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The Space is a unique, regular and intimate arts, culture and media event with guest interviewees Presenter and promoter, Wayne Imms can be contacted at wayne@the-space.uk Southern Performance And Creative Energies
"That was a thoroughly enjoyable evening in a great location! Many thanks for looking after me so well, for providing a knowledgeable and entertaining interviewer, and for finding me some new fans. It's been said before but bears repeating – Brighton Rocks!" BESTSELLING AUTHOR IAN RANKIN
Jonathan Glendening We're very grateful to this filmmaker, who is multi-skilled in the medium, including being an award-winning feature film director, an acclaimed screenwriter and an excellent editor. More on Jonathan can be seen at www.glendening.co.uk
Hotel Pelirocco The prestigious Hotel Pelirocco is the original boutique hotel in Brighton and is unlike any other in the UK. It has nineteen highly unique and very stylish individually themed rooms, including ones related to David Bowie, soul music and Star Wars. It's based at Regency Square, close to the town centre and the seafront. More details can be found at www.hotelpelirocco.co.uk
"I cannot recommend an appearance at The Space highly enough. Nothing was too much trouble, from the delightful dinner beforehand to my fellow guest and the wonderfully informal and fun interview that followed. A lovely evening and I'd be back like a shot." ACTOR AND WRITER MARK GATISS
The Claremont We appreciate the support of The Claremont. Based in Hove, the lovely hotel has eleven generously-sized guest rooms, including three deluxe, two with luxury four-poster beds, two superior doubles, three classic doubles and three stylish singles. Further details are at www.theclaremont.eu
Côte The support of Côte is much appreciated. There are over 80 of the excellent restaurants in the UK, including in Brighton, at Church Street, opposite the Dome. They have a wide range of delicious food, some of it French-inspired. Further details are at www.cote.co.uk
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Reserve places online here now for the Mike Lindup and Hugh Padgham event Only £21 - Please note: You won’t need a confirmation email and there are no actual physical tickets for the event. Upon making a booking, your name will be added to an attendance list (if you book additional places, a plus one or more will be added with it, depending on the amount of places booked). When entering the venue, you will be met by a Space crew member, who will check your name from the list and issue a stamp accordingly. We do not need your postal address, payment reference number or a printout of your payment receipt. There will be only be refunds if events are cancelled or if a guest becomes unavailable. This event occurs on Tuesday January 21st at: Horatio's on Brighton Palace Pier, Madeira Drive, Brighton BN2 1TW Click here for directions > > > Doors 6:45pm, starts 7:30pm (approx).
"The Space is a wonderful and an interesting set-up, both in terms of an interviewee or an audience member." DJ FATBOY SLIM
OUR EVENT ON TUESDAY JANUARY 21ST HAS... INTERVIEWS WITH MIKE LINDUP AND HUGH PADGHAM (AND AUDIENCE Q&As) Doors 18:45, starts 19:30, to finish at approx 22:30 (times may change slightly). At Horatio's on Brighton Palace Pier, Madeira Drive, Brighton BN2 1TW. MIKE LINDUP Mike Lindup is a highly renowned musician, best known as the keyboard-player, as well as a songwriter, in Level 42, which he co-founded 45 years-ago, in late 1979. The band's sound can be described as a mixture of jazz funk with pop and Mike has frequently provided falsetto vocals for harmonies and choruses. They had nine top 40 studio albums and twenty hit singles, such as Lessons in Love, Something About You, The Sun Goes Down (Living It Up) and Running in the Family. Released in 1986, Lessons in Love was their biggest single, a hit worldwide, reaching number one in Denmark, Germany and Switzerland. An acclaimed live act, Level 42 still perform all over the world. Mike started composing aged 3 and took piano lessons from the age of 6, later singing in various choirs, before graduatng at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. In 1989, while Level 42 took a year off, he recorded his first solo album, Changes, whch was released in 1990. 30 years-ago, he began to diversify, exploring different musical styles, including working with the bands Negrocan and Da Lata. Mike continued with his own solo material, releasing more albums, and rejoined Level 42 in 2006. www.mikelindup.com www.level42.com HUGH PADGHAM Hugh Padgham is one of the UK's most renowned record producers. He has played a part in the making of many of the eighties' biggest albums and singles, including for artists such as Phil Collins, Genesis, The Police and Sting, as well as David Bowie, Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush. He produced five of Collins' albums and many of his singles, including In the Air Tonight and Sussudio. For The Police, the classics Every Breath You Take, Every Little Thing She Does is Magic and Sting's Fields of Gold. Hugh produced much of Genesis' music, including the huge album Invisible Touch and earlier songs such as Mama and That's All. David Bowie's 1984 album, Tonight, which features Blue Jean and Loving the Alien, he also was the producer of. His career has also included production on output from XTC, such as for Senses Working Overtime, Human League, including Louise, Paul McCartney, producing his 1986 album, Press to Play, engineering Peter Gabriel's third album, as well as co-engineering Kate Bush's The Dreaming. Hugh later worked with McFly, producing four number one singles for the band.
