In a tight bodice, a swishy gown that, when it moves, reveals a slim and shapely leg or two, and with red flowing hair, this is Maureen Lipman as you — or at least I — have never seen her before. This is her Carabosse — aka the wicked fairy who curses Sleeping Beauty into having way much too beauty sleep.

Partnered by children’s TV presenter Chris Jarvis as Chester the Jester, Lipman gamely sends up one or two of her own career-defining performances including Joyce Grenfell and yes, Beattie and that “ology” gag.

All go down well, and when Lipman deploys the demonic laugh she can elicit at will, a chorus of boos ensues. For my money, however, nothing is better than when she lapses into the funniest of all personas at her disposal — herself.