THEATRE

THE ANVIL, BASINGSTOKE (Box Office 01256 844844) La Traviata, 7.30pm. Sunday.

The Russian State Ballet and Orchestra of Siberia. February 19-21.

THE HAYMARKET, BASINGSTOKE (Box Office 01256 844844) Table Manners. Until Saturday.

The First Time Machine, 7pm. Tuesday.

QUEEN MARY’S HALL, BASINGSTOKE (Box Office 01256 418318) Evita, 7.30pm. Until Saturday.

THE HEXAGON, READING (Box Office 0118 960 6060) The Ghost Train. Friday & Saturday.

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

Avon Calling. Saturday & Sunday.

Curtains. February 18-21.

SOUTH HILL PARK, BRACKNELL (Box Office: 01344 484123) Blood Brothers. Until Saturday.

CORN EXCHANGE, NEWBURY (Box Office 0845 5218 218) The Snail and the Whale. Tuesday & Wednesday.

YVONNE ARNAUD THEATRE, GUILDFORD. (Box Office 01483 44 00 00) Sister Act. Until Saturday.

No Frills – The Flamenco Dance Show (Mill Studio) – 8pm. Friday & Saturday.

Old Macdonald had a Farm (Mill Studio). Monday.

The Business of Murder. February 17-21.

NUFFIELD THEATRE, SOUTHAMPTON (Box Office 023 8067 1771) 84 Charing Cross Road. Until February 28.

The Tiger Who Came to Tea. February 17-21.

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 (pictured). Until February 28.

 

MUSIC

Valentine’s Disco – 7.30pm-10pm, Planet Ice Arena, Leisure Park, Basingstoke. Friday.

Daryl Kellie – The Tea Bar, London Street, Basingstoke. Friday.

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

Rumours of Fleetwood Mac – 7.15pm, The Anvil, Basingstoke. Friday.

Geoff Eales – 7pm, in The Forge, at The Anvil, Basingstoke. Friday.

Punk Music Night – featuring The Featherz, Petrol Girls, Hancock & Amethyst Kyss – The Irish Centre, Council Road, Basingstoke. Saturday.

Valentine’s Special with super buskers from Brighton Top Banana – The Tea Bar, London Street, Basingstoke. Saturday.

The Supreme Fabulettes – 7.45pm, The Anvil, Basingstoke. Saturday.

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

Steeleye Span – 7.30pm, The Haymarket, Basingstoke. Wednesday.

Philharmonia Orchestra – 7.45pm, The Anvil, Basingstoke. Wednesday.

Bollywood Valentine Eve – Jazz Café, Madejski Stadium, Reading. Friday.

Rob Heron and the Tea Pad Orchestra – 7.45pm, The Lights, Andover. Friday.

Ultimate Elton & The Rocket Band – The Brook, Southampton. Friday.

Monster Ceilidh Band – 7.45pm, Corn Exchange, Newbury. Friday.

Limehouse Lizzy – South Street, Reading. Friday.

Oasis UK – The Brook, Southampton. Saturday.

Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman – 7.45pm, The Lights, Andover. Saturday.

Jackson Live in Concert – 7.45pm, Princes Hall, Aldershot. Wednesday.

English Chamber Orchestra – 7.30pm, The Hexagon, Reading. Wednesday.

Thirdsday Blues – Big Boy Bloater and the Limits – South Street, Reading. February 19.

 

COMEDY 

Matt Parker: Now in 4D – 8pm, New Greenham Arts, Newbury. Friday.

POP! A Magical Comedy Show – 11am & 2pm, South Street, Reading. Wednesday.

 

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.

The Olden Days of WH Allen – an exhibition of works by WH Allen – Allen Gallery, Alton. Until April 1.

Lost World Zoo Exhibition – Andover Museum. Until April 18.

 

OUT & ABOUT

Cake Sale – in aid of the Poppy Appeal – 1pm-3pm, Royal British Legion Hall, Crown Lane, Old Basing. Saturday.

Make a Home for Nature – free event, ages five years plus – 1pm-3pm, Alice Holt Woodland Park, Bucks Horn Oak, Farnham. Tel: 01483 326266. Tuesday.

Den Building – ages eight years plus, costs £8 per child – 1pm-3pm, Alice Holt Woodland Park, Bucks Horn Oak, Farnham. Tel: 01483 326266. February 19.

 

OTHER EVENTS

Basingstoke Discovery Centre: Friday, 10am-1pm, Craft Club; Saturday, 10am-1pm, Discover Boardgames; Tuesday, 11am-1pm, Volunteers Drop-in, Free Children s Film Screening, 2pm, IT Workshop, 2pm, costs £6; Wednesday, 10am, Charlie’s Storytelling Party.

Chinese New Year – have a go at a variety of family activities including a Chinese Paper Art workshop, 10am-10.30am and 10.30am-11am, costs £3 per person, booking in advance (01256 465902). There is also a traditional Chinese dance demonstration at 11am and a martial art demonstration at noon – The Willis Museum, Basingstoke. February 19.

Love Poems – 2pm-4pm, Jane Austen’s House Museum, Chawton, Alton. Saturday.

Thursday Night Film – free admission – 8pm for 8.30pm start, watch a film, drink a beer – Lounge Bar, Alton Community Centre, Alton. February 19.

Half-term activities – Follow the Space Trail activity, free event – Aldershot Military Museum. Until February 22.

Half-term activities – free admission – Andover Museum. Until February 21.

Guided Tour of Museum of the Iron Age – ages 11 plus, book in advance (01264 366283) – 7.30pm-9pm, Andover Museum, Wednesday.