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The Queen’s upcoming platinum jubilee isn’t just a time to reflect on Liz’s last seven decades as head monarch, but a chance to look back on British life in those years too. The Museum of Youth Culture is doing just that with the People’s Pageant, which will take place as part of the jubilee celebrations in June.
The museum is helping to curate the pageant and says it wants to ensure that the parade ‘showcases an authentic history of British people covering the past 70 years’, particularly in the areas of music, style and youth culture. To achieve that goal, it’s calling on the public to get involved.
If you sign up, you could find yourself immersing yourself in the roles of various musical subcultures from the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. The museum says no acting or performing experience is necessary and full support will be given for the ‘final performance’.
The roles it’s looking to fill are incredibly varied, with the ‘90s represented by subcultures like Britpop, Girl Power, skaters, indie kids and baggies, Bhangra and the Asian underground scene, and ‘90s garage and hardcore. In the ‘00s, the search is on for emo kids, nu-metal fans, cybergoths and more, while the roles for the ‘10s include grime fans, queer clubbers, young activists and others.
‘We're looking for people who are passionate about British subcultures and are/were involved with these movements,’ the museum says. To take part, register your interest on its website and you could be walking down The Mall on June 3, dressed in the fashion of your youth.
The People’s Pageant is a part of the larger Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Pageant, which will be split into three acts. The first will feature contingents of marching bands, serving troops and people from across the UK and Commonwealth marching along The Mall and other iconic London streets. Act II is billed as ‘a sensory explosion of exciting and extraordinary theatre, dance, music, carnival and street arts creativity’, while the form of the final part is under wraps for now.
We’re getting an extra bank holiday and a pudding competition for the Queen’s platinum jubilee