With a three-episode-a-day habit, not to mention a supporting act of DVDs, books and figures, Peppa Pig’s Big Splash would need to make a mistake as large as Daddy Pig’s tummy to not get a thumbs up from our toddler.

Five minutes in though and I did wonder if it’d be the adults with their thumbs down and perhaps fingers in ears as a heady mix of bright colours, high-pitched singing and enthusiastic dance movements took hold.

But a quick glance alongside our row of fellow theatre goers suggested that as per most toddler related activities – where there are delighted children, contented parents follow.

For a show which lasts well over an hour the tale is a simple one- the school roof is leaking and Peppa and her friends need to raise money from a fete to repair it.

The easy-to-follow storyline allows for plenty of the well known songs and phrases that make the world of Peppa Pig what it is.

And let’s be honest – that’s exactly what audiences have paid to see.

With a set as beautifully crafted as the theme park world so many parents will have visited and all the well known character faces in puppet form it didn’t take long for everyone in the packed theatre to be singing an enthusiastic rendition of the Bing Bong Boo song – complete with encore.

At more than £14 a ticket, our only criticism, as is often the case with such things, is the price of souvenirs, something which I suspect is out of the Marlowe’s control. Although their position at the main entrance and enormous bunches of helium balloons at the exits are perhaps not and act like carrots under the nose of Delphine Donkey.

At £5 for a programme, £6 for a balloon and around £7 for a light-up windmill just for starters, Peppa and her friends may be quids in by the end of the fete but maybe parents are not.