• Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.
• There's a frood who really knows where his towel is.
• What I need is a strong drink and a peer group.
• This must be Thursday. I never got the hang of Thursdays.
• A liquid that is almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea.
• Life. Don’t talk to me about Life.
• Here's another one of those self-satisfied doors.
• The first ten million years were the worst ...
• Share And Enjoy.
• I think you ought to know I'm feeling very depressed.
• The Total Perspective Vortex.
• I come in peace ... take me to your Lizard.
• So long, and thanks for all the fish.

Arthur Dent is having a bad day.

Both his house and his planet have been demolished. The girl he really - really - fancies is on the third arm of a two-headed alien. His best friend isn't from Guildford after all, but a small planet near Betelgeuse. He hasn't even managed to find himself a decent cup of tea. And he's still wearing his dressing gown ...

This year you can experience the ultimate sci-fi comedy epic first hand, from the Heart Of Gold to the Restaurant At the End Of The Universe, performed live on stage by Simon Jones, Susan Sheridan, Geoff McGivern, Mark Wing-Davey and other original Hitchhiker's cast members under the direction of Dirk Maggs, Douglas Adams's choice to complete the saga in its original medium.