THEATRE

THE HAYMARKET, BASINGSTOKE (Box Office 01256 844244) Footsteps Dance School, 2pm & 6.30pm. Saturday.

THE LIGHTS, ANDOVER (Box Office 01264 368368) Amazing Grazing – featuring One Man, His Mud and His Mutt, 7.30pm. July 24.

THE HEXAGON, READING (Box Office 0118 960 6060) Angelina Ballerina – The Mousical. Friday to Sunday.

CORN EXCHANGE, NEWBURY (Box Office 0845 5218 218) NT Encore: Skylight. Saturday.

The Closure of Craig Solly (New Greenham Arts), 8pm. Saturday.

THEATRE ROYAL, WINCHESTER (Box Office 01962 840440) Avenue Q. Until Saturday.

WATERMILL THEATRE, NEWBURY (Box Office: 01635 46044) Calamity Jane. Until September 6.

THE MILL AT SONNING, SONNING EYE, READING (Box Office 0118 969 8000) Stone Cold Murder. Until July 26.

THE MAYFLOWER, SOUTHAMPTON (Box Office 023 8071 1811) The Lion King. Until September 6.

 

MUSIC

Ska! Reggae, Mod, Motown – from 8.30pm, Basingstoke Railway Club. Entry £1. Saturday.

Connie Deadman – The Tea Bar, London Street, Basingstoke. Saturday.

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

Paul Carrack – The Brook, Southampton. Friday.

Live Showcase – Ancient Voices – The Railway, Winchester. Friday.

Roxy Magic – The Brook, Southampton. Saturday.

Roots – Open Mic Night – The Railway, Winchester. Monday.

Rainbow Girls – The Railway, Winchester. Tuesday.

Aynsley Lister Band – Cellar Bar, Farnham Maltings, Farnham. July 24.

Steven Seagal – The Brook, Southampton. July 24.

 

COMEDY

The Incredible Paul F Taylor & Nick Hodder – Edinburgh Comedy Previews – four performers – 8pm, White Hart, London Road, Basingstoke. Tickets £3 in advance aureliaarts@live.co.uk. Wednesday.

Mark Thomas – Work in Progress – Corn Exchange, Newbury. Friday.

Lloyd Griffiths & Paul McCaffrey – 8pm, South Street, Reading. Friday.

Monty Python Live – 7pm, Corn Exchange, Newbury. Sunday.

Jason Manford: First World Problems – 8pm, Corn Exchange. Tuesday & Wednesday.

Scoundrels Comedy Club: Rhys James & Tom Price – The Railway, Winchester. July 24.

 

EXHIBITIONS

Bronzes for the World: the Morris Singer Foundry – 10am-4pm, Tuesdays to Saturday’s, The Willis Museum, Basingstoke. Until August 23.

The Artists Rifles exhibition – Sainsbury Gallery, The Willis Museum, Basingstoke. Until September 27.

Dream Weavers by Joanna Rose Tidey – 10.30am-5pm (not Mondays), Whitchurch Silk Mill, Winchester Street, Whitchurch. Until August 31.

 

FAMILY FUN

Wild at White’s Teddy Bear’s Picnic – Family Fun – 10.30am-5.15pm, Gilbert White's House and Garden And The Oates Collection, Selborne, Alton. Until July 31.

Big Camping Weekend – The Vyne, Sherborne St John, Basingstoke. Saturday & Sunday. (sold out)

Delve into the Dig Pits – you will be shown some basic excavation techniques and supervised in use of the trowel and object recording – Basing House, Old Basing. 01256 463965. July 24.

House Detectives – follow clues around Basing House to find the answer to an age-old mystery – Basing House, Old Basing. 01256 463965. July 24.

 

OUT AND ABOUT

Farnborough Air Show – 0844 209 1746 or Farnborough.com. Saturday & Sunday. 

Basingstoke Mixed Hockey Festival 2014 – Down Grange Sports Complex, Pack Lane, Basingstoke. Friday to Sunday.

Food Festival – Taste of Hampshire – Sparsholt College, Sparsholt, near Winchester. Saturday.

Garden Open Day – 2pm-5pm, Longstock Park Nursery, Longstock, Stockbridge. Sunday.

 

OTHER EVENTS

Basingstoke Discovery Centre: Friday, 10am-1pm, Craft Club; Saturday, 10am-1pm, Discover Boardgames; Monday, 1.30pm-3pm, Monday Meet Up; Wednesday, 2pm-4pm, Knit & Knatter.

Free Film Screenings: Dallas Buyers Club (15) – 1pm & 3.30pm, Basingstoke Discovery Centre, Festival Place. July 24.