Six things to do in the next 48 hours: February 21 and 22

LITERATURE: DAVE ALLEN

Portsmouth Central Library, Wednesday, 7pm

Portsmouth’s own doctor of pop, Dave Allen will be looking at the impact of the summer of love in 1967 beyond the capital, not just in music, but socially and culturally.

STAGE: PORTSEA MURDERS

The Square Tower, Old Portsmouth, until Friday, 7.30pm

New Apollo and Cop The Needle present tales of infamous Portsea murders. Based on actual events, the stories paint a vivid picture.

CONCERT: SYD LAWRENCE ORCHESTRA

Ferneham Hall, Fareham, Thursday, 7.30pm

The UK’s longest-running big band, the Syd Lawrence Orchestra, is celebrating 50 glorious years on the road with A Golden Night of Swing.

THEATRE: THE TIME MACHINE

Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham, Thursday, 7.30pm

Producer Rebecca Vaughan and writer/director Elton Townend Jones’ present their new interpretation of the HG Wells’ classic, The Time Machine.

CINEMA: ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD

No6 Cinema, Historic Dockyard, Thursday, 7pm

Follow a mother’s struggle to get her billionaire father-in-law to pay the ransom to his grandson’s kidnappers in Ridley Scott’s true-life thriller, All the Money in the World.

STAGE: THE SHADOW FACTORY

NST City, Southampton, until March 3

The Shadow Factory, a new play from national treasure Howard Brenton, tells of Southampton’s little-known but vital involvement in the Second World War.