What's on stage next week...

SALISBURY Playhouse is currently staging the poignantly funny play Airswimming until March 5.

It tells the story of two young women, Dora and Persephone, who are incarcerated in a hospital for the criminally insane.

The two women could not be more different, but over a period of 50 years, they develop a beautiful friendship.

Respected actresses Suzanna Hamilton and Jennifer Calvert make up the cast of two, with up and coming director Rae McKen taking the reigns for the first time.

The play is being performed in the playhouse's intimate Salberg Studio.

Tickets £10.50. Box office: 01722 320333.

THERE'S still a couple of chances to catch Irish play The Weir at The Nuffield in Southampton.

This play focuses on the lives of four men enjoying a drink in their local pub.

A woman who has just moved to the village joins them, but what secret is she hiding? There is a performance tonight, but the last one is tomorrow evening.

Tickets from £14. Box office 023 8067 1771.

IRISH comedian Jason Byrne brings his unique stand up show to The Point in Eastleigh on Sunday, February 27.

The energetic performer is well respected on the comedy circuit, and is sure to win over the audience with his spot on observations.

Tickets £10.50. Box office 023 8065 2333.

ONE of the UK's most exciting dancers, Mavin Khoo, will be visiting the Lighthouse in Poole on Monday, February 28.

The production Chandra/Luna is the Mavin Khoo Dance company's second production, following the success of their first tour, Parallel Passions.

The show draws its inspiration from space and the moon's influence on human life.

Tickets £12.50. Box office: 01202 685222

FOR a unique insight into the life of Hollywood legend Audrey Hepburn, pay a visit to Quay Arts in Newport on Saturday, February 26.

In Audrey Hepburn's Arms is a new play by the BandBazi group, who combine trapeze and drama to get under the skin of the Oscar-winning actress.

Tickets from £7.50. Box office: 01983 822490

WILL Adamsdale brings his Perrier Comedy Award winning show, Jackson's Way, to the Theatre Royal, Winchester, on Wednesday.

Deluded motivational speaker Chris John Jackson has been given the chance to address the public. He has all the right moves and boundless enthusiasm, but there's something wrong, namely the ridiculousness of his theories.

In self-help he seems to have found something he enjoys but is he actually helping anyone?

It seems very unlikely but who knows?

At least Chris John Jackson has a dream.

Jackson's Way is both a comedy about a man on the edge whose approach to life celebrates the futility of pointless acts and a satire on the world of self-help and corporate jargon.

Tickets £13. Box office: 01962 840 440.