THEATRE

THE HAYMARKET, BASINGSTOKE (Box Office 01256 844844) The Snail and the Whale. Until Saturday.

Wessex Dance Academy, 7.30pm. Tuesday.

Table Manners. February 11-14.

CENTRAL STUDIO, BASINGSTOKE (Box Office 01256 418318) The Magic Porridge Pot & Other Tasty Tales, 11am. Saturday.

Evita, 7.30pm. February 11-14.

WILLIAM PENNEY THEATRE, ALDERMASTON (tickets@boundaryplayers.co.uk or 07756 141734) Just The Ticket, 7.30pm. Until Saturday.

THE HEXAGON, READING (Box Office 0118 960 6060) La Traviata, 7.30pm. Friday.

Brendon Cole: A Night to Remember, 7.30pm. Saturday.

Fascinating Aida: Charm Offensive, 7.30pm. Sunday.

THE WATERMILL THEATRE, NEWBURY (Box Office: 01635 46044) The Secret Adversary. February 12-March 21.

THE LIGHTS, ANDOVER (Box Office 01264 368368) Guys and Dolls. Monday-Wednesday.

THEATRE ROYAL, WINCHESTER (Box Office 01962 840 440) I Believe in Unicorns. Until Saturday.

YVONNE ARNAUD THEATRE, GUILDFORD.

(Box Office 01483 44 00 00) Sister Act. February 7-14.

Shackleton’s Carpenter (Mill Studio). Friday and Saturday.

The Two Halves of Guinness (Mill Studio). February 12.

NUFFIELD THEATRE, SOUTHAMPTON (Box Office 023 8067 1771) Chess. Until Saturday.

84 Charing Cross Road. Until February 28.

THE MILL AT SONNING, SONNING EYE, READING (Box Office 0118 969 8000) Educating Rita. Until March 21.

THE MAYFLOWER, SOUTHAMPTON (Box Office 023 8071 1811) The Bodyguard. February 12-28.

NEW VICTORIA THEATRE, WOKING (Box Office 0844 871 7615) The Full Monty. Until Saturday.

 

MUSIC

Andy Kennedy Jazz Quintet – from 8.30pm, The Tea Bar, London Street, Basingstoke. Friday.

Acoustic Open Mic Night – 7.30pm, Central Studio, Queen Mary’s College, Basingstoke. Friday.

Old Skool Club Classics – Plush Lounge Bar, Wote Street, Basingstoke. Friday.

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Winds – 7.45pm, The Anvil, Basingstoke. Friday.

Six Five Jive Rock ’N’ Roll presents The Heartbeats plus Record Hop with DJ Stompin’ Steve – 7pm-11.45pm, Royal British Legion, Crown Lane, Old Basing. Entry £10 on door. Saturday.

Rob Hayes and guests – The Tea Bar, London Street, Basingstoke. Saturday.

The Cadillac Kings – from 8pm, Basingstoke Blues Club, Moose Centre, Churchill Way, Basingstoke. Entry £8 on door. Saturday.

Saturday Sessions – Plush Lounge Bar, Wote Street, Basingstoke. Saturday.

Basingstoke Symphony Orchestra – 7.45pm, The Anvil, Basingstoke. Saturday.

The Band of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines – 3pm, The Anvil, Basingstoke. Sunday.

Macy Gray – The Anvil, Basingstoke. Tuesday.

St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra, 7.45pm, The Anvil, Basingstoke. Wednesday.

The Chris Barber Band – 7.45pm, The Anvil, Basingstoke. February 12.

Barb Jungr’s Blue Hours with Sarah Mole – New Greenham Arts, Newbury. Friday.

Richard Digance – 7.45pm, The Lights, Andover. Friday.

The Mods – The Brook, Southampton. Friday.

A Sides Band and DJ – Jazz Café, Madejski Stadium, Reading. Saturday.

T’Pau & Carol Decker – 8pm, The Lights, Andover. Saturday.

Green-ish Day – The Brook, Southampton. Saturday.

Blake (pictured) – 7.30pm, Theatre Royal, Winchester. Wednesday.

Robin Bibi Band & special guests – Cellar Bar, Farnham Maltings, Farnham. February 12.

Toyah – Acoustic, Up Close & Personal + support – 7pm-10pm, Sub 89, Friar Street, Reading. February 12.

 

COMEDY

Manford’s Comedy Club, 7pm, The Lights, Andover. Sunday.

 

EXHIBITIONS

Made in China: an imperial Ming – discover how and why this iconic blue-and-white porcelain Ming vase represents a crucial period in China’s history – The Willis Museum, Basingstoke. Until April 4.

 

OUT & ABOUT

VJ Vintage Market – 11am-4pm, Proteus Creation Space, Council Road, Basingstoke. Entry £1 on door, children free. Sunday.

 

OTHER EVENTS

Silchester Players presents The Sleeping Beauty – Silchester Village Hall. Call 0118 9815600. Friday and Saturday.

Genesis Sci-Fi Club – meets in South Ham Library, Paddock Road, South Ham, Basingstoke, from 10am-noon. Saturday.

Holocaust Memorial Day – Survivor Talk – This event is free to attend but a donation to the Holocaust Survivors Centre in London, where Janine attends is very welcome – 2pm-3.30pm, The Willis Museum, Basingstoke. Booking is essential. Saturday.

Basingstoke Archaeological and Historical Society meeting – with Dr Josh Pollard, from the University of Southampton – starting 7.30pm, Church Cottage, Church Square, Basingstoke. February 12.

Discovery Centre events: Friday, 9.30am- 11.30am, Child Health Clinic, 10am-1pm, Friday Craft Club, 2pm-3.30pm, HIP Reading Group. Saturday, National Libraries Day – 10am, free Harry Potter activities, 11am, free Have a Go Day, 11am, Poetry readings with Bryn Strudwick, costs £2. Also Saturday, 2pm, Singing Workshop, costs £3. Monday, 10am-noon, Knit & Knatter. Tuesday, 2pm, ‘Lavender Fields’ with Tim Butler, costs £3.