David Bowie: You're Not Alone will open in Manchester this December
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The hit show David Bowie: You’re Not Alone will extend its run at London’s Lightroom, with the production also opening in Manchester.
The show, produced by Lightroom and designed by 59, a Journey studio, brings together extensive footage of performances and appearances, narrated by Bowie himself through archive interviews, to create an immersive experience exploring the life and work of one of pop culture’s great artists.
The show will extend from its original closing date of 10th October to run in the evenings through the rest of 2026, with a full week of shows planned from 5th to 10th January 2027 to mark what would have been David Bowie’s 80th birthday on 8th January.
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David Bowie: You’re Not Alone will also be opening in Manchester in December at Aviva Studios’ Warehouse space from 8th December to 10th January.
Richard Slaney, Lightroom Chief Executive, said:
The response to David Bowie: You’re Not Alone has been phenomenal and we’re delighted to be able to extend the run in London and see it open in Manchester. The show offers the chance to feel the excitement of those groundbreaking performances, and get inside the mind of one of the greats.
David Bowie: You’re Not Alone, produced by Lightroom and designed by 59, a Journey studio, was written and directed by 59’s Mark Grimmer (Creative Director for the V&A’s David Bowie Is exhibition) and Tom Wexler. It showcases some of Bowie’s landmark performances that redefined popular culture, using a mixture of iconic, rarely seen and never-before-exhibited material, selected from thousands of hours of film in the vaults of the David Bowie Archive in New York, from Space Oddity through Diamond Dogs and ”Heroes” to ★.
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Mark Grimmer said:
It says something about our relationship with artistic heroes that we're drawn to mystery, otherness, the alien... In Bowie's case, this is our construct, not his. Throughout his career, Bowie repeatedly resisted being figured as anything but human. Rather than undermining his mystique, we designed a show to celebrate Bowie as a champion of human creativity - focusing on the message he expressed time and again: that art, in all its forms, is our best hope for understanding what it means to be alive.
David Bowie: You're Not Alone was made in close collaboration with and authorised by the David Bowie Estate.
David Bowie: You're Not Alone runs at Lightroom near King's Cross. Tickets are priced from £25 for adults and £15 for students and concessions. For more information and to book tickets, visit lightroom.uk