London’s Southbank centre is to host a day-long event to celebrate the success of Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series.
Organised in partnership with Penguin Books and taking place on Sunday 11th October, the Hitchcon’09 event will also mark the publication of ‘Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Part Six of Three: And Another Thing…‘, Eoin Colfer’s official sequel to the range which will be available in shops the next day.
Special guests include Clive Anderson, Andrew Sachs, Dirk Maggs , Simon Jones and Harry Shearer, and the original Hitchhiker’s cast of the Radio series will be recreating a Hitchhiker episode live on stage.
Eoin Colfer will be introduced by Ireland’s multi-platinum selling band The Blizzards, playing their single inspired by And Another Thing…
Box Office Tel: 0871 663 2500 or www.southbankcentre.co.uk
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