Marcus has become a mainstay for arts organisations seeking to improve the way in which they approach technology. He has spoken at conferences in Venice, Beijing, Buenos Aires, Palm Springs, London, and across the UK. He has delivered projects and business and cultural development projects for Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre, Chichester Festival Theatre, Kettle’s Yard, Stephen Joseph Theatre, Harrogate Theatre, Theatre Peckham, Theatre Royal Stratford East.
2007 attended TED in California
2008 – 2013 created Shift Happens, a celebration of innovation and a forum for discussion for arts organisations across the UK. Speakers have included Ken Robinson, Clay Shirky, Howard Rheingold, Julie Borchard-Young, Kate Russell, Abigail Posner.
2011 Hosted TedxYork
2014 Co-curated and hosted No Boundaries for Arts Council England and the British Council
2015 Co-hosted No Boundaries 2015 Arts Council England
2016 Innovation Norway, conference in Tromsø, Norway
2016 Arctic Moving Image Film Festival, Harstadt, Norway
2017 European Theatre Convention, Karlsruhe, Germany
2017 UK Theatre Touring Symposium, London
2018 Mainframe Derby
2018 With Collusion in Cambridge Marcus produced projects in King’s Lynn and Bury St Edmunds. This included developing and creating ‘Reveal’ with Simon Poulter.
2019 Harstad Residency in Norway developing a new green screen project
2020 Harstad Norway Zoom Theatre project
2020 European Theatre Convention – tannin programme for the whole Berlin Team
2020 Culture Reset participant
2020 Fringe Central – Edinburgh Festival fringe speaker
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