THE SPACE WOULD BE VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR HELP

For fourteen years, The Space has had many great guests from the arts, particularly from film and music, at various intimate venues in Brighton. At over ninety events, we have hosted insightful and sometimes inspiring interviews with audience Q&As. 

It’s probably fair to say that running the events for fourteen years is quite an achievement, especially with having such impressive guests. A lot of time, energy and stress goes into planning and preparing for the events, mainly by founder and host Wayne Imms. He is highly knowledgeable and passionate about the arts and entertainment, as well as a highly experienced interviewer. It’s felt that The Space is a unique event that has certainly given a lot of pleasure to many people.         

Any donations to help us during this time, until we can resume our events, would be much appreciated. 

Former guests include –

Radiohead’s Philip Selway, Fatboy Slim, legendary actor Terence Stamp, Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis, comedy legend Barry Cryer, acclaimed actress Maxine Peake, film director Mike Leigh, Noddy Holder of the band Slade, comedian Frank Skinner, film director Alan Parker, Ana Matronic of Scissor Sisters, writer and actor Mark Gatiss & DJ, musician and artist Goldie.  

Some other former guests are listed below.

Our rescheduled events –

• Due on October 1st, with legendary record producer Trevor Horn (Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Pet Shop Boys, Grace Jones, Seal) & special effects supervisor Brian Johnson (Alien, The Empire Strikes Back, Thunderbirds, 2001: A Space Odyssey)
• Due on November 4th, with writer and performer Dom Joly, best known for Trigger Happy TV & Aardman Animations’ founder David Sproxton. Aardman is the studio behind Wallace and Gromit, Chicken Run, Shaun the Sheep, Flushed Away and more.  

Future guests and finances –

As well as those above, we are aiming to hold further events for as soon as possible, ideally also later this year. People interested in appearing include popular LBC presenter James O’Brien and leading musicals’ lyricist Sir Tim Rice (previously a guest in 2017).  

The Space is a very small business with limited funds, especially during this time. Although we can expect more attendance bookings nearer the time of the events, we want to feel that we’ll be able to cover their costs. These include the guests’ travel, hotel accommodation, venue hire and website admin. In addition, there are monthly costs, which include internet and phone. These are direct debits from The Space bank account. And it may well be likely that some (more) payees may want refunds.

Other former guests include –

• FILM: Producer Gary Kurtz (Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, American Graffiti, The Dark Crystal), director Mike Hodges (Flash Gordon, Get Carter), visual effects supervisor Paul Franklin (The Dark Knight trilogy, Interstellar, Inception), director John Glen (Licence to Kill, A View to a Kill, For Your Eyes Only), editor Terry Rawlings (Alien, Blade Runner, Chariots of Fire), costume designer Deborah Nadoolman Landis (Raiders of the Lost Ark, An American Werewolf in London, The Blues Brothers), cinematographer Brian Tufano (Trainspotting, Billy Elliot, Quadrophenia), critic Barry Norman, composer David Arnold (Casino Royale, Sherlock, Independence Day), director Nic Roeg (Don’t Look Now, The Man Who Fell to Earth)
• MUSIC: Mat Osman of Suede, Chris Difford of Squeeze, Badly Drawn Boy, Martyn Ware of Heaven 17, Skin of Skunk Anansie, Clare Grogan of Altered Images, Chas Hodges of Chas and Dave, Chaz Jankel of The Blockheads, musician and producer William Orbit (Madonna, All Saints, Blur), Steve Morris of New Order, Steve Harley, Jeff Wayne (The Musical Version of The War of the Worlds), Nik Kershaw, Louise Wener of Sleeper
• TELEVISION: Producer Simon Heath (Line of Duty, Bodyguard, Save Me), Killing Eve writer Luke Jennings, director SJ Clarkson (Life on Mars, Jessica Jones, Ugly Betty), producer Charlie Parsons (The Big Breakfast, The Word, Survivor), Channel 4 Chief Executive David Abraham
• ACTING: Steven Berkoff, Julian Glover (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Game of Thrones, The Empire Strikes Back), David Warner (Time Bandits, The Omen, Tron, Star Trek), David Morrissey (The Walking Dead, The Missing, Britannia), Burt Kwouk (The Pink Panther, You Only Live Twice), Ralph Brown (Withnail and I, Life on Mars, Alien 3)
• WRITING: Author Ian Rankin, journalist Miranda Sawyer, playwright Bonnie Greer, author and screenwriter William Nicholson, author and poet Michael Rosen, Jon Ronson, Guardian journalist Roy Greenslade
• COMEDY: Producer Jon Plowman (The Office, Inside No 9, Absolutely Fabulous), producer John Howard (Fawlty Towers, The Goodies, Monty Python’s Flying Circus), comedian Rhona Cameron, comedian Josie Long 

Thank you very much!

If you would like to get in touch, email wayne@thespace.uk.com 

www.thespace.uk.com