Name: Marc Robert Roberts
Job title(s): Cinema Projectionist / Cafe Counter Assistant / Usher
How did you get started working at Chapter? I escaped from school at 16. Being keen on Theatre, art and music I approached Chapter and started working under the YTS. My duties and experiences were varied, but mostly based in the publicity dept where I developed a keen interest in ‘Letraset’ and became pretty good at intricate, three dimensional poster displays.
Favourite thing about working at Chapter? The wonderful people. I love working at Chapter. No two days are the same.
Best memories at Chapter? Many over the years… from the danger of performing in a show ‘Over The Wall’, devised by Trevor Turton in the ’80′s to recently adorning a bee suit and opening the hive of the Chapter Bees.
Favourite Chapter event? So much choice, however, the launch of my book of Poetry / Stories / Lyrics, ‘Listen’ on my 40th birthday. (It’s on sale in the shop!) Maybe a couple of music events I was involved with, ‘Y Cardiff’ a folk extravaganza and the enchanting ‘Shelleyan Orphan’. They are one of my favourite groups. It was amazing to play on the same stage as them.
What do you get up to outside of Chapter? I seek and listen to beautiful music. I make music. I enjoy vegetarian cooking. I collect found objects. I love a good rumage in a charity shop. I like to read, looking forward to the next installment in Clive Barker’s phantasmargorical ‘Abarat’ series.
Tell us about your music. I write songs, sing and play guitar. My group is ‘Zeuk’. The music has been described as ‘smouldering gothic folk’. Some people are surprised when they hear me sing, but you’d have to check us out to find out why!
Do you have any other hidden talents? I would love to learn ventriloquism so as to give a voice to inanimate objects. I am working on this with my friend, Michael Lordofchaos.
Your favourite place, outside of Chapter? The Lake District has been a special place for me. The Scilly Isles too.I like traipsing around London. Home.
If money was no object what would you buy? I’d probably travel around the world, with a guitar and lots of notepads.
Who would you like to play you in a film of your life? Peter Cushing and Hartley Hare… in the same film.
What’s your favourite snack? I do like a pinch of pollen.
Tell us a secret… I talk to the Chapter Bees.
Tell us a joke… To get to the other side… Why did the neutrino cross the road?
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