UP to 23 MAY: Far From the Madding Crowd, at the Watermill Theatre, Newbury, at 7.30pm. Matinee on Saturday at 2.30pm.

UP to 23 MAY: Jeeves & Wooster in Perfect Nonsense, at the Salisbury Playhouse, at 7.30pm. Matinees on Friday and Saturday at 2.15pm.

UP to 23 MAY: Absent Friends by Alan Ayckbourn, at the Theatre Royal, Winchester, at 7.30pm. Matinee on Saturday at 2.30pm.

23 MAY: Swing Unlimited All Stars Big Band, at The Haymarket, Basingstoke, at 7.30pm.

23 MAY: Only Men Aloud, at The Anvil, Basingstoke, at 7.45pm.

24 MAY: Philharmonia Orchestra — Sci-Fi, presented by Barry Norman and James Shearman conducting, at The Anvil, Basingstoke, at 7.45pm.

26 MAY: Eddi Reader, at Salisbury City Hall, at 8pm.

26 MAY: From Verdun to Afghanistan: The Hundred Years’ War, at the Salisbury Arts Centre, at 8pm.

27 MAY: Jeremy Hardy, at The Haymarket, Basingstoke, at 8pm.

29 MAY: The Real Thing, at The Lights, Andover, at 7.45pm.

29 MAY: Jackie Oates Band, at The Forge, Basingstoke, at 7.45pm.

29 MAY: Reginald D Hunter — The Man Who Attempted To Do As Much As Such, at Salisbury City Hall, at 8pm.

30 MAY: Alan Johnson, In Conversation: Please, Mister Postman, at the Salisbury Arts Centre, at 4pm.

30 MAY: Roy Chubby Brown, at The Lights, Andover, at 7.30pm.

30 MAY: The Fureys, at The Haymarket, Basingstoke, at 7.30pm.

30 MAY: Elvis Costello — Detour, at Salisbury City Hall, at 8pm 30 MAY: Shappi Khorsandi: ‘Because I’m Shappi ...’, at the Salisbury Arts Centre, at 8pm.