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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
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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).
Reserve places online here now for the John Simm 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 December 4th at: Horatio's on Brighton Palace Pier, Madeira Drive, Brighton BN2 1TW Click here for directions > > > Doors 7pm, starts 8pm (approx).
OUR EVENT ON THURSDAY DECEMBER 4TH HAS... AN INTERVIEW WITH JOHN SIMM AND AN AUDIENCE Q&A Doors 19:00, starts 20:00, to finish at approx 22:15 (times may change slightly). At Horatio's on Brighton Palace Pier, Madeira Drive, Brighton BN2 1TW. JOHN SIMM John Simm is among the UK's leading actors, particularly on television, and is most known for the series' Life on Mars and Grace, as the lead character, based on Peter James' novels. Doctor Who fans know him for his maniacal portrayal of the Master in seven episodes of the series, between 2007 to 2017. John has starred as the police detective Roy Grace in the Brighton-based ITV crime drama since 2021 and early onscreen appearances include Rumple of the Bailey, The Bill, Cracker and Heartbeat. His first series as a main character was the acclaimed BBC drama The Lakes, in two series', from 1997 to 1999, written by Jimmy McGovern, as was The Village, which saw him starring alongside the likes of Maxine Peake. John also prominently appaeared in the first episode of the renowned writer's Clocking Off, first broadcast 25 years-ago. A regular in its cast, Philip Glenister co-starred with him in the highly popular series Life on Mars. John played Sam Tyler, a police detective who, after a car accident, ends up in 1973. State of Play, was a BBC mini-series about corruption in the government, which saw him alongside David Morrissey, Bill Nighy and Kelly Macdonald. He is also known for the 1999 coming-of-age film Human Traffic, about relationships within a culture of drugs and clubbing. Other films include 24 Hour Party People, as the musician Bernard Sumner, and Wonderland, directed by Michael Winterbottom. For the stage, John's diverse roles have included Hamlet, Scrooge in A Christmas Carol at The Old Vic last year, Macbeth, and Lenny in Harold Pinter's The Homecoming. He received Best Actor BAFTA nominations for the series' Exile and for Life on Mars. As usual with guests, especially actors, John's appearance is subject to work commitments, due to the nature of his career. He is certainly currently available, though, on the date above.