The Wicked Queen is wandering about backstage in a huge hooped dress, gold-feathered cape, wig, four-inch lashes and a face caked in full drag make-up.
The curtain has just come down after the opening performance of Snow White at the National Stadium in Dublin and panto queen Katherine Lynch is in her element.
“I get all the boos I want - though usually my kind of booze is a gin and tonic,” cackles Lynch. “It’s as camp as a row of tents and I love it.”