The Southbank Centre unveils You Are Here: a sitewide immersive fusion of dance, music, fashion and art, celebrating and remixing 75 years of pioneering British culture
- Performance & Dance
The Southbank Centre today announces further details of You Are Here (3 May 2026), the centrepiece of its 75th anniversary celebrations.
Created by leading voices across film, theatre, literature and fashion – Gareth Pugh, Carson McColl, Danny Boyle and Paulette Randall, with Sabrina Mahfouz and Natasha Chivers, the landmark event will transform the Southbank Centre in a one-day, sitewide experience: an immersive fusion of theatrical performance, live music, dance, fashion and visual art that reveals the throughlines between cultural movements that have shifted Britain’s kaleidoscopic identity.
Since the Festival of Britain in 1951, the Southbank Centre has been a leading cultural beacon, a meeting place for boundary-pushing artists and a welcoming space for audiences. You Are Here draws on that spirit and 75 years of history, reimagining the site in a takeover of colossal scale.
Tracking a riotous path from monochrome 1950s austerity to a full-technicolour present-day, You Are Here traces a story of ingenuity and rebellion that has run through the core of Britain’s cultural identity across the decades. Drawing on the restless innovation that has shaped Britain since the post-war years – from reconstruction of a post-war city and the spirit of the Festival of Britain, to radical artistic movements and underground subculture – the experience connects moments of uprising, resilience and joy across generations.
“The Southbank Centre is for everyone, like the NHS – a dose of culture, like a vitamin injection, it lifts you. Our ambition is for as many people as possible to experience the variety and vitality of this wonderful site, especially those on their first visit.
“In You Are Here, we want to send people on an adventure, through an arts centre that is usually experienced in individual venues, but transform it in people’s minds so they can see the Southbank Centre in a completely original way.”
Danny Boyle, director and designer of You Are Here