{"id":1080100,"date":"2026-07-10T07:33:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T07:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1080100\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T07:33:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T07:33:24","slug":"acclaimed-comedy-theatre-company-le-navet-bete-bring-the-riotous-hilarious-ride-through-greek-mythology-oh-zeus-to-lowry-from-28th-july-to-1st-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1080100\/","title":{"rendered":"Acclaimed comedy theatre company Le Navet Bete\u00a0bring the riotous, hilarious ride through Greek mythology \u2018Oh Zeus!\u2019 to Lowry from 28th July to 1st August"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kings of comedy<strong>\u00a0Le Navet Bete<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 one of the UK\u2019s most-loved comedy theatre companies and creators of smash-hit family shows\u00a0Dracula: The Bloody Truth,\u00a0King Arthur\u00a0and\u00a0Treasure Island\u00a0\u2013 have teamed up with one of the country\u2019s best comedy writers and directors, Olivier Award nominated\u00a0<strong>John Nicholson\u00a0<\/strong>(The Time Machine: A Comedy), to present their riotous all-out hilarious ride through the world of Greek mythology\u00a0<strong>Oh Zeus!<\/strong>\u00a0at<strong>\u00a0Lowry, Salford from 28th July to 1st August<\/strong>\u00a0as part of a UK tour.<\/p>\n<p>When the stability of Olympus is threatened by the marriage of Zeus\u2019 daughter Hebe to a mere mortal, the King of the Gods hatches a plan to derail the wedding. Three actors play 40 characters in this mythical farce through Ancient Greece, the Underworld and back.<\/p>\n<p>Expect sensational physical comedy, outrageous jokes, fast paced chaos, and more togas than you can smash a plate at \u2013 perfect for lovers of\u00a0Fawlty Towers,\u00a0Bottom\u00a0and\u00a0The Play That Goes Wrong.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/xPG-Design-1783664810136.jpg.pagespeed.ic.vqMuP0MBaO.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29772\" style=\"width:624px;height:auto\"\/>Oh Zeus! (Photo by Mark Senior)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/xPG-Design-1783664916100.jpg.pagespeed.ic.5byLA7F0DA.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29774\" style=\"width:618px;height:auto\"\/>Oh Zeus! (Photo by Mark Senior)<\/p>\n<p>Le Navet Bete is comprised of Al Dunn, Nick Bunt and Matt Freeman. Since 2008, Le Navet Bete has been touring the UK and internationally with their unique and chaotic style of physical comedy and have earned the reputation as one of the UK\u2019s leading midscale theatre companies. Proudly based in Exeter, Devon and supported by organisations such as Arts Council England, the Exeter Northcott Theatre and the Exeter Phoenix they have been on a continuous mission to create and tour hilarious, physical and totally accessible comedy theatre using creative and engaging storytelling for absolutely everyone (ages 4 \u2013 104!).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Oh Zeus!\u00a0plays at Lowry, Salford 28th July to 1st August. Tickets are available\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelowry.com\/whats-on\/oh-zeus-8t8s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t Post Views: 0&#13;\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kings of comedy\u00a0Le Navet Bete\u00a0\u2013 one of the UK\u2019s most-loved comedy theatre companies and creators of smash-hit family&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1080101,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[220168,295674,295675,748,393,4884,295676,295677,295678,295679,1144,295680,712,16,15,1764],"class_list":["post-1080100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uk","category-united-kingdom","tag-centralnorth","tag-thelowry","tag-al-dunn","tag-britain","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-john-nicholson","tag-le-navet-bete","tag-matt-freeman","tag-nick-bunt","tag-northern-ireland","tag-oh-zeus","tag-scotland","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-wales"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116894525687441223","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1080100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1080100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1080100\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1080101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1080100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1080100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1080100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}