Reserve places online here now for the Chris Difford and Chris Spedding event Only £21 - Please note: You won’t need a confirmation email and there are no actual physical tickets for the event. Upon making a booking, your name will be added to an attendance list (if you book additional places, a plus one or more will be added with it, depending on the amount of places booked). When entering the venue, you will be met by a Space crew member, who will check your name from the list and issue a stamp accordingly. We do not need your postal address, payment reference number or a printout of your payment receipt. There will be only be refunds if events are cancelled or if a guest becomes unavailable. This event occurs on Thursday January 16th at: Horatio's on Brighton Palace Pier, Madeira Drive, Brighton BN2 1TW Click here for directions > > > Doors 6:45pm, starts 7:30pm (approx).
OUR EVENT ON THURSDAY JANUARY 16TH HAS… INTERVIEWS WITH CHRIS DIFFORD AND CHRIS SPEDDING (AND AUDIENCE Q&As) Doors 18:45, starts 19:30, to finish at approx 22:30 (times may change slightly). At Horatio's on Brighton Palace Pier, Madeira Drive, Brighton BN2 1TW. CHRIS DIFFORD Chris Difford is among Britain's most respected songwriters and a musician, best known for the band Squeeze. Formed 50 years-ago, in 1974, their highly popular songs include Up the Junction, Cool for Cats and Labelled with Love and Tempted, written with main vocalist, Glenn Tilbrook. As well as his work with Squeeze, he has maintained a solo career, releasing eight solo albums, between 2003 and 2018. Chris has written lyrics for Elton John, Elvis Costello and Jools Holland, among others. Since 2014, he has been running the annual Chris Difford Songwriting Retreat, an opportunity for artists to collaborate with each other. He hosted a podcast series, I Never Thought It Would Happen, with the charity Help Musicians. 2017 saw the publication of his acclaimed autobiography, Some Fantastic Place: My Life In and Out of Squeeze. Chris has been Grammy-nominated and won two Ivor Novello awards. More on him at www.chrisdifford.com CHRIS SPEDDING Chris Spedding is a renowned guitarist and a producer, best known for his session work. An in-demand musician, he has played on countless records by a wide variety of artists, such as Nilsson, Elton John, Roxy Music, Brian Eno, such as his debut album, and Katie Melua. He was the producer of the first Sex Pistols' demos, including Pretty Vacant, later on the Never Mind the Bollocks album. Chris also featured on hits by the likes of Joan Armatrading and David Essex. He played on the original album of Jesus Christ Superstar and Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds. Chris has been on the tours of the classic album and will be in 2025. He has toured with Velvet Underground founder John Cale, the Pretenders and others. With writer and producer Mike Batt, he recorded on The Wombles' hits and featured on Mike's Bright Eyes in 1979', sung by Art Garfunkel in the Watership Down film. Chris has released fourteen studio albums and many singles, including Motor Bikin', a 1975 hit, later recorded by Billy Idol. More on Chris, including an extensive biography, at www.chrisspedding.com
Reserve places online here now for the Jane Horrocks and Sammy Sheldon Differ event Only £21 - Please note: You won’t need a confirmation email and there are no actual physical tickets for the event. Upon making a booking, your name will be added to an attendance list (if you book additional places, a plus one or more will be added with it, depending on the amount of places booked). When entering the venue, you will be met by a Space crew member, who will check your name from the list and issue a stamp accordingly. We do not need your postal address, payment reference number or a printout of your payment receipt. There will be only be refunds if events are cancelled or if a guest becomes unavailable. This event occurs on Tuesday February 18th at: Horatio's on Brighton Palace Pier, Madeira Drive, Brighton BN2 1TW Click here for directions > > > Doors 6:45pm, starts 7:30pm (approx).
