Proud and pleased to present the Hot Tap Theatre first foray into Musical Theatre - the Hot Tap is fully committed to bringing you the very best - Mike Hatchard is just that - As usual it's donation entry - But best to DM to reserve your seats -
Mike Hatchard performs the story of Bernard Halfpen - the almost invisible pianist at the Luton Skyport Hotel. As he plays his anodyne melodies, he reveals a dark past, and how he might have been a great concert pianist had fate not had other plans.
The original score reflects how Bernard overcomes an illogical fear of numbers, untimely seductions, too much education, a dabble into alcoholism, and an entirely understandable inability to cope with the pressure of piano competitions.
Always musically compelling, frequently amusing, but often deeply serious and tender.
The Cocktail Pianist is a one-man play premiered at the Brighton Festival. Here are some of the reviews.
Sally Holloway directs and paces this late afternoon slot of Bernard Halfpen, an autistic, artistic child whose musicality propels him to pubs, vamping from memory jazz when Fairy Liquid, Beanz Means and ‘Mother Kelly’s Doorstep’ don’t suit, to the Royal School of Music (Hatchard went to the College, playing jazz) despite not fitting anywhere, fearing numbers, and then his past catches him unawares and bites him: twice. Two figures shape his adolescence and their return pivots a crisis. This as Hatchard swoops through a medley of tunes including hitting on classical stride as it were, Beethoven particularly.
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