Hammersmith Apollo, London Fry’s retelling of Greek myths makes for an engaging evening, but it takes Blackadder and Harry Potter to ignite the audience Hestia was the goddess of the hearth, and we’re gathered here tonight, Stephen Fry tells us, in tribute to her. So park those thoughts of Wodehousian repartee from telly’s favourite polymath. Suspend expectations of showbiz anecdote. This is about old-fashioned storytelling around the fire, says Fry. It may seem surprising that 3,500 people have assembled in Hammersmith for a lecture-cum-recital of Greek myths – but, that’s what it says on the tin, and that’s what they’re getting. Related: Stephen Fry pronounces the death of classical liberalism: ‘We are irrelevant and outdated bystanders’ Continue reading...
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