The Space: INTERVIEWS WITH PHIL DAVIS & STEVE NORMAN (AND AUDIENCE Q&As)
Doors 7pm // Latest Musicbar // Tickets £18
Phil Davis is among the most familiar actors on British television, having appeared in many popular TV dramas over the past fifty years. Notable roles were series’ such as Poldark, Sherlock, as the villain in the first episode, Bleak House, based on Charles Dickens’ novel, Whitechapel and the supernatural drama Being Human. He was also in series’ such as Silent Witness, Inspector Morse and Play for Today, from 1977 to 1980. Phil’s film appearances include Quadrophenia, The Bounty and Mike Leigh’s High Hopes and Vera Drake, for which he was BAFTA-nominated, as well as In the Name of the Father and Alien 3. Daniel Day Lewis, a co-star of The Bounty and In the Name of the Father, cited him as being among his greatest influences.
Steve Norman is saxophonist, guitarist, percussionist, songwriter and founding member of the world-famous band Spandau Ballet, which had 23 hit singles including True, on which he played the legendary saxophone solo, Gold and Through the Barricades. They sold over 25 million records and have received numerous multi-platinum awards. The band performed at Live Aid at Wembley Stadium and appeared on Band Aid’s Do They Know it’s Christmas. In 1990, after the members went their separate ways, Steve moved to Ibiza, finding a love for dance music. To this day, he is occasionally a DJ, specialising in New Romantic music. In 2009, Spandau Ballet reunited and undertook the worldwide Reformation tour and released the album Once More, with the title track co-written by Steve. Among others, he has performed with Iggy Pop, Marc Almond, Belinda Carlisle and Kim Wilde. His love for David Bowie’s music led him to cofound the band Holy Holy, with Spiders from Mars’ Woody Woodmansey and Tony Visconti. In 2017, with a band, Steve played many shows in London and other European cities. He still regularly performs solo and with his band, The Sleevz, and is also behind 80s Pioneers, a collective of artists that helped shape that popular decade. As its curator, Steve assembles a top-class house band and singers, individually customised for each event, which he also introduces and performs with.