diff --git a/theatre/studio/src/UIRoot/useKeyboardShortcuts.ts b/theatre/studio/src/UIRoot/useKeyboardShortcuts.ts
index c80bd05..97c0a7d 100644
--- a/theatre/studio/src/UIRoot/useKeyboardShortcuts.ts
+++ b/theatre/studio/src/UIRoot/useKeyboardShortcuts.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import {useEffect} from 'react'
 import getStudio from '@theatre/studio/getStudio'
 import {cmdIsDown} from '@theatre/studio/utils/keyboardUtils'
+import {getSelectedSequence} from '@theatre/studio/selectors'
 
 export default function useKeyboardShortcuts() {
   const studio = getStudio()
@@ -18,6 +19,21 @@ export default function useKeyboardShortcuts() {
             studio.undo()
           }
         }
+      } else if (
+        e.key === ' ' &&
+        !e.shiftKey &&
+        !e.metaKey &&
+        !e.altKey &&
+        !e.ctrlKey
+      ) {
+        const seq = getSelectedSequence()
+        if (seq) {
+          if (seq.playing) {
+            seq.pause()
+          } else {
+            seq.play()
+          }
+        }
       } else {
         return
       }
diff --git a/theatre/studio/src/selectors.ts b/theatre/studio/src/selectors.ts
index dca0ee5..845b3eb 100644
--- a/theatre/studio/src/selectors.ts
+++ b/theatre/studio/src/selectors.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import type Project from '@theatre/core/projects/Project'
+import type Sequence from '@theatre/core/sequences/Sequence'
+import type SheetObject from '@theatre/core/sheetObjects/SheetObject'
 import type Sheet from '@theatre/core/sheets/Sheet'
 import {val} from '@theatre/dataverse'
+import {isSheet, isSheetObject} from '@theatre/shared/instanceTypes'
 import {uniq} from 'lodash-es'
 import getStudio from './getStudio'
 import type {OutlineSelectable, OutlineSelection} from './store/types'
@@ -67,3 +70,15 @@ export const getSelectedInstanceOfSheetId = (
 export function getRegisteredSheetIds(project: Project): string[] {
   return Object.keys(val(project.sheetTemplatesP))
 }
+
+export function getSelectedSequence(): undefined | Sequence {
+  const selectedSheets = uniq(
+    getOutlineSelection()
+      .filter((s): s is SheetObject | Sheet => isSheet(s) || isSheetObject(s))
+      .map((s) => (isSheetObject(s) ? s.sheet : s)),
+  )
+  const sheet = selectedSheets[0]
+  if (!sheet) return
+
+  return sheet.getSequence()
+}