Practically Imperfect: PL Travers is visited by her creation, Mary Poppins

Wed Mar 11 2026 at 07:30 pm to 09:30 pm UTC+00:00

Centre for Contemporary Arts | Glasgow

The Telling
Publisher/HostThe Telling
Practically Imperfect: PL Travers is visited by her creation, Mary Poppins
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A battle of wills ensues when PL Travers’ creation, Mary Poppins, turns up in Travers' study to sort her out.
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“finds new terrain” - The Guardian on The Telling

The very private PL Travers lives quietly in Chelsea. Out of the blue, her very own creation, Mary Poppins, suddenly appears in Travers’ study, asking difficult questions she would rather not answer. Rather than the Banks family, Mary Poppins has come to sort out the acerbic writer herself. But Travers is a force to be reckoned with too. So who will control the narrative and win the battle of wills?

The fun-filled chaos is soundtracked by Mary Poppins who 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.

A brand new play with music by award-winning writer Clare Norburn, 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 a TBC actor-musician as Mary Poppins.

Doors open 7pm.

Each half will be approx 40-45mins with an interval.

Supported by The Pear Tree Fund for Music, The Hugh Fraser Foundation and the Sylvia Waddilove Foundation.

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

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GBP 6.13 to GBP 22.38

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