Jade is an actor, songwriter, theatre maker & performer.

She is delighted to be a recipient of an Arts Council project award to create a new show: Malibu Disco with esteemed Director and Theatre Maker Wayne Jordan throughout 2025.

She collaborates and devises with various directors, artists, musicians and theatre companies both nationally & Internationally. And works across film, theatre, music and dance.

Jade is a recipient of an Arts Council Music Bursary for 2025 which will allow her to collaborate with Michelle O’Rourke: Singer & Vocal Coach. In 2023 she received the Next Generation Award - Arts Council of Ireland. And was selected to take part in the Next Stage Programme 23. She was also an Associate Artist at THISISPOPBABY 2024.

She has also received a Commissions Award - Arts Council of Ireland for her new theatre work DANCEHALL. Supported by KFEST Music & Arts Festival and Siamsa Tire - The National Folk Theatre of Ireland. In collaboration with Sound Designer & Composer Alma Kelliher. This project is an uncovering of our dance history. An invitation to connect. DANCEHALL is a meditation on Dance in Ireland, its death and its resurrection. A spectacle of hearty music and dance through a nuanced contemporary theatre making lens.

Most Recent Projects & Upcoming Projects:

WAKE - Directed by THISISPOPBABY - Opening Sydney Festival January 2026.

The Lost Moth - by Jesse Jones and Naomi Moonveld Nkosi. February - March 2026.

The SHAKE - Directed by Laura Murphy. Ongoing throughout 2026.

Cradled By The Waves - Directed by Julie Kelliher, created by Jenn Grant. Prince Edward Island, Canada. November 2025.

The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh- Directed by Lyndsey Turner at The Gate Theatre, Dublin. June - September 25’.

WAKE - Directed by THISISPOPBABY - Sadlers Wells The West End London & Factory International, Manchester - Spring 2025.

DANCEHALL - Written & Directed by Jade O’Connor - May 24’

Floating On A Dead Sea - Directed by Catherine Young - Autumn National Tour 2024.

ABACUS Directed by Laura Murphy - South American Tour November 2024.

NEMESIS Directed by Eileen McClory - Work in Progress sharing of a new Opera at Dance Ireland, December 2024.

Education & Training:

Her professional performance training began at the Irish Institute of Dance Theatre, Firkin crane, Cork. While she trained here she also worked with Cork City Ballet - Directed by Alan Foley and performed in Swan lake - Cork Opera House, Giselle - Firkin Crane, Cork and as a soloist in The Nutcracker - The Everyman Theatre, Cork. She also worked with Contemporary Dance Company CRUX Directed By Jane Kellaghan.

She then went on to study on a scholarship at Millennium Performing Arts, London. Graduating in Musical Theatre & Acting. It was here that she started flexing her acting & singing muscles more and won the millennium awards for singing & acting awarded to her by west end star - Ruthie Henshall.

CORN EXCHANGE - Ira Seidenstein - ISAAC creative mentorship programme 2023 - 2024.Annie Ryan Commedia Programme 23’ | Gemma Sugrue Pro Vocal Artist 12 month programme April 2022 - 23’ | Louise Kiely Acting for Screen Course 21’| RADA elements Acting Programme 20’ | Vocal & performance Training Gemma Sugrue Programme 20’ - 22’ | Agility Award 22’ - The Arts Council of Ireland | Professional Development Award -  The Arts Council of Ireland | Multidisciplinary Artist Bursary  -  Dublin City Council  21’ | Artist Bursary 2020  - The Arts Council of Ireland | Screen acting at the Irish Film Academy 2016 | Vocal Training - Mary King ( English National Opera & BBC ) 2005 - 2008. The Leinster School of Speech and Drama (grade 5 - 12) & Effective Communication (honours level).

Jade began her training in Ballet with London Bow Bells Ballet school at the age of 3, where she also studied Tap and Jazz. And then went onto The Kerry School of Music where she was awarded an Honours in Speech and Drama, she also studied Ballet under Collette Maguire and played the Clarinet with The KSM Orchestra while studying Music and Music Theory.