Friday, January 29

Cirencester

  • The Body Workshop performs Route 66 at the Bingham Hall from 7.15pm. A lively and entertaining dance show where 90 dancers, aged seven to 19, take the stage to perform a range of tap, classical ballet, flamenco and contemporary dances on the theme of America’s famous highway. Tickets adults £10, concessions £7, family of four £25 available from Cirencester Tourist Information Centre or on the door.
  • Archaeological Illustration adult workshop with Lorna Gray, from 10am till 3pm. Under specialist tuition learn how to draw archaeological artefacts and create a page of illustrated finds. All materials provided. Costs £30 aper person. Booking essential. Suitable for ages 16 and over. For more details visit www.coriniummuseum.org.

Cheltenham

  • Alive and Brel at the Everyman Studio Theatre; 7.45pm. The finest songs from the iconic master of the modern chanson, Jacques Brel, are brought to life by the trio of singers. Tickets £11.50. Also on tomorrow. For more visit www.everymantheatre.org.uk.
  • The Classic Rock Show 2016 at Cheltenham Town Hall; 7.30pm. Celebrate some of the greatest guitar riffs of all time, including Queen’s I Want It All and ACDC’s Highway to Hell. Tickets from £24 available at www.cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk.

Oxford

  • Live Friday: Heroes and Villains at the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Oxford; 7-10.30pm. Explore heroes and villains across cultures and through time at the Oxford Comic Convention event. With live performances, games and creative workshops. Fancy Dress optional. Tickets £7.50 or £5 after 8pm available from www.ticketsoxford.com.

Saturday, January 30

Cirencester

  • The Body Workshop performs Route 66 at the Bingham Hall with a matinee at 2.15pm and an evening performance at 7.15pm. Tickets adults £10, concessions £7, family of four £25 available from Cirencester Tourist Information Centre or on the door.
  • Rural Cinema screening of Suffragette at the Corinium Museum; 2.15pm. Maud is a working mother and wife whose life is forever changed when she is secretly recruited to join the UK’s growing suffragette movement. When aggressive police action forces the group underground, they engage in a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse with the authorities. Costs £5, booking recommended. Also on tomorrow. For details visit www.coriniummuseum.org.

Cheltenham

  • Noises Off at the Playhouse Theatre; 7.45pm. A farce within a farce, Noises Off is a silly sex comedy in which lovers frolic, doors slam and embarrassing results ensue. Tickets £10. On until February 6. For more information visit www.cheltplayhouse.org.uk.

Swindon

  • The Phoenix Players present Par For the Course, a comedy by Peter Gordon, at the Swindon Arts Centre; 7.30pm. Things go from bad to worse both on and off the course. Whether you love or loath golf, it will never seem quite the same again. Tickets £10, to book call 07517 698083.

Sunday, January 31

Gloucester

  • Ceremony of Carols, Britten at Gloucester Cathedral; 4.15pm. Gloucester Cathedral Choristers with Harpist Eluned Pierce will perform Britten’s beautiful work by candlelight in the Quire. Free admission.

Monday, February 1

Stroud

  • Antiques and collectors fair in The Shambles, High Street. From 8am till 4pm. Free admission. For more information, call 01452 812166.

Tuesday, February 2

Cheltenham

  • Opening night of The Perfect Murder at Cheltenham Everyman Theatre starring Shane Ritchie and Jessie Wallace. Victor and his wife, Joan have been married for a long time, but their marriage has reached crisis point and Victor decides to get Joan out of his life forever…but he’s in for a nasty surprise…as Detective Grace investigates his first homicide case, dark forces intervene and nothing is what it seems. Performance starts at 7.45pm. Tickets from £20 available online at www.everymantheatre.org.uk.

Bristol

  • The Last Tango at the Bristol Hippodrome; 7.30pm. Strictly stars Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacae feature in their ultimate farewell tour, as they prepare for their final dance, twenty years after the first. Tickets from £23.40. For more visit atgtickets.com/venues/bristol-hippodrome.
  • An evening with Floyd Mayweather at Colston Hall; 7pm. The five-division world champion visits Bristol as part of his victory tour, telling stories from his unbeatable career. With a memorabilia auction. Tickets from £59.13. For more information visit www.colstonhall.org.

Oxford

  • Flare Path at the Oxford Playhouse; 7.30pm. Set in World War Two, Terence Rattigan’s play follows Pilot Teddy Graham on weekend leave with his new wife Patricia, when her old lover and an unexpected bombing mission surprise them both. Tickets from £11.50 available from www.oxfordplayhouse.com.

Wednesday, February 3

Cirencester

  • Fashion Show and sale at Ashcroft Church from 7.30pm. Tickets £5 available from Ros Burnip on 01285 239054. All proceeds to Help Madina (Sierra Leone which aims to improve the health and wellbeing of the people living in the Madina district of Sierra Leone, one of the poorest parts of the world.

Northleach

  • Northleach Historical Society talk on Deception in Military Operations by Robert Skelt at The Westwoods Centre; 7.30pm. Deceit, bluff, mystification, subterfuge, fraud, camouflage, concealment, sleight of hand, according to a dictionary definition. But is it justified in war? Visitors £3.