• Raconteur and thespian, Henri Szeps, will be at The Street for a two-week season with his own one-man show, this time not autobiographical. “Wish I’d Said That” is about a fictional retired actor and abandoned parent, Joe Bleakley, consigned to the Foggadieu Retirement Village. April 10-21, bookings to 62471223 or www.thestreet.org.au

• I’VE just been reading “Comedy Rules”, by Jonathan Lynn, co-writer of “Yes, Prime Minister”, in which he talks a lot about his fellow Cambridge law student, John Cleese and especially a disastrous tour of the Cambridge Circus to NZ. Cleese will be at the Canberra Theatre April 12-16. Two shows are sold out, but there are limited seats for the others. Bookings to 6275 2700 or www.canberratheatrecentre.com.au

• “MR&MRS” shows how terrible it can be for a married couple who are both stand-up comedians. Tuggeranong Arts Centre will host the show, featuring British comedian Liz Stevens and Australian Aaron Counter, veterans of the Adelaide Fringe. They are actually married to each other. TAC, 8pm, April 10, bookings to 6293 1443.

• APRIL school holidays will also see a rollicking kids’ production, “Scooby-Doo Live! Musical Mysteries” with a mystery to solve and lots of familiar songs. At the Canberra Theatre, April 21, Bookings to 6275 2700 or www.canberratheatrecentre.com.au

• WATCH out for “The Life of Patrick White”, 10am-5pm daily at the National Library of Australia, April 13-July 8. It’s the library’s way of saying happy 100th birthday to the memory of our most eminent writer.

• BELCONNEN Arts Centre promises to “chase away boredom” during the autumn school holidays with events planned for children and families from April 17-20. There’ll be creative workshops in print, dyeing, puppet-making and kite art. Inquiries to info@belconnenartscentre.com.au or 6173 3300.

• ICKLE Pickle Productions is taking its coming production “Sinbad The Sailor” to both sides of the Lake. The pantomime first runs at Tuggeranong Arts Centre, April 17-21, bookings to 6293 1443, then moves to Belconnen Theatre, April 23-28, bookings to 6262 6977.