A STAGE version of the highly popular children’s television show Horrible Histories is coming to Oxford.

The New Theatre will host two different shows over five days from Tuesday, December 1, to Saturday, December 5: the Incredible Invaders and Groovy Greeks.

Thousands of years after the Ruthless Romans, Savage Saxons and Vicious Vikings stormed ashore on the coast of Britain and the Gruesome Greeks competed in the first Olympic Games, the team behind the show take a comical, yet educational trip back in time.

Produced by Birmingham Stage Company, the live shows use actors and 3D Bogglevision special effects.

Following their UK tour, the team will head off on a global journey, performing in theatres in Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore and Dubai during 2016.

In Incredible Invaders, the Celts are crunched when the Ruthless Romans invade Britain. Can crazy Caratacus can save the nation?

Hide behind Hadrian’s Wall and witness the Savage Saxons smash their way in.

Or can you stop King Alfred burning his buns? Discover who’s at Sutton Hoo and survive the Vikings as they sail into the crowd.

Get ready for a thousand-year journey with Incredible Invaders.

Or, if you prefer, Groovy Greeks takes us from savage Sparta to angry Athens to discover the truth about growing up in Greece.

Take on the Trojans, pummel the Persians, compete in the first Olympic Games and appear in history’s very first play.

Meet your match with the Minotaur and be zapped by Zeus. Audiences are warned to hold on tight as they gatecrash the gruesome but groovy Greeks.

Writer and director Neal Foster said: “I had a hugely exciting time bringing the Groovy Greeks to life in Horrible Histories-style.”

The shows are ages five upwards. For tickets, call 0844 871 3020 or see atgtickets.com/oxford.