Jess           
Fitzsimons 
Kane          

Jess Fitzsimons Kane is a Dublin based lighting designer, technician, and stage manager.  She completed a BA in Drama and Theatre Studies in Trinity College Dublin in 2021 with a first class honours  with a specialisation in performance and design. She received a gold medal awarded by the Board of Trinity College for exceptional merit within her academic studies.  During her time in college she was also the technical manager for DU Players from 2019 to 2020.

She has toured all around Ireland as a lighting technician and recently designed shows in both London and Canada.  Jess recently finished working as the lighting and stage technician on the 2024 Winter Irish national tour of Ballet Ireland’s Nutcracker Sweeties. This January saw her 3rd year as the lighting design mentor for Tenderfoot; The Civic Theatre Tallaght’s apprentice theatre programme for second level students. 

Jess is currently under the mentorship of lighting designer Sinéad Wallace as part of the Design Mentorship Pilot Programme with ISPD.​​