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The Last Stand of Mrs Mary Whitehouse review – Maxine Peake takes us behind moral crusader’s curtain

Deft and witty drama follows the religious conservative campaigner as she rails against blasphemy, porn and homosexuality

The Guardian - UK

‘The one thing it doesn’t have is actual sex’: the new Mary Whitehouse play that would have infuriated Mary Whitehouse

She was the morality crusader who became a figure of ridicule. Now Whitehouse is the subject of a new production starring Maxine Peake. We meet the gay feminist playwright who wrote it

The Guardian - UK

Poem of the week: Strip Light by Caroline Bird

Social rules and self-consciousness intrude on a couple’s romantic privacy

The Guardian - UK

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Forward prizes for poetry add new award for performed poems

The addition marks the first time spoken-word artists have been recognised by the literary prize, a move described as ‘much-needed’ and ‘momentous’

The Guardian - UK

The week in audio: Love, Janessa; The Comb; Arctic Monkeys: Believe the Hype and more

A global catfish scam and a Somalian woman’s adolescence make for two gripping World Service shows, while Sheffield’s finest still sound good on the dancefloor

The Guardian - UK

Poem of the week: I Am Not A Falconer by Caroline Bird

An abandoned lover tries not to take their distress too seriously

The Guardian - UK

The best theatre to stream this month: Red Pitch, Constellations and more

Our roundup of plays to watch at home in May includes The Tempest with Jessie Buckley, Robert Icke’s The Doctor staged in Amsterdam and Amanda Wilkin’s superb solo show Shedding a Skin

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Red Ellen review – sketchy treatment of a heroic politician

Caroline Bird’s drama about the Labour MP Ellen Wilkinson gives us the bullet points of an extraordinary life but slips into melodrama

The Guardian - UK

Red Ellen review – Bettrys Jones gives towering performance in life of political pioneer

Caroline Bird’s play pays tribute to the leftwing firebrand Ellen Wilkinson, who led the Jarrow march and as a Labour minister introduced free school milk

The Guardian - UK

Story of Jarrow Crusade's Red Ellen to feature on BBC2 this week ahead of Newcastle stage debut

Team behind new play about the remarkable life of Labour firebrand MP will appear on BBC2's Inside Culture with Mary Beard this Friday

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