OUR EVENT ON TUESDAY FEBRUARY 18TH HAS... INTERVIEWS WITH JANE HORROCKS AND SAMMY SHELDON DIFFER (AND AUDIENCE Q&As) Doors 18:45, starts 19:30, to finish at approx 22:30 (times may change slightly). At Horatio's on Brighton Palace Pier, Madeira Drive, Brighton BN2 1TW. Our February event is sponsored by Mark Carr & Co. They are recognised as one of the UK’s leading providers of accountancy, financial & tax services to actors, entertainers, musicians and dancers. For more on Mark Carr & Co, head to markcarr.co.uk JANE HORROCKS Jane Horrocks is a renowned and beloved actress known for a variety of roles onscreen and the stage. She gained fame for Absolutely Fabulous, as Bubble in over thirty episodes, and the film of Little Voice. Other TV appearances include the drama series' COBRA and The Amazing Mrs Pritchard, and the comedies Trollied and Bloods. She also had roles in episodes of Red Dwarf, The Ruth Rendell Mysteries and Jim Henson's The Storyteller. Jane has appeared in films such as Sunshine on Leith, Mike Leigh's Life is Sweet and The Witches, directed by Nicolas Roeg. For the lead in Little Voice, she gained acclaim and award nominations, such as for a BAFTA and a Golden Globe. In 1993, she was Olivier Award-nominated for the title role in the play The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, which became the film. It was written for her by Jim Cartwright, due to her ability at mimicking singers such as Judy Garland and Shirley Bassey. Jane made numerous other stage appearances, including more recently, The Birthday Party in the summer of 2024. In the 2009 BBC TV film, Gracie!, she played the singer Gracie Fields and also starred as Sally Bowles in a TV version of Cabaret, directed by Sam Mendes, broadcast in 1993. She has provided voices for children's series' such as The Rubbish World of Dave Spud, Teletubbies from 2015, Little Princess, as well as the 1999 Watership Down TV series and the animated comedy Crapston Villas. Jane also voiced Babs in the Chicken Run films and characters in Tim Burton's Corpse Bride. SAMMY SHELDON DIFFER Sammy Sheldon Differ is a three-time BAFTA-nominated costume designer. Her work includes cinema releases based on comic books, such as the Ant-Man and Kick-Ass films, V for Vendetta, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, X-Men: First Class and Kraven the Hunter, out in December 2024. She also worked on the acclaimed science fiction drama Ex Machina, The Imitation Game, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Green Zone, directed by Paul Greengrass, Kenneth Branagh's A Haunting in Venice and the 2007 popular fantasy Stardust. Others that Sammy was the costume designer for include Kinky Boots and the film of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, both released in 2005. She also designed the costumes for two Jurassic Park films, including 2025's Rebirth, Her earliest film work includes Ridley Scott's Black Hawk Down and she was the assistant costume designer on Gladiator. Before working in film, Sammy completed two national tours with the Royal Exchanges’ touring theatre and one with the Royal Shakespeare Company as their wardrobe mistress. She went on to design costumes for music videos featuring artists such as Pulp, Jamiroquai, Jamelia, Beverly Knight, Eternal and Franz Ferdinand. Sammy received BAFTA nominations for The Imitation Game, The Merchant of Venice, which starred Al Pacino, and a TV series of The Canterbury Tales. More on Sammy can be found at www.sammysheldondiffer.com
Reserve places online here now for the Andy Dunlop and Chris Porter event Only £21 - Please note: You won’t need a confirmation email and there are no actual physical tickets for the event. Upon making a booking, your name will be added to an attendance list (if you book additional places, a plus one or more will be added with it, depending on the amount of places booked). When entering the venue, you will be met by a Space crew member, who will check your name from the list and issue a stamp accordingly. We do not need your postal address, payment reference number or a printout of your payment receipt. There will be only be refunds if events are cancelled or if a guest becomes unavailable. This event occurs on Tuesday March 11th at: Horatio's on Brighton Palace Pier, Madeira Drive, Brighton BN2 1TW Click here for directions > > > Doors 6:45pm, starts 7:30pm (approx).
OUR EVENT ON TUESDAY MARCH 11TH HAS... TUESDAY MARCH 11TH: INTERVIEWS WITH ANDY DUNLOP AND CHRIS PORTER (AND AUDIENCE Q&As) Doors 18:45, starts 19:30, to finish at approx 22:30 (times may change slightly). At Horatio's on Brighton Palace Pier, Madeira Drive, Brighton BN2 1TW. ANDY DUNLOP Andy Dunlop is the lead guitarist of the band Travis and has written several songs for them, singing on some. They have had eighteen top 40 singles and eleven hit albums; their second, The Man Who, was released in 1999 and became that year's biggest seller. Travis's follow-up, The Iinvisible Band, also highly successful, was produced, as was their previous album, by Nigel Godrich, best known for working with Radiohead. Their most well known hit songs include Turn, Driftwood, Why Does It Always Rain on Me?, Coming Around and Sing. The band's tenth album, L.A. Times, was released in the summer of 2024. Between 1998 and 2002, they were nominated for eight Brit Awards, winning three. Travis were formed while Andy studied at The Glasgow School of Art from 1989-93 with singer Fran Healy. He continued creating artwork, painting and drawing in later years under the name Elfi, although much of his time had certainly been taken up with the band. During lockdown, in 2001, Andy