THEATRE

THE ANVIL, BASINGSTOKE (Box Office 01256 844244) Hot Flush!, 7.30pm. Friday.

THE HAYMARKET, BASINGSTOKE (Box Office 01256 844244) Thoroughly Modern Millie. Until Saturday.

CENTRAL STUDIO, BASINGSTOKE (Box Office 01256 418318) Macbeth, 7.30pm. Friday; Table, 7pm. April 2-3; Footsteps, 7pm. April 2-3.

PROTEUS CREATION SPACE, BASINGSTOKE (Box Office 01256 321621) Glengarry Glen Ross, 7.30pm. Until Saturday.

THE LIGHTS, ANDOVER (Box Office 01264 368368) Sherlock Holmes, 7.30pm. Wednesday.

THEATRE ROYAL, WINCHESTER (Box Office 01962 840 440) The Russian Doctor. Until Friday; Anything Goes. Sunday; Scratch Shakespeare. Monday; Wessex Dance Academy, 7pm. Wednesday.

WATERMILL THEATRE, NEWBURY (Box Office 01635 46044) Life Lessons. Until Saturday; Sense and Sensibility. April 3-May 10.

SALISBURY PLAYHOUSE, SALISBURY (Box Office 01722 320 333) Worst Wedding Ever. Until April 19.

THE MILL AT SONNING, SONNING EYE, READING (Box Office 0118 969 8000) Enchanted April. Until May 17.

YVONNE ARNAUD THEATRE, GUILDFORD (Box Office 01483 44000) Dracula. Monday & Tuesday; Wuthering Heights. April 3-5; Death and the Maiden (Mill Studio). April 3-5.

THE MAYFLOWER, SOUTHAMPTON (Box Office 023 8071 1811) Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake. Until Saturday.

Buddy The Buddy Holly Story. March 31- April 5.

 

MUSIC

Eugene Hideaway Bridges, 7.45pm, in The Forge, at The Anvil, Basingstoke. Friday.

DJ Gary Cee, The White Hart, London Road, Basingstoke. Friday.

The Lions Club of Basingstoke present ‘A Grand Concert’ performed by The Hampshire Guitar Orchestra and The Basingstoke Rock Choir – 7pm for 7.30pm, Queen Mary’s Hall, Queen Mary’s College, Basingstoke. Tickets £12, from 01256 421867, 01256 352393, or mauricehockley@hotmail.com. Saturday.

‘It’s a Vinyl Thing’ – old school tunes – The Tea Bar, London Street, Basingstoke. Saturday.

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

Stripped Chevy + Fairfolk + Paul Dennis, The Bounty, Bounty Road, Basingstoke. Sunday.

Afternoon Tea & Jazz with the Mike Miller Jazz Trio. Tea for two is £20. Advance bookings only – The Tea Bar, London Street, Basingstoke. Sunday.

Café Vivo team – an evening of live music – from 7pm, The Tea Bar, London Street, Basingstoke. Sunday.

Basingstoke Symphony Orchestra, 7pm, The Anvil, Basingstoke. Sunday.

Steve Forbert, 7.30pm, in The Forge, at The Anvil, Basingstoke. Sunday.

We’ve Only Just Begun, 7.45pm, The Anvil, Basingstoke. April 3.

The Beauty or the Beast? 8pm, in The Forge, at The Anvil, Basingstoke. April 3.

Voodoo Room celebrate the iconic music of Jimi Hendrix & Cream, South Street Arts Centre, Reading. Friday.

Gorgeous George plus guests, The Railway, Winchester. Friday.

Runrig – Party on the Tour, 7.30pm, The Hexagon, Reading. Friday.

The Silver Beatles, The Brook, Southampton. Friday.

Rufus Stone, The Brook, Southampton. Saturday.

Killer Queen, 8pm, The Hexagon. Saturday.

Elkie Brooks, Corn Exchange, Newbury. Sunday.

Alison Moyet, 7pm, City Hall, Salisbury. Wednesday.

Julian & Jiaxin Lloyd-Webber – Tale of Two Cellos – Camberley Theatre, Camberley. Wednesday.

Laurence Jones Band, Cellar Bar, Farnham Maltings, Farnham. April 3.

 

COMEDY

Comedy Night, in aid of charity, 7.30pm, Rec- Soc Theatre, AWE, Aldermaston. Saturday.

Jimeoin, 8pm, The Anvil, Basingstoke. Saturday.

Comedy Club, Camberley Theatre, Camberley. Friday.

The Only Way Is Downton, Corn Exchange, Newbury. Friday.

Rob Newman's New Theory of Evolution, 8pm, The Lights, Andover. Friday.

Sarah Millican, The Mayflower Theatre, Southampton. Sunday.

 

EXHIBITIONS & TALKS

Jack the Ripper – historian Rupert Matthews has studied the efforts of the police to catch the killer, the reactions of the people on the streets and the reactions of those most affected by the terror – 2pm, Basingstoke Discovery Centre, Festival Place. Costs £3. Monday.

Paul Kidby Discworld and Beyond – this exhibition showcases the wonderful book covers and illustrations for Pratchett’s novels – The Willis Museum, Basingstoke. Until June 28.

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

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

 

FAMILY FUN

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

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

 

OUT & ABOUT

Hidden Basingstoke – a walk of the town with Hidden Britain tours – 11am, Basingstoke Discovery Centre, Basingstoke. Costs £3. Booking suggested. Tuesday.

Mother’s Day Pamper Night & Spring Fair, 7.30pm-9.30pm, Castle Hill Infant School, Winklebury Way, Basingstoke. Friday.

The Vintage Bazaar – 9am-3pm, Victoria Hall, Hartley Wintney. Admission £2. Saturday.

Mother’s Day Madness Craft Fair, from 10am, The Vyne, Sherborne St John. Normal admission applies. Sunday.

 

OTHER EVENTS

Free Film Screening – The Fifth Estate (15) – 2pm, Basingstoke Discovery Centre, Festival Place. April 3.

Basingstoke Discovery Centre: Friday, 10am- 1pm, Craft Club; Saturday, from 1pm, Everyday First Aid, costs £3.