THEATRE

THE HAYMARKET, BASINGSTOKE (Box Office 01256 844244) Sherlock Holmes and the Ripper Murders, 7.30pm. Friday.

Bramley Primary School presents Edith’s Wartime Scrapbook, 6.30pm. Wednesday.

Moving Experience 2015 – Steps in Time, 7.30pm. July 2.

PROTEUS CREATION SPACE, BASINGSTOKE (Box Office 01256 354541) Anyday, 11am & 4pm. Saturday.

Dream Sequence, 7.30pm. Wednesday.

CENTRAL STUDIO, BASINGSTOKE (Box Office 01256 418318) Chatroom, 7.30pm. Until Friday.

THE HEXAGON, READING (Box Office 0118 960 6060) Fame: The Musical. Saturday & Sunday.

CORN EXCHANGE, NEWBURY (Box Office 0845 5218 218) The Other Half – Mark Billingham and My Darling Clementine. Until Friday.

THE WATERMILL THEATRE, NEWBURY (Box Office 01635 46044) The Deep Blue Sea. Until July 4.

YVONNE ARNAUD THEATRE, GUILDFORD (Box Office 01483 44 00 00) The History Boys. Until June 27.

Oliver! July 2-4.

The MILL AT SONNING, SONNING EYE, READING (Box Office 0118 969 8000) Boeing Boeing. Until August 1.

THE WATERMILL, NEWBURY (Box Office 01635 46044) The Deep Blue Sea. Until July 4.

SALISBURY PLAYHOUSE, SALISBURY (Box Office 01722 320 333) Romeo and Juliet. Until Saturday.

Mrs Warren’s Profession. June 30-July 4.

THE MAYFLOWER, SOUTHAMPTON (Box Office 023 8071 1811) The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Until July 4.

 

MUSIC

Elvis Costello – Detour – 8pm, The Anvil, Basingstoke. Friday.

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

Brink Theory + Cute Cute Death + It Varies + Delayed Departure – Sanctuary, London Street, Basingstoke. Saturday.

Music for a Summer Evening – 7.30pm-9.30pm, St Mary’s Church, Old Basing. Tickets £10, includes refreshment, from 07541 698235. Saturday.

Russell Watson – 7.30pm, The Anvil, Basingstoke. Saturday.

It’s a Vinyl Thing – 8pm, The Tea Bar, London Street, Basingstoke. Saturday.

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

Afternoon Tea and Jazz – 1pm-5pm, The Tea Bar, London Street, Basingstoke. Sunday.

Charles Church Camberley Band – 3pm-5pm, Eastrop Park, Basingstoke. Sunday.

Hampshire County Youth Orchestra – 4pm, The Anvil, Basingstoke. Sunday.

Key Note Blue Band + DJ – Jazz Café, Madejski Stadium, Reading. Friday.

Hi-On Maiden – The Brook, Southampton. Friday.

Darklands – club night playing post-punk, fuzz, C86, Goth, Electronic, Indie pop and Industrial – South Street, Reading. Saturday.

The Johnny Cash Roadshow – The Brook, Southampton, Saturday.

Billy Walton Band – The Brook, Southampton. Sunday.

Holy Moly and the Crackers – 8pm, South Street, Reading. Tuesday.

 

COMEDY

Friday Night Comedy – 7pm, The Tea Bar, London Street, Basingstoke. Tickets £12. Friday.

Katherine Ryan – Glam Role Model – 8pm, The Haymarket, Basingstoke. Sunday.

 

EXHIBITIONS

Roundabout Quilters: The Show – a feast of stitch and colour will be on show at the first ever display of quilts, wall hangings, bags and cushions made by the members of Roundabout Quilters – Saturday, 10am-4pm; Sunday, noon-5pm, All Saints Church, Southern Road, Basingstoke.

Thread Colour Stitch – an exhibition to celebrate the excellence and diversity of textiles produced by members of the Basingstoke branch of the Embroiderers’ Guild – The Willis Museum and Sainsbury Gallery, Basingstoke. Until July 11.

Dinosaurs in Your Garden – The Willis Museum, Basingstoke. Until August 2.

Dinosaur Hunters – discover some of the earliest dinosaur hunters before encountering five life-size animatronic dinosaurs – Milestones Museum, Basingstoke. Until September 27.

