“It’s not the end of the world,” sings The Girl in Tell Me On A Sunday, as she picks herself up after another failed relationship and prepares to start anew. As performed here by the luminous Erin Clare, your heart goes out to her.

Erin Clare in Tell Me On A Sunday, Hayes Theatre Co, 2024. Photo © John McRae

The bittersweet one-woman song cycle, featuring music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Don Black (who subsequently co-wrote the book and lyrics for Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard), first saw the light of day at the Sydmonton Festival – held on the grounds of Lloyd Webber’s country estate – in 1979.

When it premiered in London’s West End in 1982, it was part of a double bill called Song and Dance, which was produced in Melbourne the following year. In 2003, it was presented as a standalone piece in London.

Tell Me On A Sunday follows the fortunes of a newly single young woman from Muswell Hill in north London, who moves to New York looking for a fresh start and for love, only to be let...