THEATRE

THE ANVIL, BASINGSTOKE (Box Office 01256 844244) The World is Not Enough – 2pm & 7.30pm. Saturday.

THE HAYMARKET, BASINGSTOKE (Box Office 01256 844244) Pongo’s Party, 2pm. Saturday & Sunday.

Out of this World with Hatch Warren Infant School, 6.30pm. Wednesday.

CORN EXCHANGE, NEWBURY (Box Office 0845 5218 218) ENO Encore: Carmen, 7pm. Saturday.

NT LIVE: Everyman, 7pm. July 16.

THEATRE ROYAL, WINCHESTER (Box Office 01962 840440) Much Ado About Nothing. Until Saturday.

All I Want. Sunday.

Wessex Dance Academy. July 16.

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

THE WATERMILL, NEWBURY (Box Office 01635 46044) A Little History Of The World. July 14-25.

SALISBURY PLAYHOUSE, SALISBURY (Box Office 01722 320 333) Evita. July 13-19.

THE MAYFLOWER, SOUTHAMPTON (Box Office 023 8071 1811) Shrek The Musical. Until July 26.

NEW VICTORIA THEATRE, WOKING (Box Office 0844 871 7601) Top Hat. Until July 18.

 

MUSIC

We Never Learned To Live + Eschar + For Astronauts and Satellites + Black Nevada – Sanctuary, London Street, Basingstoke. Friday.

Acoustic Live Lounge with Rob Hayes – from 8.30pm, The Tea Bar, London Street, Basingstoke. Friday.

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

Daryl Kellie – from 8.30pm, The Tea Bar, London Street, Basingstoke. Saturday.

Traffiker – Basingstoke Blues Club, Moose Centre, Churchill Way, Basingstoke. Entry £8 on door. Saturday.

Basingstoke Live – War Memorial Park, Basingstoke. Saturday, 1pm-10.30pm, & Sunday, 1pm-7pm.

The Kingsclere Singers – includes works by Mozart, Chilcott, Goodall, Rutter and others – concert starts at 7.30pm in Silchester Parish Church. Saturday.

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

Chillax Café Day – Live music performed by a variety of artists throughout the day – free event – 11am-4pm, Oasis Community Café, United Reformed Church, London Street, Basingstoke. Saturday.

Festival Sound Stage Launch – in conjunction with Dawsons Music to hear the region’s up and coming acts perform – noon-4pm, Festival Place, Basingstoke. Saturday.

Dire Straits played by “Money For Nothing” – The Brook, Southampton. Friday.

The Originals + DJ – Jazz Café, Madejski Stadium, Reading. Friday.

Big Girls Don’t Cry – Corn Exchange, Newbury. Friday.

Atomic Blondie – The Brook, Southampton. Saturday.

Thirdsday Blues - Daniel Smith Blues and Boogie Band – South Street, Reading. July 16.

 

EXHIBITIONS

The Horse in War and Peace – sculpture exhibition by Robert Truscott – Unit 3, Town Hall, Wote Street, Basingstoke. Until Sunday.

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 Saturday.

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.

Dino Artist – Drawn to Dinosaurs exhibition – Andover Museum, Church Close, Andover. Until September 5.

 

OUT AND ABOUT

Overton Annual Fancy Dress Wheelbarrow Race – Overton Scarecrow Festival gets underway with the wheelbarrow race around the village – starting at 7.15pm, Overton. Friday.

Grand Fete – noon-5pm, Overton Recreation Ground, Overton. Saturday.

Summer Fayre – 1pm-4pm, Hatch Warren Community Centre, Basingstoke. Saturday.

Ashford Hill Primary School Fete – noon-3pm, at the School, in Ashford Hill Road, Ashford Hill. Saturday.

Whitchurch Parish Fete – 12.30pm-4.30pm, at The Lawn, in Church Street, Whitchurch. Saturday.

Open Garden – 2pm-6pm, West Silchester Hall, Silchester. Sunday.

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 Sunday.

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

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

 

OTHER EVENTS

Robin Hood the Musical – 2pm-4pm, Basing House, Old Basing. Sunday.

Stained glass making workshop – stained glass artist and tutor Robert Verner-Jeffreys will guide people through working with a glass panel and paint to create a piece of stained glass – 10am- 5pm, Aristology Café and Makery at Proteus Creation Space, Council Road, Basingstoke. Call 07720 854357, Costs £60, including refreshments and a light lunch. Saturday.

Textile Alchemist – Paula Ibberson Groves – will be demonstrating machinery embroidery – 10.30am-4pm, Whitchurch Silk Mill, Whitchurch. Saturday.

Dinosaur Clay Workshop – make a clay model of your favourite dinosaur – 10.30m-12.30pm & 1.30pm-3.30pm, Willis Museum, Basingstoke. Costs £7 per child, adults free. Call 01256 465902. Saturday.

Giant Balloon Installation – watch balloon modellers create characters in a tropical theme – all day from 11am, The Malls Shopping Centre, Basingstoke. Saturday.

Charity Tea Dance – from 2.30pm, Pemberley House, Grove Road, Basingstoke. Call 01256 632000. Wednesday.