New tour show is all Greek to Stephen.

Stephen Fry will visit Birmingham to narrate the stories of Greek mythology as part his first tour in nearly 40 years.

The actor and broadcaster will use audio-visual technology to tell the tales of Olympian gods and ancient Greece's epic wars.

Mythos: A Trilogy - Gods. Heroes. Men. will open at the Edinburgh International Festival on August 19 and end in Gateshead on September 23. It will be at Birmingham's Symphony Hall on Monday September 9, Tuesday September 10 and Thursday September 12.

It will be the 61-year-old's first time on the road since touring the UK with Hugh Laurie as comedy duo Fry and Laurie during the '80s. Fry said: "I am shivering and quivering with excitement at the thought of a UK tour, taking the astounding stories and characters from Greek myth around the UK."

Mythos - Greek for "story" - will see Fry seated on stage in a wingback chair . Fry debuted the show, directed by Tim Carroll, at the Shaw Festival in Ontario, Canada, last year.

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Stephen Fry is bringing his Mythos Greek mythology show to Birmingham in the autumn, for his first tour in 40 years