Writer and performer Marcus Reeves studied at Central St. Martins College of Art and Design before moving into music and theatre. As a singer-songwriter and cabaret artist, he has performed across London at venues including:
The Troubadour, The Drill Hall, BAC, Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club, The Royal Vauxhall Tavern, Turnmills, Soho Revue Bar and Bistrotheque, where he performed alongside Ryan Styles (Time Out critics choice) and won their infamous Tranny Talent contest in 2007.
Marcus presented his first play with songs, Cut Out and Keep… at The Lion and Unicorn Theatre and BAC in 2001. He made his first EP, Equally Cursed and Blessed and the accompanying pop video Stranger Than Fiction in 2004.
After a successful mentorship between Marcus and award-winning performance artist Kazuko Hohki, Marcus began work on Postcards from God - The Sister Wendy Musical, which has so far been presented at Jermyn Street Theatre and Hackney Empire Studio.
These productions led to Sister Wendy herself describing Marcus as ‘a man of enormous imagination’ in conversation with Clive Anderson and first lady of British musical theatre Elaine Paige calling him ‘a new Tim Rice’ whilst discussing his work with Tim Rice himself on BBC Radio Two.
In 2007, The Peggy Ramsay Foundation gave Marcus a generous award to support the writing of his new play, Single Numbers Only, which is currently in development.
Marcus recently joined a 35-strong male voice choir led by Mary King to sing with rock band Elbow at the Royal Festival Hall as part of Massive Attack’s Meltdown festival and has been immortalised in paint by artist John Lee Bird as part of his iconic ‘Before Encore’ portrait series.
