guns and the coming dawn become our reality.” Ediburgh Guide Theatre Review on Dawn (April 2002)
“Sergey Jakovsky’s lighting and Robert Burlin’s music give the production great atmosphere” The Scotsman on Chrysalids (September 2003)
“Sergey Jakovsky has worked wonders with the lights” Director’s comment on Hoops, Hats and Acrobats in Scottish Arts Council Website (May 2005)
“The lighting is superb” Indymedia UK on Black Sun Over Genoa (July 2005)
Current and Future Projects:
November 2007 – Lighting Designer, “Endgame" by Samuel Beckett”, joint production of Theatre Workshop, Edinburgh and Sharmanka
From 1998 onwards - Sound & Lighting Designer / Technical Manager, Sharmanka Kinetic Gallery, Glasgow.
Past Projects:
Spring 2007 - “Ketzal” and “Robert’s Dream”, - Russian- Latvia tour, Derevo Theatre Company, Dresden -St.Petersburg. “Ketzal” won the most prestigious Russian Theatre award -"Golden Mask - 2007"
December 2006 – Lighting Designer, “Robert’s Dream”, Derevo Theatre Company, Dresden -St.Petersburg
Summer / Aughtumn 2006 – Lighting Design Development, “Ketzal” – European Tour / Edinburgh Fringe run, Derevo Theatre Company, Dresden -St.Petersburg,
May 2006 – Lighting Designer – “How to Steal a Diamond”, Vox Motus, Tron Theatre, Glasgow
March 2006 – Production Manger – “The Extras Opera”, Stalker Theatre (Turin, Italy) / The Working Party (Glasgow) , MacLeod Hall, Pearse Institute, Govan, Glasgow
February 2006 – Lighting Designer – “Memories of Earth”, The Working Party, Caos Theatre, Turin
December 2005 – Lighting Designer / Technical Manager, “Movement and Shadows” – “Druids Clock”, Royal Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh (Collaboration with dance group “Derevo” as part of Eduard Bersudsky’s Creative Scotland Award 2005).
November 2005 – Lighting Designer, “Plain Speaking”, EK Performance, Tramway, Glasgow
September 2005 – Lighting Designer, “My Old Man”, Magnetic North, Tron Theatre, Glasgow
September 2005 – Lighting Designer, “Adventures of Baron”, The Working Party, Scottish Tour
August 2005 – Lighting Designer, “Pictures in the Stars”, Toonspeak Young People’s Theatre, Glasgow
July 2005 – Lighting Designer, “Black Sun Over Genoa”, Theatre Workshop, Edinburgh Festival Theatre / Tramway (Glasgow) (http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315292.html)
May – June 2005 – Lighting Designer and Technical Manager, “Hoops Hats and Acrobats”, Complete Productions, commissioned for the Edinburgh Children’s Festival. (http://www.scottisharts.org.uk/1/artsinscotland/dance/projects/hoopsandhats.aspx)
April 2005 – Lighting Designer, “Carmen”, Haddow House Choral and Operatic Society, Aberdeenshire.
March 2005 – Lighting Designer, “Barons’ Ball”, The Working Party, Brittania Hall Panopticon, Glasgow
June 2004 – Technical Manager, “Window In the World”, The Working Party, CCA, Glasgow.
May 2004 – Production Manager, “Fergus Steps Out”, Lung Ha’s, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh.
February – April 2004 – Technical Manager, “Sauchiehall Street”, Vanishing Point, UK Tour.
February 2004 – Lighting Designer, “Soul Pilots”, EK Performnace, Tramway Theatre
November 2003 – Production Manager, “Living Cities”, The Working Party, Glasgow
September 2003 – Lighting Designer, “Chrysalids”, Complete Productions, Tron Theatre. (http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1042502003)
March – August 2003 – Technical Manager, “Stars Beneath the Sea”, Vanishing Point, UK Tour + Edinburgh Fringe run.
March 2003 – Technical Manager / Relight, ”Word for Word” Magnetic North Theatre Company, Scottish Tour.
March 2003 – Lighting Designer, “Rescuers Speaking”, Birds of Paradise, Glasgow.
February 2003 – Lighting Designer, “Emerge” Architecture Exhibition, Merchant Square, Glasgow.
Autumn 2002 – Interior Lighting Designer, Bar Gandolfi, Glasgow.
July 2002 – September 2003 Lighting designer and technician, Sharmanka Kinetic Theatre exhibition, Theatre Museum, London.
April 2002 – Lighting Designer, “The Dawn”, Nomad, Arches Theatre, Glasgow. (http://www.edinburghguide.com/aande/theatre/reviews/d/dawn.shtml)
December 1999 – Electrician & Lighting Designer, The Millennium Clock Tower project, Royal Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.
Education:
2002 (BA) Technical and Production Arts @ Royal Academy of Music and Drama
College Awards:
An Outstanding Individual Effort Award for the Lighting Design of “A View From The Bridge” (New Athenaeum Theatre), RSAMD
Referees:
Peter Searle
Transformations
Director
100 Beeith Street
Partick
Glasgow G11 6DQ
Tel: 07974 742175
E-mail: consult@transformations-scotland.co.uk
Malcolm Rogan
Technical Manager
Tron Theatre
63 Trongate
Glasgow, G1 5HB
Tel: 0141 559 5305
E-mail: m_rogan@tron.co.uk