THEATRE

THE HAYMARKET, BASINGSTOKE (Box Office 01256 844244) Sister Act. Until Saturday.

The Complete History of Comedy (abridged), 7.30pm. Wednesday.

CENTRAL STUDIO, BASINGSTOKE (Box Office 01256 418318) Jane Eyre, 7pm. May 20-21.

CAMBERLEY THEATRE, CAMBERLEY (Box Office 01276 707600) CAMUS presents 42nd Street. May 19-23.

THEATRE ROYAL, WINCHESTER (Box Office 01962 840440) The Witches of Eastwick. Until Saturday.

THE LIGHTS, ANDOVER (Box Office 01264 368368) Pride and Prejudice, Andover Musical Theatre Company. May 19-23.

THE WATERMILL THEATRE, NEWBURY (Box Office 01635 46044) Far From The Madding Crowd. Until May 23.

CORN EXCHANGE, NEWBURY (Box Office 0845 5218 218) The Rite of Spring/Romeo and Juliet, 7.30pm. May 21.

Gilbert & Sullivan’s Ruddigore, 4pm. Sunday.

YVONNE ARNAUD THEATRE, GUILDFORD (Box Office 01483 440000) Beautiful Thing. Until Saturday.

Dear Lupin. May 18-23.

SALISBURY PLAYHOUSE, SALISBURY (Box Office 01722 320333) Little Shop of Horrors. Until Saturday.

Jeeves & Wooster in Perfect Nonsense. May 19- 23.

THE MAYFLOWER, SOUTHAMPTON (Box Office 023 8071 1811) Top Hat. Until May 23.

NEW VICTORIA THEATRE, WOKING (Box Office 0844 871 7645) Constellations. Until Saturday.

The Producers. May 18-23.

 

MUSIC

The super buskers from Brighton “Top Banana” – The Tea Bar, London Street, Basingstoke. Friday.

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

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

Dylan Moran – 8pm, The Anvil, Basingstoke. Saturday.

Silchester Parish Church presents “A Viennese Soirée” by Five Voices with songs from Strauss, Lehar and Offenbach. Tickets £10, including a glass of wine or soft drink from Ralph Atton (0118 9700825), or Richard Fletcher (0118 9700633). Saturday.

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

Tom Paxton – 7.30pm, The Anvil, Basingstoke. Tuesday.

Don McLean – 8pm, The Anvil, Basingstoke. Wednesday.

Celtic Fiddle Festival – 8.15pm, in The Forge, at The Anvil, Basingstoke. Wednesday.

Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus – 7.45pm, The Anvil, Basingstoke. May 21.

The Upbeat Beatles – The Lights, Andover. Friday.

Roy Orbison & The Traveling Wilburys Tribute – The Brook, Southampton. Friday.

Quintabile Brass Ensemble – 12.30pm, Corn Exchange, Newbury. Friday.

Soul, Funk, Disco & Motown Classics – Jazz Café, Madejski Stadium, Reading. Saturday.

Bog Rolling Stones – The Brook, Southampton. Saturday.

Julie Felix – 8pm, The Lights, Andover. Saturday.

The Voca People – 7.30pm, The Hexagon, Reading. Tuesday.

Maxwell Quartet – 12.30pm, Corn Exchange, Newbury. Wednesday.

Reginald D Hunter – 8pm, The Hexagon, Reading. Wednesday.

Ben Poole Band – The Cellar Bar, Farnham Maltings, Farnham. May 21.

 

COMEDY

Al Murray – 7.30pm, Princes Hall, Aldershot. Friday.

Scoundrels Comedy Club – 8pm, South Street, Reading. Friday.

Dead Poet’s Death Match – 8pm, New Greenham Arts, Newbury. Saturday.

Robert Newman: The Brain Show – 8pm, South Street, Reading. Saturday.

 

EXHIBITIONS

Trench Coat: From Fields to Fashion – display of an original First World War cavalry trench coat and other garments – The Willis Museum, Basingstoke. Until May 31.

Luis Morris – winner of 2014 Open Exhibition (The Gallery), and Lee-Anne Hampson – Record Player (The Headmaster corridor) – Sherfield Gallery, Sherfield School, Sherfield-on-Loddon. Until June 12.

Horizon 20:20 – 10am-4pm, Andover Museum, Church Close, Andover. Until May 30.

Hampshire Vehicles – Andover Museum, 6 Church Close, Andover. May 23-30.

 

OUT AND ABOUT

May Market – 10am-3pm, Sherfield-on- Loddon Village Hall, Sherfield-on-Loddon, near Basingstoke. Saturday.

Popley Festival – 11am, Popley Fields, Carpenters Down, Popley, Basingstoke. Sunday.

Spring Autojumble – over 1,000 stands of motoring parts, accessories and automobilia – Beaulieu Motor Museum, New Forest. Saturday & Sunday.

Winchester Science Centre – 100 hands-on exhibits and the largest stand-alone planetarium in the UK. Open seven days a week.

Countryside Day – 9am-5pm, Sparsholt College, Sparsholt, near Winchester. Saturday.

 

OTHER EVENTS

Craft-Tea – Join the Craft-Tea party at Hobbycraft, Basingstoke, this children’s hospice week and celebrate everything that is great about making and baking. They’ll be crafty activities and tasty treats galore – 11am-4pm, Hobbycraft, Winchester Road, Basingstoke. All funds raised will support our local children’s hospice. Saturday.

Basingstoke Discovery Centre: Friday, 9.30am- 11.30am, Child Health Clinic, 1pm, Make a Crochet Rug, costs £38, three-week course; Saturday, 10am, free Saturday Activities for Children – film – Hiccup and Toothless are back in this action packed dragon training sequel; Monday, 10am-noon, Knit & Knatter; Wednesday, 10.30am, Rhymetime.

English Wines Past & Present – a talk by Roger Marchbanks – 2pm, Basingstoke Discovery Centre, Festival Place. Costs £5, booking in advance suggested. Tuesday.

The Old Alresford Dramatic Society will be performing Sudden Death - at the Christy Hall, Old Alresford. Tickets £12. Tel: 01962 736257 or email boxoffice@oa-toads.org.uk. Until Saturday.

Café Scientifique – young and old can come together to discuss science and technology for the future – The Tea Bar, London Street, Basingstoke. Monday.

An illustrated talk presented by the Friends of the Willis Museum “The Four Seasons of Cyprus” ¬ 7.30pm, The Willis Museum, Basingstoke. Visitors £2. Pre-book on 01256 465902. May 21.