A GREAT children's double bill comes to The Mayflower this week.

Bill and Ben and Andy Pandy and his friends have joined forces for a fantastic show for children aged two to six.

The first part of the show sees Bill and Ben go on a garden treasure hunt with lots of flobadob fun.

In the second half of the show the audience is invited into the candy-coloured world of Andy Pandy, Looby Loo and Teddy when Andy Pandy's friends arrange a wonderful birthday surprise.

The show is at The Mayflower on Tuesday and Wednesday. Tickets: £9.50, £8.50 for children. Box office: 023 8071 1811.

AN IRISH playboy opens the new season at The Haymarket Theatre, Basingstoke, this week.

Running from Wednesday to October 9, The Playboy of the Western World is playwright JM Synge's undisputed masterpiece.

It celebrates its centenary in three years and is still being peformed all over the world.

A timeless love story, it has family fisticuffs, outrageous comedy and scintillating Irish banter.

Box office: 0870 7701088.

RADIO Four brings its hit show I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue to The Anvil, Basingstoke, this weekend.

Audiences are invited to join show regulars Humphrey Lyttleton, Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor (right), pictured, for an unmissable evening of inspired nonsense.

Tickets: from £5.50. Box office: 01256 844244.

ANOTHER great show for children comes to the Havant Arts Centre on Saturday.

Millicent Must Share promises foot-stomping tunes, loveable characters and musical mayhem.

When mummy and daddy decide they want a new baby, Millicent has other ideas. Using her imagination, she runs away. Along the way she meets a water-skiing seagull, a dancing lobster and a whole lot of singing mussels. Together they teach Millicent how to take turns, how to play games and how to join in.

Tickets: £5.25. Box office: 023 9247 2700.