Known especially for his legendary Jazz Breakfasts on the South Coast (particularly at the Ropetackle, Shoreham) Mike Hatchard is a formidable pianist with an almost unpararelled capacity for improvisation in all genres. His playing credits include John Dankworth and Cleo Laine, Barbara Thompson, the Pasadena Roof Orchestra, Tina May, Herbie Flowers and the Chamber Ensemble of London.

He studied at the RCM with Peter Wallfisch and Philip Cannon; Norman Lebrecht once described him as 'the British Tom Lehrer' and the ghost of Victor Borgen clearly lurks beneath his psyche. The stunning Steinway Grand in the intimate setting of the Unitarian Church provides the perfect way to see this consumate artist perform.