During his time from 1988 until 1992 as director of The Showroom, Thorp presented seminal new works by Art in Ruins,[13] Mona Hatoum, Rasheed Araeen and Marc Camille Chaimowicz.

Presenting solo shows featuring artists such as Julian Schnabel, Gilbert & George, Tracey Emin and correspondingly exhibiting works by Sarah Lucas, Gary Hume, Damien Hirst, Mat Collishaw.

Other major off site installations in 2003 included the mounting of Simon Callery's vast sculpture The Segsbury Project at Dover Castle and Paul McCarthy's huge inflatable Blockhead on the embankment at Tate Modern.

Early in 2007 collector Frank Cohen opened Initial Access, a venue for his extensive collection of international contemporary art, on the outskirts of Wolverhampton, England.

Thorp shared the panel of judges in 2004 with Catherine David, Adrian Searle, Robert Taylor and Nicholas Serota who was Chairman of the Jury.

The four nominees for the shortlist were Kutlug Ataman, Jeremy Deller, Ben Langlands and Nikki Bell (who work as a partnership) and Yinka Shonibare.

From 2009 to 2011, Thorp was Associate Artistic Director of Calvert 22, London, a foundation specialising in the exhibition of Russian and Eastern European contemporary art.

A broad range of international artists from Europe, Asia and the US participated in over 100 exhibitions, live events, film screenings, symposia, performance, experimental theatre and music.

The exhibition included environments created by Marc Camille Chaimowicz,[18] David Medalla, Georgina Starr, Brian Griffiths.

There were Installations, social events, and performances by Spartacus Chetwynd (Helmut Newton Ladies Nights), Bob & Roberta Smith with Le Suisse Marocain and Leonardo Ulian (kiosk & piano bar), Mark Titchner (psychosomatic acid test), Gail Pickering (convention centre), Tai Shani (tableau performance), Reza Aramesh (street occupation), Alexander Hidalgo (fashion/music event), Lindsay Seers (cinema performance), Pil and Galia Kollectiv (sci-fi banquet), Anthony Gross (LED eyes), Luke Oxley (shop), Adam Nankervis (performance), Paul O'Neill (General Idea films and DJ set), David Burrows and Kit Poulson (contacting angels), David Blamey and Craig Richards (sound).

'Sawing off the Branch I'm Sitting on': Selection by John Millar with Ruby Pester & Nadia Rossi, Hysteria on Film (films by Carol Morley and Richard Squires), Cara Ball Tolmie, Omnivore Demon, Let Me Feel Your Finger First, Ming Ming and the Ching Chings and Colin Miller & David James Grinly.

Young UK fashion show, Poker All Stars, Bistrotheque Monday Cabaret with Bourgeois & Maurice and Jonny Woo, and more.

Initially located within V22 Workspace in Bermondsey, South East London, The Performance Studio was briefly situated at 11 New Quebec Street in 2014 before establishing a residency at the Nines in Peckham's Copeland Place.