The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Synopsis

Re-live Arthur Dent's experiences across time and the universe, as he meets Marvin the paranoid android, Zaphod Beeblebrox, Ford Prefect, Eddie the Computer and the dreaded Slartifartblast. Be astounded by the importance of the number 42. Be astonished by the galactic measure of nice men who clean phones.

Our Review:

Paul Lucas-Scott - 12 July 2012

Douglas Adam’s “Guide” or, as he named it, a trilogy in five parts, began its life in book form but was soon turned into a radio show that earned a cult following. Once it made its way onto the television screen the cult audience grew and, as we file into the packed Theatre Royal Brighton, it appears that most of that audience are here. There will be nothing new tonight, for most it is just a reunion with a very special old friend.

The stage is set as if it were the radio studio and the performance that is about to take place is a, fairly genuine, representation of how the original show would have been broadcast. As well as a line of microphones to the front of the stage, there is also the sound effects desk and, to a...

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OlPeculier - 23 July 2012:

Sorry, but any review that starts with such a glaring mistake about which came first, the radio series was first, followed by the book....

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