 

OUT AND ABOUT

Cheese and Chilli Festival – 10am-5pm, War Memorial Park, Basingstoke. Saturday.

Sylvanian Families Weekend – 10am-4pm, Whitchurch Silk Mill, Whitchurch. Saturday & Sunday.

Summer Fayre – 12.30pm-3.30pm, Cliddesden Primary School, Cliddesden, Basingstoke. Saturday.

Four Lanes Schools Summer Fete – 2pm-5pm, at the schools, Hanmore Road, Chineham, Basingstoke. Saturday.

Dummer Village Fair & Dog Show – 2pm-4.30pm, Dummer Down Farm, Dummer. Saturday.

Hannington Country Fair & BBQ – noon-5pm, Hannington, between Basingstoke and Newbury. Saturday.

Dino Dig – Join dig expert for your very own dino dig and see what fantastic fossils you can unearth – children age six years and above – 2pm-3pm, Milestones Museum, Basingstoke Leisure Park. Costs £7 per child. Weekends only until July 12.

Funpark – weekdays, 5pm-9pm; weekends, 1pm & 5pm-9pm – Milestones Museum, Basingstoke Leisure Park. Until Sunday.

Solfolk – starting with a procession at 11am – a free day of dancing and music, concerts in the village hall, street entertainment, food stalls and a beer festival. There is also a barn dance from 8pm-11.30pm in Sherfield-on-Loddon Village Hall, which costs £10, from 01256 883838. Saturday.

Car Boot Sale – 8.30am-1pm, Basingstoke College of Technology, Worting Road, Basingstoke. Sunday.

Migrating Birds Installation – local artists Louise Hight and Helen Dyne created a special piece inspired by the transient nature of migrating birds and the metamorphosis of evolution – outside The Willis Museum, Basingstoke. Until July 12.

Hidden Basingstoke Guided Walks – meeting outside The Willis Museum, Basingstoke at 10am. Costs £5. Tel: 01256 814222. July 2.

Winchester Science Centre – 100 hands-on exhibits and the largest stand-alone planetarium in the UK – open seven days a week. Saturday Night at the Planetarium, 6pm & 8pm Winchester Science Centre and Planetarium.

 

OTHER EVENTS

Animal Crackers – watch and be watched as the Animal Crackers presenters track, observe and playfully provoke their audience as they become the passing wildlife – 11.20am, 1.30pm & 3pm, The Malls Shopping Centre, Basingstoke. Saturday.

Luna the Aerial Acrobat – 11am, noon, 1pm, 2pm & 3pm, Festival Place Shopping Centre, Basingstoke. Saturday.

Art Workshop – 10am-4pm, Basingstoke Discovery Centre, Festival Place. Costs £35, call 01256 478670. Saturday.

Make a Woolly Creative – drop-in session between 10.30am and 12.30pm, Basingstoke Discovery Centre, Festival Place. Costs £7, materials provided. Call 01256 478670. Saturday.

Hatch Warren Lager Festival – 7pm-11pm, Hatch Warren Community Centre, Basingstoke. Saturday.

All the Nice Girls – 7.30pm, Creative Garage at Springpark Hose, Basing View, Basingstoke. Adults £6, concessions £5, from 01256 354541 or visit proteustheatre.com. Friday.

Fruit and Vegetable Carving – 11am-2pm, The Lime Leaf Restaurant, Winchester Street, Basingstoke. Costs £30, lunch included. Call 01256 355272. Saturday.

As You Like It – 5pm-7pm, Bartons Mill, Old Basing. Call 01256 331153 for tickets. Sunday.

Before the leaves have fallen – Central Studio and Proteus Young People’s Theatre take you back in time to the First World War in 1914 – 7pm, United Reformed Church, London Street, Basingstoke. Tickets from 01256 354541. Monday.

Cascades – A Festival of Flowers – Winchester Cathedral, Winchester. Tickets from 01962 857275 or winchester-cathedral.org.uk. Until Sunday.

Free Ukulele Taster Sessions! – 2pm & 7pm, Viables Community Centre, Basingstoke. Call 01256 473634. Tuesday.

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat – 7pm, Vyne Theatre, The Vyne Community School, Vyne Road, Basingstoke. Adults £4, children £3. Call 01256 473003. July 1-2.

Free Junk Percussion Workshop – 3.15pm-5.15pm, Basingstoke Youth Café, United Reformed Church, London Street, Basingstoke. July 2.