THEATRE
THEATRE ROYAL, WINCHESTER (Box Office 01962 840 440) Hello Dolly. August 27-30.
YVONNE ARNAUD THEATRE, GUILDFORD.
(Box Office 01483 44 00 00) Film Season 2014. Until Saturday.
Double Death. August 26-30.
Twelfth Night (Mill Studio). August 27-30.
THE HEXAGON, READING.
(Box Office 0118 960 6060) Starmaker Summer Show, 6pm. Friday.
CORN EXCHANGE, NEWBURY (Box Office 0845 5218 218) Lungs, 7.30pm. Wednesday.
Our Teacher’s a Troll. August 28-30.
NEW VICTORIA THEATRE, WOKING (Box Office 0844 871 7677) Agatha Christie’s Black Coffee. Until Saturday.
Rock of Ages. August 25-30.
WATERMILL THEATRE, NEWBURY (Box Office: 01635 46044) Calamity Jane. Until September 6.
THE MILL AT SONNING, SONNING EYE, READING (Box Office 0118 969 8000) Last Confessions of a Scallywag. Until September 27.
THE MAYFLOWER, SOUTHAMPTON (Box Office 023 8071 1811) The Lion King. Until September 6.
MUSIC
CarFest South – Laverstoke Park Farm, Overton. (sold out) Friday-Sunday.
Acoustic Live Lounge Sessions – a fantastic line up of local musicians – The Tea Bar, London Street, Basingstoke. Friday.
Old Skool Classics, Friday; R & B + UK G, Saturday, Plush Lounge Bar, Wote Street, Basingstoke.
Daryl Kellie – The Tea Bar London Street, Basingstoke. Saturday.
Funk, Soul & Motown Magic – The Tea Bar, London Street, Basingstoke. Sunday.
Reggae Memories – Jazz Café, Madejski Stadium, Reading. Friday.
King of Pop – starring ‘NAVI’ – The Brook, Southampton. Friday.
Tom Lowman – The Railway, Winchester. Saturday.
Eric Sardinas & Big Motor – The Brook, Southampton. Saturday.
I Found Loving – The Soul Reunion Party – Jazz Café, Madejski Stadium, Reading. Sunday.
Roots Open Mic Night – The Railway, Winchester. Monday.
EXHIBITIONS
Bronzes for the World: the Morris Singer Foundry – 10am-4pm, Tuesdays to Saturday’s, The Willis Museum, Basingstoke. Until Saturday.
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.
Soldiers’ Journey – Milestones Museum, Basingstoke Leisure Park. Until January 11.
The Games We Played – a nostalgic exhibition exploring some of the most popular and less well-known board and card games from the 1920s through to the 1970s – Andover Museum, Church Close, Andover. Until September 13.
FAMILY FUN
Free Kids Cookie Decorating – 10am-noon, Cakeypigg Tearoom, at Cottismore Garden Centre, Newbury Road, Kingsclere. Every Monday and Thursday in August.
The Big Tree Climb – from 11am, The Vyne, Sherborne St John, Basingstoke. Tickets £15. Friday & Saturday.
Trading Card Game Challenge – demonstrations of the Pokemon Trading Card Game and Cardfight Vanguard – 10am-4pm, Waterstone’s, Festival Place, Basingstoke. Friday.
Pond Dip and Bug Hunt Day – pond dipping sessions – 10am, 11am & noon; bug hunting sessions – 2pm, 3pm & 4pm, Nature Discovery Centre, Lower Way, Thatcham. Pre-booking is required. Friday.
Bugs & Butterflies – free event – activities include sweep netting and beating to catch and identify all sorts of insects plus the chance to catch and identify different types of bees. For the children there is a Spot the Butterfly trail and ‘make your own insect’ – 2pm-4pm, Old Down Hall, Kempshott, Basingstoke. Saturday.
Teddy Bears Picnic – noon-3pm, De Vere Venues, Highfield Park, Heckfield, near Hook. Monday.
Inflatable Weekend – Wellington Country Park, Riseley, between Reading and Basingstoke. Saturday-Monday.
Print Design Drop-in Activity – Drop in between 11am-1pm & 2pm-4pm, The Willis Museum, Basingstoke. Costs £1.50 per design. Tuesday.
Dream Catchers Craft Activity – drop-in between 10am and 4pm, South Ham Library, Paddock Road, Basingstoke. Wednesday.
Flowers and Feathers Children’s Crafts – 10.15am, Tadley Library, Mulfords Hill, Tadley. Wednesday.
Story Time – 11am-11.30am, Waterstone’s, Festival Place, Basingstoke. Wednesday.
Inflatable Obstacle Course – 10.30am-11.45am Sports Centre, Festival Place, Basingstoke. August 28.
Manydown Family Fun Maize Maize – 10am- 5.30pm, Scrapps Hill Farm, Worting Road, Basingstoke. Until September 7.
4 Kingdoms Adventure Farm – family fun, from 10am-6.30pm, Newbury Road, Headley. Until November 3.
OUT AND ABOUT
Swallowfield Show 2014 – opens at 10am, free car park, at Whitehouse Farm, Spencers Wood, Reading. Sunday & Monday.
Car Boot Sale – 8am-1pm, The Vyne Community School, Vyne Road, Basingstoke. Every Saturday & Sunday.
Car Boot Sale – from 12.15pm, Bramley Football Pitch, The Street, Bramley. Sunday.
Giant Car Boot Sale – 8am-1pm, Hillside Nurseries, Alton. Sunday & Monday.
Record & CD Fair – free entry, 10am-4pm, The Lights Theatre, Andover. Saturday.
OTHER EVENTS
‘Once Upon a Time’ – a fairytale story through dance! – 2.30pm, The Vyne Community School, Vyne Road, Basingstoke. Friday.
Poppy Picnic/Strawberry Tea – All Saints Church, Basingstoke. Saturday.
Vets4Pets Roadshow – from 11am, The Vyne, Sherborne St John, Basingstoke. Saturday.
Open Air Theatre Production – Much Ado About Nothing Presented by Chapterhouse Theatre Company – from 6.15pm-10.30pm, Gilbert White’s House & Garden And The Oates Collection, Selborne, Alton. Sunday.
Animal Centre Summer Opening – Sparsholt College, Sparsholt, Winchester.
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