Sometimes you have a weekend which you just want to be over and forgotten; a weekend that is tiresome and drawn out; a weekend that makes you want to curl up in a corner somewhere. Sometimes you have a weekend that makes you feel incredibly positive about life; a weekend that gives you a strength […]
Creator. Leader. Change Maker.
Peter is an experienced communicator with a passion for culture and the arts, community, and civic engagement.
From his home in the UK's only island city, Peter has become a trusted voice for communications and messaging strategy, audience and customer engagement, and organisational development working with arts organisations, civic leaders, and campaigners to put sustainability at the heart of artistic creation, harnessing the power of creativity to build communities, inspire people, and create a better future.
Passionate about creating communities, creating change, and creating a better world.
Peter was born and raised in Portsmouth, a city which taught him the value and power of community. It was his love for the city he grew up in which inspired Peter to dedicate himself to volunteering for a number of community organisations throughout Portsmouth and which led to him being honoured with a Civic Award, presented by The Lord Mayor of Portsmouth in 2016.
Portsmouth provided a backdrop as Peter trained at The News, one of the south coast's leading newspapers, under the tutorship of Dr Jaron Murphy and the editorship of Mark Waldron. While at The News Peter was a member of the NCTJ (National Council for the Training of Journalists) Student Council.
A passion for improving the lives of people in the local community led to Peter's appointment as a governor at the Flying Bull Academy, a primary school in the heart of Buckland, and as one of the lead volunteers in Hampshire Scouts, the region's largest co-education youth charity, where he designed and managed a £50,000 grant programme aimed at giving young people life-changing opportunities and a grant programme to support Scout groups recover and rebuild following the Covid pandemic.
Peter is an accomplished writer, director, and designer for theatre, with a focus on pantomime and variety. He has a particular interest in making theatre more sustainably in response to the climate crisis. Peter is a judge for the UK Pantomime Association's annual UK Pantomime Awards.
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News and views from Peter Marcus
It is difficult to write on the occasion of the death of a man who loved his county so much that he dedicated his life to its service. In the death of its 41st President, the United States of America has lost a man who so perfectly and precisely embodied the values of his nation. […]
Every other year something strange happens; people (like me) who don’t normally care about sports suddenly have a favourite sport, national team, and athlete. The catalyst, of course, is the Olympic Games – or the Winter Olympics as in this year. This year the games take us to South Korea and, as we’ve seen from […]
