About Us

The Space is a regular unique Brighton based entertainment focused event, bringing high profile guests to Komedia, one of the south’s leading arts venues. We present an opportunity to exclusively witness live, usually inspiring, interviews with big name, often iconic, figures providing revealing insights into their careers and lives. Held in an intimate environment, each event has two interviews and a chance for the audience to ask their own questions.

“I cannot recommend an appearance at The Space highly enough. It was a wonderfully informal and fun interview, and a lovely evening. I’d be back like a shot.” – Writer & actor Mark Gatiss (Sherlock, The League of Gentlemen, Doctor Who)

The Space marks its fifth anniversary in 2011. Over the past five years, we have brought to Brighton a highly impressive line up of guests from the creative industries, such as music, film, television, comedy, and literature.

Previous special guests include:

• Glastonbury Festival founder Michael Eavis
• Actor and writer Mark Gatiss (Sherlock, The League of Gentlemen, Doctor Who)
• Film director Sir Alan Parker (Fame, The Commitments, Midnight Express, Evita, Mississippi Burning, Bugsy Malone)
• Influential musician and producer William Orbit (Madonna, U2, Robbie Williams, Blur)
• Bestselling author Ian Rankin OBE
• BAFTA nominated editor Terry Rawlings (Alien, Chariots of Fire, Blade Runner, Yentl)
• Leading author and playwright Bonnie Greer
• QI and Blackadder producer John Lloyd
• Comedian Frank Skinner
• Actress Maxine Peake (Shameless, Criminal Justice, See No Evil: The Moors Murders)
• Grammy winning composer David Arnold (Quantum of Solace, Sherlock, Stargate)
• Musician, DJ and artist Goldie

“An essential, vital event for Brighton : a series of interviews with a mouth-wateringly eclectic choice of genuinely iconic representatives of all aspects of the creative industries.” – Latest 7 magazine

Since October 2009, The Space has staged special film related events at the Duke of York’s cinema. These include screenings of classic films with figures who have worked on them: Alien 30th Anniversary Event; The Shining 30th Anniversary Event; A Movie Music Master Class, with Bond films composer David Arnold and Oscar winning Anne Dudley, and Peter Sellers / A Strange Life, marking 30 years since the comedy actor’s death, with Pink Panther actor Burt Kwouk, daughter Sarah Sellers, and comedy legend Barry Cryer.

“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