So yes, I’m a Sondheim fan. I’ve seen an amateur performance of Company and I play the music a lot. But this updated version with its female Bobbie takes the musical to a whole new level. When I first saw Company I was single and was struck most by its wisdom about being single: now I’m married, and it rings so true about this too! The staging is brilliant and innovative - no spoilers - but never takes away from the lyrics and score. We sat in the centre stalls and felt immersed in it all.

In a preview audience packed with Sondheim fans, this was a knock- out evening. Rosalie Craig gives Bobbi such a fresh, moving and witty interpretation that it’s difficult to visualise the part could ever be performed by a man. As for the rest - well, Patti Lupone is a bitter, superlative Joanne, and Amy becomes Jamie in one of the many show- stopping numbers. It’s the funniest production I have seen as well as the most poignant with its moments of utter emptiness. Well done Marianne Elliott for your audacity in reimagining this classic. I loved it so much I have already booked to see it again.