RSVP here (let me know how many people will be coming) [email protected]

Life. Don't talk to me about life.
Are you aware most people celebrate birthdays that end in zeroes?

Yes. But what those people fail to consider is that 42 is the answer to life the universe and everything. Also I was not emotionally ready to celebrate my 40s at the usual time so I'm catching up.

In the beginning the universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
What is this nonsense about hitchhikers?

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy is perhaps the most remarkable, certainly the most successful book ever to come out of the great publishing corporations of Ursa Minor - more popular than The Celestial Home Care Omnibus, better selling than 53 Things to Do in Zero Gravity, and more controversial than Oolon Colluphid's trilogy of philosophical blockbusters: Where God Went Wrong, Some More of God's Greatest Mistakes and Who is this God Person Anyway? And in many of the more relaxed civilizations on the outer eastern rim of the galaxy, the Hitch Hiker's Guide has already supplanted the great Encyclopaedia Galactica as the standard repository of all knowledge and wisdom. Because although it has many omissions, contains much that is apocryphal - or at least wildly inaccurate - it scores over the older, more pedestrian work in two important ways: first, it is slightly cheaper, and second, it has the words "Don't Panic" inscribed in large, friendly letters on the cover.

Huh.

It's a series of books, a radio series, LP, tv series, movie, comic book, text adventure game and (I recently discovered) immersive theatre experience that has captivated nerds since it was first created by Douglas Adams in the 1970s.

Far back in the mists of ancient time, in the great and glorious days of the former Galactic Empire, life was wild, rich, and on the whole, tax-free. In those days, spirits were brave; the stakes were high; men were real men, women were real women, and small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were real small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri.
And I guess that means there is a damn theme.

There is indeed a theme: "space and sci-fi". Come as an alien, a robot, a Vulcan, a space girl from the future, a wookiee, a dalek, a bowl of petunias or a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. You don't have to dress up but if you want to I've got some inspo for you here: https://pin.it/72su5JqYV

Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.
Will there be sustenance?

There will be some finger food. Potentially some (mock) babel fish sticks.

Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the street to the chemist, but that's just peanuts to space.
What is this venue I've never heard of?

The Quadrophonic Club is a social club in Brunswick with a quadrophonic sound system, a DJ booth and an interior straight out of the 1970s. As they say on their website: "Lost to digitisation and the rationalisation of electronics manufacture in the 1980's, the dream of 4-dimensional sound returns to the Quadraphonic Club." Read more here: https://www.quadclub.com.au

Will there be DJs?

There sure will! Three incredible vinyl DJs will be there playing the finest space disco and other bangers: DJ Crispi, DJ Steely Ann & DJ The Doctor of Tardisco. To get you in the mood I've assembled some of my far out favs here: Listen to "42" on Spotify

It is an important and popular fact that things are not always what they seem. For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he's achieved so much: the wheel, New York, wars, and so on, whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But, conversely, the dolphins believed that they were more intelligent than man for precisely the same reasons.
Can I bring kids?

Unfortunately the venue advises its licence does not allow for kids. Please get in touch if you'd like me to check for specific kids.

There are, of course, many problems connected with life of which some of the most popular are, "why are people born?"; "why do they die?"; and "why do they spend so much of the intervening time wearing digital watches?"
Can I get you a present?

Please please do not get anything I promise you there is nothing I need. If you are feeling generous Fitzroy Legal Service does incredible work for some of the most vulnerable people in our community and would happily take your money.

I'd far rather be happy than right any day.