THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY LIVE SHOW IS COMING TO LONDON THIS NOVEMBER!
Do you know where your towel is? The eccentric world of Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy will be landing in London later this year as an all new live show, based on the treasured novels and the film by Touchstone Pictures. The production is set to take over Studios 2 and 3 at Riverside Studios from 15th November, with casting to be announced.
Re-immerse yourself in the brilliantly absurdist adventure with Arthur Dent, Trillian, Fenchurch, Zaphod Beeblebrox and Marvin the Paranoid Android as you embark on an infinitely improbable madcap journey around the galaxy.
The show is created by award-winning writer, producer and protégé of Douglas Adams, Arvind Ethan David Lenny Henry’s Boy With Wings, Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency on Netflix) and Emmy Award-winning stage designer Jason Ardizzone-West (Redwood, Lady Gaga, Dua Lipa, Jesus Christ Superstar Live). It will be co-directed and choreographed by Lorin Latarro (The Producers, Mrs. Doubtfire) and co-directed by Simon Evans (Staged, Inside No. 9 Stage/Fright), Georgia Clarke-Day (Monopoly Lifesized, The Traitors: Live Experience) and David Frias-Robles Taskmaster: The Live Experience, Inside No. 9 Stage/Fright) for Myriad Entertainment. Based on Douglas Adams’ iconic novels and the Touchstone Pictures film, the show is presented by special arrangement with Buena Vista Theatricals.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy live show is produced by Tony Award®–winning Broadway and West End producer Tamar Climan of Climan Producing, whose credits span more than 80 shows, and Prodigal Entertainment (Broadway’s Jagged Little Pill), with general management by Smart Entertainment.
Co-creator, writer and producer Arvind Ethan David said: “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is one of the most influential stories ever told. It’s a satire, a comedy, a science-fiction epic, a work of philosophy and so much else. Douglas Adams, who I was honored to have as a mentor, predicted the world we live in now, with its social media gone mad and extinction level threats. Now with a group of world class story-tellers drawn from the best of Broadway, the West End and television, we get to bring HHGG to a new generation of hitchhikers.”
On being asked for comment, Marvin the Paranoid Android responded: “A brain the size of a planet, and they’re wheeling me out for theatrical amusement. I can hardly contain my indifference. And don’t talk to me about the condition of my dressing room.”
THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY LIVE SHOW WILL OPEN IN LONDON NOVEMBER 2025.
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About The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is one of the most beloved and enduring sci-fi comedy franchises of all time. Created by Douglas Adams, it began as a BBC radio series in 1978 before expanding into a bestselling book series that has sold over 15 million copies worldwide. The franchise spans radio, novels, television, stage shows, comic books, a computer game, and a 2005 feature film starring Martin Freeman and Alan Rickman.
Known for its absurdist humor, philosophical undertones, and iconic phrases like “Don’t Panic” and “the answer to life, the universe, and everything is 42,” The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy has influenced generations of writers and comedians. The original five-book “trilogy” has been translated into more than 30 languages and continues to attract new readers.
About Arvind Ethan David – Co-Creator, Writer, Producer
Arvind Ethan David is a writer and producer whose career started when he was still a student and adapted the Douglas Adams’ novel Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency as a play and the great science fiction author came to see it, and took the young writer under his wing. Since then, Arvind has written for page, stage, screen, audio.
Other Theatre includes adapting Lenny Henry’s The Boy with Wings (opening at the Polka Theatre this summer) and writing additional material for David Baddiel and Erran Baron Cohen’s The Infidel Musical. He was also a Lead Producer of the Tony & Grammy winning musical Jagged Little Pill.
Television work includes serving as an Executive Producer on Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency for Netflix and BBC America and writing on Anansi Boys for Amazon Studios.
As an author, Arvind most recently wrote the critically acclaimed graphic novel Trouble is my Business based on the Raymond Chandler novella and wrote and presented the Audiobook Douglas Adams: The Ends of the Earth, examining the intellectual legacy of his one time mentor.
His other graphic novels include the Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency series, Darkness Visible Stoker Nominated, written with Mike Carey) and Gray, his reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray. Arvind’s audio work includes the chart-topping Audible Originals: the science fiction Anthology series Earworms and The Crimes of Dorian Gray. He has also produced 8 feature films, including the Asian Academy Award winning Garden of Evening Mists for HBO.
About Tamar Climan / Climan Producing – Producer
Tamar Climan is a Tony Award®–winning theatre producer and the founder of Climan Producing, bringing over three decades of experience to the industry. She has been part of the producing teams for numerous acclaimed Broadway, touring, and West End productions, including multiple productions of Jagged Little Pill, and Oklahoma!, Children of a Lesser God
Broadway), Waitress West End), Anastasia North American Tour), and A Soldier’s Play U.S. Tour). Tamar is currently a Co-producer on Clueless, The Musical on the West End. She is also producing a stage adaptation of Begin Again, A New Musical for Broadway. In 1997, Tamar co-founded Richards/Climan, Inc. RCI, a theatrical general management firm through which she oversaw the general management of over 80 productions over 20 years, spanning Broadway, Off-Broadway, and national tours.
