Jess Thorpe

Jess Thorpe is Co-Artistic Director of the creative partnership Glas(s) Performance that she co- founded in 2004 with Tashi Gore. Together they also went on to produce Junction 25; a radical performance collective of young people based at Tramway which they continue to work alongside.

Jess is currently also employed on the Contemporary Performance Practice programme at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama as a Lecturer in Applied Performance as well having worked for a time as Senior Tutor for RSAMD YouthWorks. She directs on a freelance basis and is a theatre consultant for the International Schools Theatre Association where she had led projects in Thailand, Maylasia, Spain, Holland, Italy and Turkey.

Tashi Gore

Tashi Gore is co- artistic director of the company Glas(s) Performance and co – founder of Junction 25 a company of young people producing original performance works at Tramway in Glasgow.

Tashi has produced, directed and consulted on projects with a number of companies including; National Theatre Scotland, The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and Promote YT (Scotland). Alongside running Glas(s) Performance and Junction 25 she also currently works as an Associate Artist with students on the Contemporary Performance Practice Programme at the RSAMD.