Jess Thorpe is the newly appointed co-Associate Director (Engage) at Dundee Rep and Scottish Dance Theatre. Outside of this role she is also Co-Artistic director of award winning performance company Glass Performance and Lecturer in the Arts in Justice at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Jess lived in Glasgow for 20 years and has recently moved to Dundee with her partner Chris and her sons Freddie (6), Wilbur (4) and Stanley (1).