David Bowie: You're Not Alone runs at Brighton Dome Corn Exchange from 16 July to 30 August 2027. Tickets £29.50, one hour, BSL and relaxed shows listed.

David Bowie: You’re Not Alone, the projected show built from the David Bowie Archive, is coming to Brighton Dome Corn Exchange next summer. It runs from Friday 16 July to Monday 30 August 2027, and tickets are listed for booking on Brighton Dome’s event page at £29.50 standard.

VisitBrighton, the city’s tourism service, announced it in its November newsletter on Tuesday, describing the show as “a 360° experience showcasing some of Bowie’s landmark performances, using a mixture of iconic, rarely seen and never-before-exhibited material”. It is a Lightroom production, and Brighton Dome says it was “made in close collaboration with, and authorised by, the David Bowie Estate”.

What the show is

There are no live performers. The show is projected across the walls and floor of the room, with Bowie as the only voice. Brighton Dome describes it like this:

“Using iconic performance footage, rarely heard interviews and never-before-seen 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 ★, this show is a celebration of Bowie’s boundless curiosity as a force that connected people across continents and generations, as well as his enduring cultural impact today.”

A standing crowd watches concert footage of David Bowie projected in pink and purple across the walls of a large room
Concert footage fills the room during the show at Lightroom. Photo: Lightroom, via VisitBrighton

It is arranged in themed chapters that play on a loop, so you can walk in at any point. The organisers list the subjects as “theatricality, spirituality, songwriting, and the transformative power of creativity”, and say the visuals combine “rare performance footage, photography, drawings, lyrics, personal notes and sketches”.

The music has been reworked for the venue’s spatial sound system by the sound designer Gareth Fry, who also worked on the V&A’s David Bowie Is exhibition. The narration is drawn from “hundreds of interviews spanning a five-decade-long career”, the Dome says, so that Bowie can “invite you into his way of thinking like never before”.

The show was designed by the studio 59 and directed by Mark Grimmer and Tom Wexler. Grimmer was creative director for David Bowie Is, according to the Dome’s credits.

Rows of black and white portraits of David Bowie projected on three walls around a seated audience
A wall of Bowie portraits, one of the show's chapters. Photo: Lightroom, via VisitBrighton

Tickets, ages and running time

All details are from Brighton Dome’s event page, checked on 3 November 2026:

  • Dates: Friday 16 July to Monday 30 August 2027.
  • Venue: Brighton Dome Corn Exchange, New Road, Brighton BN1 1UG. The box office is on 01273 709709.
  • Price: £29.50 standard, with concessions available. Brighton Dome and Brighton Festival members save £2 on full-price tickets.
  • Running time: one hour.
  • Ages: suitable for all ages, but under-14s must be with an adult aged 18 or over. Children aged two and under go free but still need a ticket. Shows between 6pm and 7.30pm are for ages 12 and over.
  • Programme: an official programme costs £15 and can be added when you book.
Brightly coloured portraits of David Bowie hung like posters on graffitied walls above a seated audience
Another chapter of the show, with portraits of Bowie hung around the walls. Photo: Lightroom, via VisitBrighton

BSL and relaxed performances

Some showings have British Sign Language built into the show, along with enhanced subtitles. Brighton Dome lists them as:

  • Wednesday 21 July, Sunday 25 July and Thursday 29 July
  • Sunday 8 August, Thursday 12 August, Tuesday 17 August, Sunday 22 August and Thursday 26 August

Relaxed performances are on Wednesday 28 July, Wednesday 4 August, Friday 13 August and Thursday 19 August, for showings up to and including 12.30. More is on the Dome’s access page.

A close-up projection of David Bowie's face in a grid of coloured panels, with visitors in silhouette in the foreground
Visitors in front of a projected close-up of Bowie. Photo: Lightroom, via VisitBrighton

What it means for you

If you want a particular day, book early: it is a summer-holiday run of six and a half weeks, and the one-hour show loops rather than playing set concert dates. Families should note the 6pm to 7.30pm slots are 12 and over. If you or someone you are going with needs BSL or a relaxed showing, those dates are fixed and few, so pick those first.

The photographs on this page show the show at Lightroom, not at the Corn Exchange, so the layout in Brighton may look different.

Five images of David Bowie from different eras lit in colour above a lone figure standing in a spotlight
The show's artwork. Image: Brighton Dome

Artist Open Houses Winter from 28 November

The same newsletter carried a nearer date. Brighton’s Artist Open Houses Winter returns for three weekends from Saturday 28 November to Sunday 13 December, open on Saturdays and Sundays only, with opening times varying by house. VisitBrighton says artists and makers “across Brighton & Hove, Lewes, Ditchling and beyond will be throwing open the doors of their houses and studios”, selling work and Christmas gifts directly. Many will also run workshops, craft activities, puppet shows and drawing and making classes. Entry is free.

A handmade Christmas tree of folded paper topped with a model robin, in a room hung with framed pictures
A handmade paper Christmas tree topped with a robin, from the Artist Open Houses Winter listing. Photo: VisitBrighton

More for the weeks ahead is in our guides to Brighton Christmas concerts and carols, the Christmas lights and market and walks near Brighton.