The immersive new stage adaptation of Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy has confirmed its final weeks at Riverside Studios in London.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Live Show, which takes over Studios 2 and 3 at the Riverside Studios, is set to leave London on 15 February 2026.
In The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Live Show, 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 voice cast for the London show, who have pre-recorded their performances, include Tamsin Greig as The Guide, Sanjeev Bhaskar as Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz, Lenora Crichlow as Tricia McMillan (Trillian), and Samira Ahmed as the Newsreader.
Live performers cast in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy include Benjamin Durham (101 Dalmatians) and Robert Thompson (Unforgivable) as Arthur Dent; Oliver Britten (The Full Monty) and Matt Colyer (Phantom Peak) as Ford Prefect; Kat Johns-Burke (Twelfth Night) as Fenchurch; Andrew Evans (Faulty Towers: The Dining Experience) as Marvin the Paranoid Android; Lee VG (The Addams Family) as Zaphod Beeblebrox; Richard Costello (Death of England) as Slartibartfast; Angelis Hunt (Tina – The Tina Turner Musical) and Aya Elmansouri (Cinderella) as Humma Kavula; Briony Scarlett (The School for Good and Evil) as Eccentrica Gallumbits; Tom Bowen (Get Up, Stand Up) as Wowbagger Waiter; Alex Anthony Fevrier (Jesus Christ Superstar) as Acolyte / Succubus; and Tamara Saffir (Grease) as (Acolyte / Succubus / Magrathean).
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Live Show is co-directed by Simon Evans (Inside No. 9 Stage/Fright; Cyrano de Bergerac), live experience experts Georgia Clarke-Day (Monopoly Lifesized, The Traitors Live Experience) and David Frias-Robles (Taskmaster: The Live Experience) for Myriad Entertainment.
The creative team also includes Emmy Award-winning stage designer Jason Ardizzone-West (Redwood, Jesus Christ Superstar Live) and Anjali Mehra providing the choreography. The show has been created by Arvind Ethan David.
Created by Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is one of the most beloved and enduring sci-fi comedy franchises of all time. The franchise spans radio, novels, television, stage shows, comic books, a computer game, and a 2005 feature film starring Martin Freeman and Alan Rickman.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Live Show is now playing at Riverside Studios until 15 February 2026.
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