MARY CONWAY revels in a powerful reminder that human lives are not defined by physical perfection
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Be My Baby
Leeds Playhouse
WIDELY performed since its 1997 premiere, this revival of Amanda Whittington's Be My Baby carries extra resonance in the wake of Alabama voting to outlaw abortions.
It tells the story of four young women at a church-run maternity home in 1964, a place where unmarried girls were sent during their pregnancies.
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