THEATRE

THE HAYMARKET, BASINGSTOKE (Box Office 01256 844244)

Entertaining Mr Sloane. Until Friday; Thoroughly Modern Millie. March 25-29.

CENTRAL STUDIO, BASINGSTOKE (Box Office 01256 418318) Directors Pieces 2, 7pm. March 26-27.

PROTEUS CREATION SPACE, BASINGSTOKE (Box Office 01256 321621)

Glengarry Glen Ross, 7.30pm. March 28-29.

THE TEA BAR, BASINGSTOKE

Shakers performed by The Proteans. March 26-27.

THEATRE ROYAL, WINCHESTER (Box Office 01962 840 440) The Marriage of Figaro, 7.30pm. Friday.

David Baddiel – Fame Not The Musical, 8pm. Saturday.

The Russian Doctor. March 27-28.

 

THE HEXAGON, READING (Box Office 0118 960 6060)

Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story. Until Saturday.

CORN EXCHANGE, NEWBURY (Box Office 0845 5218 218)

Arthur’s Dreamboat (children’s theatre), age two plus, 11am. Saturday.

WATERMILL THEATRE, NEWBURY (Box Office 01635 46044)

All My Sons. Until Saturday; Life Lessons. March 26-29.

SALISBURY PLAYHOUSE, SALISBURY (Box Office 01722 320 333)

Worst Wedding Ever. March 27-April 19.

THE MILL AT SONNING, SONNING EYE, READING (Box Office 0118 969 8000)

Enchanted April. March 20-May 17.

YVONNE ARNAUD THEATRE, GUILDFORD (Box Office 01483 44000)

The Play That Goes Wrong. Until Saturday; Liza Liza Liza. March 25-29.

THE MAYFLOWER, SOUTHAMPTON (Box Office 023 8071 1811)

Welsh National Opera. Until Friday.

Hot Flush, starring Lesley Joseph. Sunday; Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake. March 25-29.

 

MUSIC

The Sex Pistols Experience, pictured, + Ed Tudor-Pole + Geezapunx, Sanctuary, London Street, Basingstoke. Friday.

Acoustic Jukebox – The Tea Bar, London Street, Basingstoke. Friday.

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, The Anvil, Basingstoke. Saturday.

Rock gig featuring Karrion + Bitter Divide + Freeway Med + Vine Messiah, Sanctuary, London Road, Basingstoke. Saturday.

The Claze, The White Hart, London Road, Basingstoke. Saturday.

Rob Hayes’ Saturday Night Ensemble, The Tea Bar, London Street, Basingstoke. Saturday.

Old Skool Classics, Friday; R & B + UK G, Saturday, Pure Lounge Bar, Wote Street, Basingstoke.

Mayor’s Spring Charity Concert, The Anvil, Basingstoke. Saturday.

Conan + Bast + Ageless + Oblivion + Witchsorrow, Mousetrap, Basing View, Basingstoke. Sunday.

Sunday Acoustic Session at The Bounty, Bounty Road, Basingstoke. Sunday.

West Berkshire Junior Music Festival, 7pm, The Anvil, Basingstoke. Tuesday & Wednesday.

Kast Off Kinks, 7.45pm, The Lights, Andover. Saturday.

Jazzmanix, 7.30pm, Theatre Royal, Winchester. Sunday.

 

COMEDY

Mitch Benn, 7.30pm, Central Studio, Queen Mary’s College, Basingstoke. Friday.

Kerry Godliman, 7.45pm, in The Forge, at The Anvil, Basingstoke. Sunday.

Andrew Lawrence – There Is No Escape, 8pm, The Lights, Andover. Friday.

Susan Calman: Work-In-Progress, 8pm, New Greenham Arts, Newbury. Saturday.

Norman Lovett – Old & New, 8pm, South Street, Reading. March 27.

 

EXHIBITIONS

The Curious World of Becky Adams – a collector of stories; they became an integral part of her life and are ingrained into the making of her work through a sophisticated use of stitch, vintage fabric and antique ephermera – The Willis Museum, Basingstoke. Free admission. Until Saturday.

Land Marks – a selection of expressive oil-oncanvas landscape paintings, which use the local Hampshire countryside as an inspiration – The Willis Museum, Basingstoke. Until March 29.

Spinning a Yarn – Weaving a Story, with Janet Steer, Whitchurch Silk Mill, Winchester Street, Whitchurch. Until May 31.

Art Exhibition – artists Nick Geering, Nicholas Walsh & Ron Peploe, Sherfield School, Sherfield -on-Loddon. 01256 884800. Until March 28.

Sowings for New Spring – Stories from the Great War 1914-18, Whitchurch Silk Mill, Winchester Street, Whitchurch. Saturday & Sunday.

 

FAMILY FUN

Lego Lost World Zoo, Milestones Museum, Basingstoke Leisure Park. Until April 27.

Ice Tots, 18 months to five years, 11.30am-1pm, every Tuesday, at Planet Ice, Basingstoke Leisure Park. Costs £5, includes juice and biscuits.

Beneath the Trees (where nobody sees) – presented by Hoodwink and the Egg – theatrical experience suitable for ages three to seven years, at Basing House, Old Basing. 01256 463965. Until Saturday.

Felt Ball Making, 10.30am-5pm, Whitchurch Silk Mill, Winchester Street, Whitchurch. Sunday.

 

OUT & ABOUT

Free Sport Relief event at The Malls, Basingstoke – archery, fencing, skiptrix – Friday to Sunday, 10am-4pm.

Hidden Basingstoke. Lasting just over one hour this tour uncovers some of Basingstoke’s lesserknown facts. Meet at Basingstoke Discovery Centre at 11am. Costs £3. Tuesday.

Wellbeing & Leisure Fair, 10am-3pm, The Roger Morris Centre, Eastrop Lane, Basingstoke. Saturday.

Craft Fair, from 10am, Basingstoke Discovery Centre, Festival Place. Saturday.

Record & CD Fair, from 10am, The Lights, Andover. Saturday.

Coffee Day, in aid of The Alzheimer’s Society, 11am-3pm, The Conservative Club, Bounty Road, Basingstoke. Tuesday.

 

OTHER EVENTS

Age Concern Information Day, 10.30am-1pm, St Michael’s Church Cottage, Basingstoke. Wednesday.

Educating Basingstoke – Barbara Applin, of the Basingstoke Archaeological & Historical Society, will highlight many of Basingstoke’s schools and colleges over the years – from 2pm, Basingstoke Discovery Centre, Festival Place. Costs £3. Friday.