THEATRE

THE HAYMARKET, BASINGSTOKE (Box Office 01256 844244) Fusion Dance Show. Friday & Saturday.

Fatboyz Dance Company. Sunday.

THE HEXAGON, READING (Box Office 0118 960 6060) Sing a long Frozen, 11am & 3pm. Saturday.

Sir Ranulph Fiennes: A Life at the Limits, 7.30pm. Monday.

CAMBERLEY THEATRE, CAMBERLEY (Box Office 01276 707600) The Basil Brush Show. Saturday.

Spotlite Dance presents Dance Dance!! Sunday.

CORN EXCHANGE, NEWBURY (Box Office 0845 5218 218) RSC Live: Merchant of Venice. Wednesday.

THEATRE ROYAL, WINCHESTER (Box Office 01962 840440) Winnall Rock School, 7pm. Friday.

Seussical. Saturday & Sunday.

Just Dance. Monday.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, 7.30pm. Tuesday.

Unman Wittering & Zigo, 7.30pm. Wednesday.

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. Until July 25.

SALISBURY PLAYHOUSE, SALISBURY (Box Office 01722 320 333) Evita. Until Sunday.

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 Saturday.

 

MUSIC

The super buskers from Brighton Top Banana – from 8.30pm, The Tea Bar, London Street, Basingstoke. Friday.

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

My Aim To Farewell (ITA) + V/Vega + Five Miles North of Nowhere – Sanctuary, London Street, Basingstoke. Saturday.

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

Mary Chapin Carpenter – 7.30pm, The Anvil, Basingstoke. Saturday.

Basingstoke Ladies’ Choir with guests Hart Male Voice Choir Concert – 7.30pm, All Saints Church, Southern Road, Basingstoke. Tickets £10 from Dawsons Music, Festival Place, or Jan Hodges on 01256 781035/07771 848437. Saturday.

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

Group Sax – 3pm-5pm, Eastrop Park, Basingstoke. Sunday.

Threepenny Bit – Corn Exchange, Newbury. Friday.

80s Mania – Camberley Theatre, Knoll Road, Camberley. Friday.

RU40 – The Brook, Southampton. Friday.

The Billy Joel Songbook performed by Elio Pace and his band – 7.30pm, Corn Exchange, Newbury. Saturday.

Bon Giovi – The Brook, Southampton. Saturday.

Aynsley Lister Band – The Cellar Bar, Farnham Maltings, Farnham. July 23.

 

COMEDY

So Comedy Live – Corn Exchange, Newbury. Friday.

 

EXHIBITIONS

Dave Thomas – local artist exhibition – Proteus Creation Space, Council Road, Basingstoke. July 20-31.

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.

Dino Explorer and The Collectors exhibition – Allen Gallery, Alton. Until August 22.

 

OUT AND ABOUT

St Michael’s Hospice Summer Fun Day – 9.30am- 3.30pm, in The Malls, Basingstoke town centre. Friday.

Charity Fun Dog Show – 11am-4pm, War Memorial Park, Basingstoke. Sunday.

Alton Bus Rally, the south’s largest free bus rallies! – 10am-5pm, Anstey Park, Anstey Lane, Alton. 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

Basingstoke Discovery Centre: Friday, 9.30am- 11.30am: Child Health Clinic. 10am-1pm: Friday Craft Club. 10.30am-11am: Storytime. Saturday, 10am-1pm: Discover Boardgames, from 9am: Get to know your iPads. 2pm-4pm: Let’s Go Construction Club. Tuesday, 9.30am-11.30am: Child Health Clinic.

Dinosaur-Themed Movie-Making – family animation workshop – 10.30am-12.30pm & 1.30pm-3.30pm, Willis Museum, Basingstoke. Costs £15. Book in advance. Saturday.

Meet Amir the Meerkat and Nazredine Camel – with the jolly japes of this animatronic puppetry and creature-based street entertainer – Festival Place, Basingstoke. Saturday.

Annual Bring and Braai – children’s activities, barbecue, live music – free event, 2pm-11pm, Basingstoke Cricket Ground, May’s Bounty, Basingstoke. Saturday.

Andre Rieu’s Maastricht Concert – 7pm, Odeon Cinema, Basingstoke Leisure Park. Costs £15. Saturday.

Country Market – browse around the stalls offering a wide variety of products – 10am-1pm, Dummer Down Farm, Dummer. Sunday.

On the Trail of Flora Thompson – Beyond Candleford with John Owen Smith – from 2pm, Basingstoke Discovery Centre, Festival Place. Costs £3. Tuesday.

Merchant of Venice – Live RSC – 7pm, Odeon Cinema, Basingstoke Leisure Park. Costs £15. Wednesday.

Second Chance Cinema Club – 1pm & 3.30pm, Basingstoke Discovery Centre, Festival Place. July 23.

Andover Record & CD Fair – 10am-4pm, The Lights, Andover. Saturday.