The Viking Victory Feast

The Viking Victory Feast is coming to 15 Harold Mews in St Leonards-on-sea on Saturday 14 November, from 6:00pm to 11:00pm. It's a performance-driven night that drops you into the role of a Scandinavian raider, with physical performance, live music, traditional games and a longtable feast all built around a single moment from local history.

That moment is 'The Great Raid of the River Rother'. In the late autumn of 892 AD, a fleet of 250 Viking longships crossed the Channel from Boulogne and pushed inland through Bodiam, Northiam and Appledore. Along the way, they destroyed the half-built Saxon fort at Bodiam, shattered the local fyrd beneath the oaks of Northiam and established a fortified encampment at Appledore, before marching north to the Thames to join the warlord Jarl Haesten. The evening puts you right in the middle of that raid, with the performance and the feast running together rather than as separate acts.

The food is a big part of it: a multi-course feast served at long tables, with a menu that leans on seasonal, locally sourced produce from East Sussex and Kent. To drink, there's traditional honey mead and award-winning Biddenden Cider. The visuals are handled by Battle Cat, who did the projections for Beyond Bayeux at Hastings Castle, so there's a proper production behind the atmosphere.

Tickets are £45, which covers your admission, a welcome drink, the multi-course feast and all the interactive entertainment. It runs from 6:00pm to 11:00pm at 15 Harold Mews, St Leonards-on-sea, Hastings, TN38 0EA.