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THE award-winning Birmingham Stage Company returns to Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre later this month with the latest chapter in their hugely popular Horrible Histories Live series.

Invading the Main Stage from Wednesday, May 30 to Saturday, June 2, Horrible Histories: More Best of Barmy Britain will feature legions of Rotten Romans, Terrible Tudors, Frightful First World War troops and many more.

Take a look at all the gruesome, gory stories from our country’s colourful past in this gag-filled gallop through history. Packed with facts, it is at times delightfully disgusting and at others downright daft.

Find out whether you could survive an onslaught by the Vicious Vikings. Discover what it’s like to party with the Puritans. Clap along with Crazy King Charles, or go wild with Wordy Will Shakespeare in a brand new scene.

Written by Terry Deary together with Birmingham Stage Company founder Neal Foster, More Best of Barmy Britain is the latest show to be adapted from Terry’s bestselling Horrible Histories books series.

To date, his 50 Horrible Histories titles have sold a whopping 25 million copies worldwide, in countries from China to Brazil.

Celebrating their 25th anniversary in 2018, Birmingham Stage Company have earned a reputation as one of the country’s leading producers of family theatre.

This year, the company was nominated for an Olivier Award for its phenomenally successful adaptation of David Walliams’ Gangsta Granny.

Neal Foster added: “I love children and I love children’s writing. The writing and the characters are very challenging and so too are the audiences. Whereas adults go to sleep if they are bored, children will quickly let you know if they lose interest.

‘‘Keeping that interest and keeping them engaged is difficult but very rewarding because they are so giving as an audience.”