About ME

Hello. My name’s Greg Thorpe. I’m a creative producer, writer, curator, mentor, and artist.

I collaborate with artists, venues, and organisations to make work that stimulates and inspires.

Alongside my curation and production I mentor people at all stages of their creative life, and I devise and host workshops aimed at creative practitioners, students, artists and freelancers.

For more than fifteen years I’ve been involved in lots of different creative ventures, including visual art, club nights, cinema, cabaret, publishing, activism, live literature, dance, theatre, performance art, festivals and more. 

For four years I was the Festival Director of GAZE, Ireland’s International LGBTQIA Film Festival, and the country’s longest running queer arts event.

I’ve worked with Manchester Pride, Islington Mill, Meltdown Festival, The Lowry, University of Manchester, HOME, Manchester Art Gallery, Cornerhouse, the Whitworth, Manchester Metropolitan University, Festival No. 6, Hope Mill Theatre, Science & Industry Museum, Manchester Literature Festival, Paper Gallery, Trans Creative, University of Salford, and more.

I write fiction and non-fiction. I’m an experienced art critic and cultural journalist, former theatre critic for Manchester Evening News, and always open to commissions and collaborations.

I’m a proud Trustee of TLC-St Luke’s, a small charity in Manchester that offers free mental heath support and activities for vulnerable members of the community.

Feel free to email me about projects, commissions, ideas, mentoring, or anything at all: greg.thorpe@icloud.com