Playing this week

ALICE'S Adventures in Wonderland is coming to West Dean Gardens just north of Chichester on Wednesday.

Guests are welcome to bring a picnic along with them as they can eat in the grounds from 5.30pm before the play starts.

Tickets: £11 Box office: 01243 818221.

CRICKET makes way for comedy tonight at The Rose Bowl. The Rose Bowl's comedy night features three diverse acts - Rudi Lickwood, Mike Gunn and Ricky Grover.

Rudi enjoyed a sell-out show at The Rose Bowl last year so audiences should be in for a treat.

Ricky is a regular guest on the Jo Brand Show and Mike's publicity worryingly promotes him as 'the comedian to make you die laughing'.

The comedians will be appearing in The Hampshire Suite at the ground.

Tickets: £14. Box office: 023 8047 2002.

DO YOU like mysteries? Then why not try to figure out who is the very special mystery guest at the Wedgewood Rooms' Comedy Club tonight.

The venue is staying tight-lipped about who it is but they've given some clues. The mystery entertainer is in the UK to perform on the comedy stage at the Reading Festival this weekend. A Time Out Comedy and Barry Award winner, the last three times he has performed at the Wedgewood Rooms he has sold out.

Joining the special headline act are Caimh McDonnell, Andy White, Dinga and Paul Redwood.

AN open-air performance of one of Shakespeare's best-loved comedies, A Midsummer Night's Dream, will be held at Exbury Gardens on Saturday.

The story of Puck, Titania, Bottom and co is being brought to the great outdoors by Chapterhouse Theatre Company, who specialise in open-air productions.

The production features beautiful costumes, an enchanting musical score and ingenious set design.

The play tells the story of what happens when two star-crossed lovers, a group of craftsmen rehearsing a play and the fairies all find themselves in the same woods on the same magical night.

Theatre-goers are invited to bring picnics to enjoy before the show begins and are requested to supply their own