Portsmouth, Southsea and Gosport's best things to do on Tuesday and Wednesday, January 14 and 15

GIG: The Bellrays are a foursome from Los Angeles, performs its self-penned melange of rock and soul songs. Tickets £12.50, plus support by Los Pepes. The Wedgewood Rooms, Southsea, Wednesday, 7.30pm.

DISPLAY: The Arthur Conan Doyle Collection is the largest display pertaining to Doyle and Sherlock Holmes. Portsmouth Museum, Wednesday, 10am-5pm.

EVENT: The Portsmouth Dickens Fellowship welcomes a talk by Prof Tony Pointon on the society’s book of the year, Bleak House. St Swithun’s Church Hall, Southsea, Tuesday, 2.30-4.30pm.

STAGE: The six wives of Henry VIII take to the mic, remixing five hundred years of historical heartbreak into a celebration of 21st century girl power. Ticket prices vary. Chichester Festival Theatre, Tuesday, 8pm.

EXHIBITION: Go along to this family-friendly exhibition about the first people in Hampshire many thousands of years ago, including real woolly mammoth bones. Gosport Gallery, Wednesday, 10am-4pm.

THEATRE: Starring Strictly Come Dancing winner Joe McFadden, Priscilla is the adventure of friends who travel to put on the show of a lifetime. Mayflower Theatre, Southampton, Tuesday, 7.30pm.