Practically Perfect: Life Lessons from Mary Poppins

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Mary Poppins is a story of taking practical steps towards happiness. Its looking at the bright side of life. Its setting boundaries, deciding what you want and making it happen. Thats the path to being Practically Perfect
For comedian Katy Brand, part of the joy of watching Mary Poppins as a child was the thrill of the films iconic, no-nonsense heroine. Her unshakeable confidence, her staunch independence, and that touch of magic. Now shes all grown up, Katy takes another look beyond the talking umbrellas, bottomless bags and dubious cockney accents to show that Marys still got something to teach us.

She explores how the beloved nanny was brought to life from the page to the big screen, and delves into her most striking memories to uncover themes that are still as important now as they were at the time, from womens rights and poverty, to toxic masculinity and work-life balance.

With interviews and insights from famous fans and friends, Practically Perfect is the common-sense manual for life that we never knew we needed, and sprinkles some supercalifragilistic magic along the way.

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Katy Brand is an award-winning writer, comedian and actor. After starting to write and perform comedy as a student at Oxford University, she became a regular on the UK live sketch comedy scene. In 2005 she took her debut Edinburgh show Celebrities are Gods to the Fringe which was immediately picked up for Channel 4 (Slap). This later became her award-winning ITV sketch show, Katy Brand's Big Ass Show, which she devised, wrote and starred in. It ran for three series and later became a nationwide live tour.