THEATRE

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

Stone Cold Murder. March 22-28.

CENTRAL STUDIO, BASINGSTOKE (Box Office 012156 418318) Directors Pieces, 7pm. March 25-26.

PROTEUS CREATION SPACE, BASINGSTOKE (Box Office 01256 321621) The Bonkers Balloon Science Show. Until Sunday.

Time Travellers! 10am-2pm. Sunday.

THE LIGHTS, ANDOVER (Box Office 01264 368368) Puss in Boots, 11am. Saturday.

Masters of the House, 7.45pm. Saturday.

Jane Eyre, 7.30pm. Tuesday.

THEATRE ROYAL, WINCHESTER (Box Office 01962 840440) The Full Monty. Until Saturday.

Figure Ground, 7.30pm. Tuesday.

Captain Flinn & the Pirate Dinosaurs. March 25-26.

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

The Wolves of Willoughby Chase. March 25-28.

YVONNE ARNAUD THEATRE, GUILDFORD.

(Box Office 01483 44 00 00) Bird Song. Until Saturday.

Oh What a Lovely War. March 24-28.

SALISBURY PLAYHOUSE, SALISBURY (Box Office 01722 320 333) Posh. Until April 4.

THE MILL AT SONNING, SONNING EYE, READING (Box Office 0118 969 8000) Educating Rita. Until Saturday.

THE MAYFLOWER, SOUTHAMPTON (Box Office 023 8071 1811) To Kill a Mockingbird. Until Saturday.

Chorus! Wednesday.

NEW VICTORIA THEATRE, WOKING (Box Office 0844 871 7645) Jersey Boys. Until March 28.

 

MUSIC

Acoustic Live Lounge Session – The Tea Bar, London Street, Basingstoke. Friday.

DJ Gary Cee – Back to the 80s Request Fest – The White Hart, London Road, Basingstoke. Friday.

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

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

Skankin Steve’s Soundsystem – includes a selection of classic dub, reggae, rocksteady and ska favourites – from 8pm, Basingstoke Railway Club. Entry £1. Saturday.

Julie Felix – 8.15pm, in The Forge, at The Anvil, Basingstoke. Saturday.

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

Orchestra Unwrapped – 1pm, The Anvil, Basingstoke (sold out). Monday.

Ruby Tuesday – Vintage Thieves, The Seasons in Shorthand, Paul Curtis – Rhu Bar, London Street, Basingstoke. Tuesday.

The Tiger Lillies – 7.30pm, The Haymarket, Basingstoke. Tuesday.

Berkshire Maestros West Berkshire Junior Music Festival – The Anvil, Basingstoke. March 24-26.

Mad Dog Mcrea, Longer Road – 8pm, the Lights, Andover. Friday.

Mercury – The Brook, Southampton. Friday.

Johnny Cash Roadshow – Corn Exchange, Newbury. Friday.

Dr Hook featuring Ray Sawyer – The Brook, Southampton. Saturday.

Replic8 Band & DJ – Jazz Café, Madejski Stadium, Reading. Saturday.

Songbird: The Music of Eva Cassidy – 7.45pm, Corn Exchange, Newbury. March 26.

Onyx Brass – 7.30pm, The Lights, Andover. March 26.

Stevie Nimmo Trio – Cellar Bar, Farnham Maltings, Farnham. March 26.

 

COMEDY

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

Caroline Horton - Penelope Retold – 8pm, South Street, Reading. Wednesday.

Roy Chubby Brown – 8pm, The Hexagon, Reading. Wednesday.

 

EXHIBITIONS

Children’s Art – the accumulation of local artist and tutor Sandy Kendall’s work with young people, creating quality children’s art from a variety of materials – Proteus Creation Space, Council Road, Basingstoke. March 21-April 3.

Bricks in Motion – Milestones Museum, Basingstoke Leisure Park. Until April 26.

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 AND ABOUT

Art and Craft Exhibition and Fair – 10.30am-4pm, Pamber Heath Memorial Hall. Saturday.

Antique Bottle & Collector's Fayre – 10.30am-1.30pm, Alton Community Centre, Amery Street, Alton. Sunday.

Vintage Fair & Tea Room – 10am-4pm, Alton Assembly Rooms, High Street, Alton. Sunday.

 

OTHER EVENTS

Basingstoke Discovery Centre: Friday, 9.30am-11.30am, Child Health Clinic; Saturday, 10am, Portrait Photography Workshop, costs £35; Tuesday, 9.30am-11.30am, Child Health Clinic, 11am-1pm, Volunteers Drop-in, 1pm-3pm, IT Workshop, costs £6.

Shakespeare Week – Shipwreck, Magic and a Monster! – participate in bringing the atmospheric Tudor ruins of Basing House to life as inspiration, stage and set for this fully interactive re-telling of the Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’ – for children age seven plus – 11.30am-3.30pm, Basing House, Old Basing. To book your place, call 01256 463965. Sunday.

The Royal Ballet present Swan Lake – Encore – from the Royal Opera House – 2pm, Odeon Cinema, Basingstoke. Sunday.

Open Sight Equipment and Information Day – 10am-2pm, Tadley District Community Association, Newchurch Road, Tadley. March 26.

Pies and Prejudice: cooking with Jane Austen – food historian Dr Annie Gray cooks some of the dishes from the era – 11am-3pm, Jane Austen’s House Museum, Chawton, Alton. Sunday.

Speed Dating with The Breeze FM – The Tea Bar, London Street, Basingstoke. Wednesday.

Gwen the Felt Maker – demonstrations – 10.30am-4pm, Whitchurch Silk Mill, Winchester Street, Whitchurch. Wednesday.