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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
"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
"The Space is a wonderful and an interesting set-up, both in terms of an interviewee or an audience member." DJ FATBOY SLIM
Reserve places online here now for the Andy McCluskey event Only £23 - 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 September 11th at: Horatio's on Brighton Palace Pier, Madeira Drive, Brighton BN2 1TW Click here for directions > > > Doors 7pm, starts 7:45pm (approx).
OUR EVENT ON THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 11TH HAS... AN INTERVIEW WITH ANDY McCLUSKEY OF ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK (AND AN AUDIENCE Q&A) Doors 19:00, starts 19:45, to finish at approx 22:00 (times may change slightly). At Horatio's on Brighton Palace Pier, Madeira Drive, Brighton BN2 1TW. Our September 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 ANDY McCLUSKEY Andy McCluskey is a singer, songwriter, musician and record producer, best known as the lead singer and bass guitarist of the highly regarded Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, also known as OMD, seen as pioneers of electronic music. He is the sole constant member of the group, which he founded in the late seventies with keyboardist Paul Humphreys. This event will mark key anniversaries for Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark; 45 years since their self-titled debut album and their second, Organisation. They were both released in 1980, as were the group's first two top twenty singles, Messages and Enola Gay. Other hit songs include Souvenir, Electricity, Joan of Arc, Locomotion, Talking Loud and Clear, Maid of Orleans (The Waltz of Joan of Arc), If You Leave, (Forever) Live and Die, Sailing on the Seven Seas and Pandora's Box. They have had fourteen top 30 albums in the UK and maintained a high level of popularity and acclaim around the world. In the late nineties, Andy formed the girl group Atomic Kitten, co-writing their early songs, such as Right Now and Whole Again. During his career, collaborators have included The Lightning Seeds, Gary Barlow and Karl Bartos, formerly of Kraftwerk. For more on Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, visit www.omd.uk.com
Reserve places online here now for the Mark Webber and Mark Bedford event Only £23 - 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 October 9th 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 OCTOBER 9TH HAS... INTERVIEWS WITH MARK WEBBER AND MARK BEDFORD (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 October 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 MARK WEBBER Photo credit - Daniel Cavazos/FLOOD Magazine Mark Webber is a guitarist, best known for being a member of the band Pulp since 1995. He played on four of their albums, from Different Class, released that same year, to their new LP More, out in June 2025. The first single from More was the acclaimed Spike Island. A number one album, Different Class, won the Mercury Music Prize in 1996 and featured singles such as Common People, Disco 2000 and Something Changed. Its follow-up, This Is Hardcore also topped the charts, but was a darker record. We Love Life, released in 2001 before the band took a long hiatus, was produced by Scott Walker. Before joining Pulp, Mark ran the fanzines Cosmic Pig and Step Inside My Pepperpot, and was the president of the band’s fan club. He also helped with stage sets, light shows, and spent time as their tour manager. Away from music, he has presented screenings of avant-garde films at museums and festivals around the world. His recent book I'm With Pulp, Are You? is a visual history of the band that draws on materials from his extensive collection. Originally published in September 2024, a revised and expanded paperback will be issued in Summer 2025. MARK BEDFORD Mark Bedford, the bass guitarist for Madness, began playing the instrument in his early teens and joined the group in the late seventies. They went onto have thirty-one top 40 hit singles, including House of Fun, Baggy Trousers, Our House, It Must Be Love, My Girl and Michael Caine. They are still very active, releasing their twelfth album in November 2023, Theatre of the Absurd Presents C'est la Vie, a number one, and performing live worldwide, They'll be touring the UK in December, including Brighton. Mark co-wrote songs for Madness such as Return of the Los Palmas 7 and One Better Day. Aside from them, he has played bass with Voice of the Beehive and on Morrissey's second album, Kill Uncle, and played double bass on Robert Wyatt's recording of Shipbuilding. Since 2011, he has been part of The Lee Thompson Ska Orchestra. During a break from music, Mark attended the London School of Printing, then formed a prolific design company, Mar Mar Co. Every Monday, he hosts a podcast with Mark Anthony on Shoreditch Radio.
OUR EVENT ON WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 12TH HAS... INTERVIEWS WITH DAVE ROWNTREE AND ANDREW DUNN (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. DAVE ROWNTREE Dave Rowntree is best known as the drummer with the renowned and innovative band Blur. Formed in 1989, they were first called Seymour before changing their name when signed to Food Records. Blur have had twenty-six UK top 40 singles and nine hit albums. The band's songs include Girls & Boys, Parklife, Coffee and TV, Song 2 and There's No Other Way. They were at the forefront of Britpop and known for their rivalry with Oasis. In 2023, after a hiatus, they sold out Wembley Stadium twice over. Published on September 9th, No One You Know documents the early days of Blur with photos by Dave and is edited by Miranda Sawyer. Copies will be sold at this event, which Dave will sign. In the late nineties, he and Blur, especially with guitarist Alex James, first became involved in the European Space Agency's Beagle 2 Mars project, with its promotion and writing a signature tune. He has also worked in computer graphics and animation. Dave's first solo album, Radio Songs, was released in 2023. As a composer, he is responsible for music featured on a wide range of TV documentaries, from Mo Farah: Race of His Life to Bros: After the Screaming Stops, and drama series', such as BBC One's The Capture and 2019's War of the Worlds. ANDREW DUNN Andrew Dunn is a three-time BAFTA-winning cinematographer for film and TV, including a wide range of genres. In a career which began in the seventies, his work for the big screen includes The Bodyguard, starring Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner, L.A. Story, which stars Steve Martin, The Madness of King George, The Lady in the Van, Gosford Park, directed by Robert Altman, Downton Abbey: A New Era and Bridget Jones's Baby. And for TV, he was the cinematographer for the harrowing nuclear war film Threads, broadcast in 1984, then the acclaimed drama series Edge of Darkness a year later. Andrew has said, "“I love filming actors and I love character driven stories, so to my mind the camera also becomes a character in the story. We are not passive observers; the camera is subjective.” This will be a fascinating insight into the career of a key figure in the creative industries who shapes the look of many popular onscreen productions.
Reserve places online here now for the Dave Rowntree and Andrew Dunn event Only £23 - 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 Wednesday November 12th at: Horatio's on Brighton Palace Pier, Madeira Drive, Brighton BN2 1TW Click here for directions > > > Doors 6:45pm, starts 7:30pm (approx).