illustrated a travel and vegan cookery book for children, The Adventures of Chef Animo and Granny Vegano. www.travisonline.com CHRIS PORTER Chris Porter has been a record producer, engineer and a writer for over 40 years. Having worked with a wide range of artists, he is perhaps most known for his rather long association with George Michael. His closest collaborator in the studio for some years, Chris engineered Wham!'s Make it Big album, through to George's third, Older, and hit singles such as Last Christmas, among many more. Early in his career, he sang backing vocals on David Bowie's Scary Monsters album, before co-producing hits for soul band Lynx. Among the artists produced by him were Take That, including Back for Good, Aswad, including their number one, Don't Turn Around, and Living in a Box; their 1989 top 5 hit, Room in Your Heart. Chris also produced Jive Talkin', the Bee Gees cover by Boogie Box High, with George Michael on lead vocals. He was a co-producer on Pet Shop Boys' sixth album, Bilingual, including the hit single Se a vida é (That's the Way Life Is) and The Verve's classic, Urban Hymns. Chris also worked with artists such as Elton John, Elaine Paige, Tina Turner, Cliff Richard, King Crimson, on some live albums, and Chris De Burgh,
Reserve places online here now for the Walter Murch and Vic Armstrong event Only £21 - Please note: You won’t need a confirmation email and there are no actual physical tickets for the event. Upon making a booking, your name will be added to an attendance list (if you book additional places, a plus one or more will be added with it, depending on the amount of places booked). When entering the venue, you will be met by a Space crew member, who will check your name from the list and issue a stamp accordingly. We do not need your postal address, payment reference number or a printout of your payment receipt. There will be only be refunds if events are cancelled or if a guest becomes unavailable. This event occurs on Thursday April 10th at: Horatio's on Brighton Palace Pier, Madeira Drive, Brighton BN2 1TW Click here for directions > > > Doors 6:45pm, starts 7:30pm (approx).
OUR EVENT ON THURSDAY APRIL 10TH HAS... INTERVIEWS WITH WALTER MURCH AND VIC ARMSTRONG (AND AUDIENCE Q&As) Doors 18:45, starts 19:30, to finish at approx 22:30 (times may change slightly). At Horatio's on Brighton Palace Pier, Madeira Drive, Brighton BN2 1TW. WALTER MURCH Walter Murch is a much respected film and sound editor, writer, director and a sound designer. His editing work includes Apocalypse Now, The Godfather Part III, Ghost, The Talented Mr. Ripley, The English Patient and First Knight, starring Sean Connery and Richard Gere. He was the re-recording sound mixer for many of the films he edited, including the above. Walter played a key part in the sound for Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation, including being its sound editor. His career in this area began on the director's 1969 film, The Rain People and notable work as a sound designer includes Coppola's The Godfather Part II and Apocalypse Now. He was the first ever person credited in film as a sound designer, for the 1979 Vietnam war epic, which Walter won the first of three Oscars for and is the only winner for both sound and film editing. In the early seventies, he provided the distinctive sound montages for George Lucas's first two features, THX: 1138 and American Graffiti and wrote the screenplay for the former with Lucas. Other films he was the editor of include Cold Mountain, the third of three Walter worked on with director Anthony Minghella, 1977's Julia, starring Jane Fonda and Vanessa Redgrave, and Jarhead, which starred Jake Gyllenhaal. Walter co- wrote and directed the 1985 fantasy Return to Oz, as well as an episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, the animated series. He has received nine Oscar and BAFTA nominations for his editing and sound work and is the author of the acclaimed 1995 book In the Blink of an Eye and Suddenly Something Clicked, which is published in May 2025 by Faber. They're both related to Walter's career and the wider world of cinema. VIC ARMSTRONG Vic Armstrong is a legendary film and TV stuntman, stunt coordinator and director. He performed memorable stunts in films such as An American Werewolf in London, Terry Gilliam's Brazil, Flash Gordon, The Long Good Friday, The Omen and the Bond films Live and Let Die, You Only Live Twice and On Her Majesty's Secret Service. His work as a stunt coordinator includes Thor, Mission: Impossible III, A Bridge Too Far, I Am Legend, Total Recall, Starship Troopers, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Spielberg's War of the Worlds and Empire of the Sun and three Bond films starring Pierce Brosnan. Vic was Harrison Ford's stunt double in eleven films, including the first three Indiana Jones epics, as well as Return of the Jedi, Blade Runner and Witness. He also doubled for Christopher Reeve in the first two Superman films and was also their stunt coordinator. He was a second unit director on TV series' and films such as The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Penny Dreadful, Eddie the Eagle, Gangs of New York, Tomorrow Never Dies, Last Action Hero, Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Total Recall. Vic had small acting parts in productions such as Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Pink Panther Strikes Again, Space: 1999 and Raiders of the Lost Ark. His awards include a BAFTA for an Outstanding Contribution to Cinema, the only stuntman to receive one, and an Oscar for Technical Achievement. For more on his work, head to www.vicarmstrong.com