About Prodigal Entertainment – Producer
Prodigal is an entertainment company based in Los Angeles, California that tells stories across television (Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency), film (Garden of the Evening Mists), comics (Gray), and theatre (Jagged Little Pill on Broadway). It is a partnership between Arvind Ethan David, film producer Tarquin Pack (Kickass, XMen: First Class, Stardust) and entrepreneur Scott Kay.
About Jason Ardizzone-West – Co-Creator, Production Designer
Jason Ardizzone-West is an award-winning stage designer whose work spans theatre, concerts, dance, film, and architecture. Originally trained as an architect, Jason brings an innate understanding of space, light, and time to his designs, crafting visual narratives that bridge the physical and emotional landscapes of performance. He has collaborated with visionary theater-makers such as Tina Landau, Julie Taymor, Richard Nelson, Es Devlin, Pam MacKinnon, Mira Nair, David Leveaux, Sheryl Kaller, Susan Stroman, Awoye Timpo, Kenny Leon, Robert Barry Fleming, and more. Jason’s work also extends to global superstars, including Lady Gaga, The Weeknd, Beyoncé, Dua Lipa, Idina Menzel, Hikaru Utada, Usher, Phish, Pentatonix, and Florence + The Machine.
His awards include an Emmy Award for Jesus Christ Superstar Live NBC and multiple nominations for his innovative contributions to theater and live performance. His designs have appeared in renowned institutions such as The Public Theater, The Atlantic Theater Company, American Conservatory Theater, The Apollo, La Jolla Playhouse, Berkeley Rep, The Huntington, and St. Ann’s Warehouse, among many others.
About Lorin Latarro – Co-Director & Choreographer
Lorin Latarro is choreographer for the upcoming West End revival of The Producers. She choreographed Broadway’s recent The Who’s Tommy, The Heart Of Rock And Roll, Once Upon A Mattress, Oliver!, Into The Woods, Waitress, Mrs. Doubtfire, Les Liaisons Dangereuse with Janet McTeer and Live Schreiber, Waiting For Godot with Sir Ian McKellen and Sir Patrick Stuart, Merrily We Roll Along at Roundabout, Assassins at Encores, La Traviata at The Met, Chess at The Kennedy Center, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s 21 Chump Street for “This American Life” Brooklyn Academy of Music), The Public Theater’s The Visitor, Twelfth Night and The Odyssey Public Works, Delacorte Theater), Fanny and God Bless You, Mr Rosewater City Center Encores!, and A Christmas Carol McCarter Theatre).
Lorin recently directed Joy: The Musical off-Broadway. Previous directing credits include Candace Bushnell’s one woman show, Is There Still Sex In The City? at the Daryl Roth Theatre, which became a NYTimes Critics Pick, Queen Of The Night which garnered a Drama Desk Award, The David Foster and Kat McPhee Show, #DateMe at The Westside Theatre, A Taste Of Things To Come at Chicago’s Nederlander Broadway, Swelling and Irritation by Jodi Picoult and Tim McDonald, Trails by Jeff Thomson, Jordan Mann and Christy Hall, Rodgers After Hammerstein – 92Y Lyrics and Lyricists, and Beth Malone’s Three Part Harmony at Theatre Aspen.
About Myriad Entertainment – Co-Directors
Georgia Clarke-Day, Simon Evans and David Frias-Robles co-founded Myriad Entertainment in 2016 and together they have created immersive experiences for Disney, Microsoft, NBC/Universal, Hennessy and Bombay Sapphire.
They were also the directing team behind Secret Cinema’s production of Miller’s Crossing. Their individual credits include: Director and Associate Director for Inside Number 9 Stage/Fright, Director on Monopoly Lifesized, Associate Director on The Traitors: Live Experience, Associate Director on Taskmaster: The Live Experience and Writer/Director on BBC1 comedy Staged.
About Smart Entertainment – General Manager
Productions include: The Lord of the Rings – a musical tale Theatre Royal Plymouth & Tour); Peaky Blinders: The Rise Vanguard, London); Doctor Who: Time Fracture and The Great Gatsby Immersive | LDN; Hold On To Your Butts West End and UK Tour); The Unseen Riverside Studios); The Magic Flute Nevill Holt Festival); Ali Cook: Principles of Deception Royal & Derngate, Northampton); Feykom Tarab? An Evening with Miami The Arena, Kuwait and Maraya, Al Ula, Saudi Arabia); Rehab the Musical Neon 194 and Playground); The McOnie Company’s Nutcracker The Tuff Nut Jazz Club); Grenfell: System Failure Playground, Tabernacle and Marylebone); Grenfell: Value Engineering Tabernacle and Birmingham Rep and televised as Grenfell on Channel 4; Amélie Criterion); and A Christmas Carol Dominion and Lyceum).