Disaster was narrowly averted on Tuesday night at the New Wimbledon Theatre when part of the set fell down with a crash during the performance of the Awful Egyptians, but the cast coped magnificently.

The show, one of the latest in the Horrible Histories series, was stopped while the scenery was fixed and during the enforced break some of the actors came into the audience and entertained the children.

All was well when the play restarted and after the interval we all wore special glasses to watch the ground-breaking 3D effects of bogglevision.

The Awful Egyptians and The Ruthless Romans have both been showing at Wimbledon this week. They are aimed at interesting younger audiences in history with a twist, and it works.

My young nephew George said he really enjoyed himself and wished he could also see other stories in the Horrible Histories series.

The Awful Egyptians took us through the earliest of the Pharaohs to the mighty Ramesses. It gave us the gory details of embalming and let us look into the tombs in the pyramids.

Mehdi Rezvan convincingly played Ramesses. Born in Iran and brought up and educated in Germany, Mehdi is co-founder of a very successful social theatre project for children in Germany where he was involved in more than 600 performances.

Ciaran McConville portrayed Storey with gusto and great humour, while fine support was given by Alison Fitzjohn as Maisie and Abi Rahman as Bill.

Interspersed with music and dancing, objects and mummies flew out at us from the large screen at the back of the stage. The cast interacted well with the film and the special effects were superb.

The scary bits were mixed with lots of laughs and the children loved it. Fun for the whole family!