

“Finds new terrain”
The Guardian on Clare Norburn's writing
The very private PL Travers (Lottie Walker) lives quietly in Chelsea. Out of the blue, her very own creation, Mary Poppins (Joanna Brown), suddenly appears in Travers’ study, asking difficult questions Travers would rather not answer. Rather than the Banks family, Mary Poppins has come to sort out the acerbic PL Travers herself. But Travers is a force to be reckoned with too. So who will control the narrative and win the battle of wills?
Soundtracking the fun-filled chaos, Mary Poppins performs the kind of music PL Travers really wanted in the Mary Poppins film - Edwardian songs such as Lily of Laguna.
A collaboration project with Blue Fire Theatre. Award-winning writer Clare Norburn's brand new play with music, directed by BAFTA-nominated BBC director, Nicholas Renton (Mrs Gaskell’s Wives and Daughters, Musketeers, Lewis). Starring acclaimed actor Lottie Walker as PL Travers and actor-musician Joanna Brown as Mary Poppins.

THANK YOU TO OUR FUNDERS
The Practically Imperfect 2026 tour is supported by The Sylvia Waddilove Foundation. The Wolverhampton performance is supported by The Grimmitt Trust. The Wales performances are supported by the Colwinston Charitable Trust. The Glasgow performance is supported by The Pear Tree Fund for Music and The Hugh Fraser Foundation.

TOUR
- Practically Imperfect - WolverhamptonThu 05 FebArena Theatre
- Practically Imperfect - SwanseaFri 06 FebDepot Studio at Swansea Grand Theatre
- Practically Imperfect - CardiffSat 07 FebSt Edward's Church
- Practically Imperfect - GlasgowWed 11 MarCentre for Contemporary Arts
- Practically Imperfect - LancasterThu 12 MarGregson Arts Centre
- Practically Imperfect - East Horsley, SurreyFri 13 MarThe Nomad Theatre
- Practically Imperfect - ExeterFri 20 MarCygnet Theatre
