DAVID BOWIE: YOU’RE NOT ALONE
LIGHTROOM UNVEILS MAJOR NEW SHOW OPENING IN APRIL
COMING 22 APRIL 2026 | LIGHTROOM | LONDON KING’S CROSS N1C
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[London, Tuesday 10 February 2026] Today Lightroom announces a groundbreaking show, David Bowie: You’re Not Alone, which will transport visitors into the iconic performances and creative mind and spirit of one of the world's most visionary and influential artists.
Featuring the artist as its sole voice, David Bowie: You’re Not Alone is both a multimedia spectacle and an intimate and revealing self-portrait.
The 360° experience, produced by Lightroom and designed by 59, a Journey studio, is written and directed by 59’s Mark Grimmer (Creative Director for the V&A’s David Bowie Is exhibition) and Tom Wexler. You’re Not Alone will showcase 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 ★. Audiences will have the chance to feel they have travelled through time to experience Bowie in performance - up close and first-hand. Each track in the show has been newly reconfigured to utilise Lightroom's specialised spatial audio system by multiple Olivier and Tony award-winning sound designer Gareth Fry (Harry Potter & The Cursed Child, David Bowie Is).
This is David Bowie, the man himself. Instead of magnifying the myth through the lens of his characters - Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane, Halloween Jack, The Thin White Duke - You’re Not Alone places its focus on the man behind the masks: the provocateur, the polymath, the shapeshifting icon in his enduring, human form.
The film is structured in thematic chapters in a looping presentation, giving a unique insight into Bowie's perspective on the subjects most important to him, including: theatricality, spirituality, songwriting and the transformative power of creativity. There are surreal moments, like the transatlantic TV interview with Russell Harty in 1975, in which Bowie artfully takes control of the narrative and the interviewer is reduced to asking him questions about the colour of his hair. Elsewhere, the reconstructed set of the inimitable Diamond Dogs tour materialises before our very eyes, igniting a Bowie performance unlike any other captured on film.
Bringing together a wealth of visual material from a wide range of sources, the show combines rare performance footage, photography, drawings, lyrics, personal notes and audio recordings. David Bowie: You're Not Alone will celebrate Bowie's boundless curiosity as a force that connected people across continents and generations, as well as his enduring cultural impact today.
The show builds on Lightroom’s growing repertoire of critically acclaimed shows that have now been seen by over 1.5 million visitors globally, including creative collaborations with David Hockney, Tom Hanks, Anna Wintour and Vogue and Apple TV.
David Bowie: You're Not Alone is being made in close collaboration with and authorized by the David Bowie Estate.
Mark Grimmer, who also wrote and directed Lightroom’s David Hockney: Bigger & Closer (not smaller and further away) 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 Sabel, Executive Producer at Lightroom said:
“Lightroom offers an incredible opportunity to step inside an artist’s imagination and creative universe – weaving film, photography, animation, text and music into a story that can only be experienced in this space. I cannot think of an artist more suited to this than David Bowie. To spend time in his world as it comes to life around you and to travel back and forth across the decades of astonishing performances, whether reliving them or experiencing them for the first time, is a total thrill. Working so closely with RZO and the David Bowie Archive has been a great privilege.”
Tickets for David Bowie: You're Not Alone will go on sale on 10 February at 7pm, priced from £25 for adults and £15 for students and concessions.
Tickets will be available from 22 April until 28 June, with more tickets being released for summer soon. To be the first to hear about the next ticket release sign up to Lightroom’s mailing list here.
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About Lightroom
Lightroom reimagines immersive experiences through groundbreaking collaborations with leading artistic talents across art, music, film, fashion, science, and more. A joint venture between 59 Studio and London Theatre Company, Lightroom was founded in 2023 by Nick Starr CBE and its current CEO, Richard Slaney. The company is backed by investors led by Sir Leonard Blavatnik, who is represented by Danny Cohen, President of Access Entertainment and Mike Sherwood, former co-CEO of Goldman Sachs International. Lightroom's innovative show space in London, King’s Cross was designed by 59 Studio in collaboration with Haworth Tompkins. Lightroom's shows are currently playing in venues across South Korea, China, the USA and in Europe via a major new partnership with Culturespaces which sees Lightroom shows presented across Culturespaces' network of European venues. Lightroom's critically acclaimed shows include David Hockney: Bigger & Closer, The Moonwalkers: A Journey with Tom Hanks, and Vogue: Inventing the Runway, and Prehistoric Planet: Discovering Dinosaurs.
About 59 Studio
59, a Journey studio conceives, directs, designs, and delivers ambitious, large-scale, story-driven artworks, stage productions, events, and immersive experiences. With a background in theatrical design, 59 are known for integrating animation, projection, and film into physical environments, with landmark projects ranging from War Horse and the Tony Award–winning Stranger Things: The First Shadow to the V&A’s David Bowie Is exhibition and the London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony. Today, their work spans theatre, exhibitions, architecture, and immersive venues, including co-founding Lightroom in London and collaborating with Foster + Partners on the Saudi Arabia Pavilion for Expo 2025 Osaka. With over 20 years’ experience, 59 has worked with leading cultural institutions and global brands worldwide and is a founding studio of Journey, the global design and innovation agency shaping multidimensional experiences. To learn more, visit www.59.studio.
About Access Entertainment
Access Entertainment is owned by Sir Leonard Blavatnik and led by Danny Cohen. It invests globally in high-quality film, television, theatre, and digital content. Investments in fi lm include the Oscar and BAFTA-winning Conclave and the Oscar and BAFTA-winning The Zone of Interest. Access Entertainment owns the Theatre Royal Haymarket and invests in plays and musicals, including the Tony and Olivier award-winning The Picture of Dorian Gray starring Sarah Snook which debuted on Broadway in March 2025. Access Entertainment also invests in a range of digital businesses across the creator economy, digital art, and mobile games. These include Lightroom, the immersive entertainment venue which launched with shows created by David Hockney and Tom Hanks. Other digital investments include Tripledot Studios, the leading mobile games maker that was named by the Financial Times as the fastest growing company in Europe in 2023 and included in Bloomberg’s 2025 list of 25 startups to watch.
About King’s Cross
King’s Cross is London’s creative neighbourhood and home of the extraordinary. It comprises 67 acres of inspiring businesses, outstanding architecture, destination retail and dining and a vibrant cultural scene. The area’s industrial past has inspired the 50 new and repurposed buildings, including Coal Drops Yard, the iconic Gasholders London and the Granary Building. The estate also includes 27 acres of public space, ranging from parks, streets, squares and gardens, with Granary Square and its iconic fountains at its heart.
