<img id="rg_hi" class="alignright" src="https://encrypted-tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQPqq_1mT3DUFp5qtkGRZMszgxsin7xSmSJPrDYnKWlufRMsPiq" alt="" width="282" height="179" data-width="282" data-height="179" />We went to see the <a href="http://www.hitchhikerslive.com/" target="_blank">Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy Radio Show</a> on stage at the Derngate Theatre. What's this you say, a radio show live on stage? And well you might ask because we didn't know what to expect but as keen followers of The Guide we just had to see it.

Well it was brilliant! A live band introduced the programme by playing a medley of sci fi tunes which were excellent. Amongst them was a Pink Floyd track which was one of my favourite tracks when I was at college and it would just fill my room for hours, or at least that's how I remember it.

<img class="alignleft" src="https://encrypted-tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQm7AHLj6Dem4nKmccHV_ZH6IlPF98MUxf5jiZTmCNvcYa52fNBQNVg1Bc" alt="" name="ZUme97Q9-d23XM:" width="104" height="138" data-src="https://encrypted-tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQm7AHLj6Dem4nKmccHV_ZH6IlPF98MUxf5jiZTmCNvcYa52fNBQNVg1Bc" />Anyway back to the performance - the original radio broadcast actors came on stage and read through the whole series with help from puppeteers who came on and were the Vogans. The star of the show for me was Marvin the paranoid Android. He sums up life, the universe and everything so well.

We came away knowing that <a href="http://www.douglasadams.com/" target="_blank">Douglas Adams</a> was a genius. We can only guess what he might have come up with next if he had lived a little longer.

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