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Festival tees up Italian theatre group

Romsey Festival has announced that they will be joined in July 2023 by TAE Teatro.  A theatre company from Romsey’s twin town of Treviglio, Italy, TAE Teatro performances bring innovation and variety through a schedule that includes stage and street-based performances. When they appeared at the festival in 2017, they participated in the Beggars Fair…

Countess gives backing to next year’s Romsey Festival

The Romsey Festival has announced that The Countess Mountbatten of Burma has agreed to become the patron of the 2023 event. Her involvement was confirmed during a recent gathering of potential participants.  The Festival team has said it is grateful to Penelope Knatchbull, Countess Mountbatten, for showing her support for this cultural highlight in Romsey’s diary. Organisers say…

Elizabethan Christmas at King John’s House

Step back in time to Elizabethan England at King John’s House this Christmas. The time is 1580 and a local merchant and his goodwife are at home in King John’s House. As Christmas is approaching, they will be preparing their celebrations but still working hard. Come and talk to them about life over 430 years…