Ross is an actor, having trained at ArtsEd and has since gained a lot of experience in a wide variety of theatre work; arena, open-air tours as well as site-specific and immersive theatre.

Ross has also got a 1st Class degree with Honors in ‘Theatre & Professional Practice’ from Coventry University. Here he had a play that he co-wrote and directed picked up for a short run at the Belgrade Theatre B2 Studio.

Ross has worked for the Festival Players, as an actor, on 2 tours; The Tempest (2024) and As You Like It (2025). This is his first year as Artistic Director and he is thrilled to be here in this new dawn for the company.

Johnny is a talented singer/songwriter and composer who began his career as one of the founder members of the band Decameron. As an experienced solo performer, he has recorded over fourteen albums including The Winding Stair, Borderland, Edge of Day with writer Laurie Lee, The Gloucestershire Collection, and his latest albums River of Dreams and Midwinter.

His original music for theatre includes Songs on Lonely Roads (the story of composer and poet Ivor Gurney); Edge of Day - a tribute to Laurie Lee; as well as all of The Festival Players Theatre Company’s open-air productions of Shakespeare plays since 1991.

Johnny has performed at many festivals, concert halls, venues large and small, and also runs very successful Songwriting Weekends.

Rosie is an Actor and Singer who has a 1st class honours degree in Drama and Creative Writing at UEA.

Her credits include playing Rosalind in As You Like It at Westacre Theatre and Florrie in Quite Unsuitable for Females. She is also a vocalist for the Function band Move Your Brass.

For the past 5 years, alongside her acting and singing, she has supported a multitude of companies with their online presence as a marketing advisor, graphic designer and Social Media Manager.

She is very much looking forward to working more closely with The Festival Players.

Coming soon…