A Woman Becomes a Wolf When She Learns How to Scream, The George Tavern
Words by Beth Jones Photo by Isaac Fisher The George is lit the colour of a bruise and I am standing on the rails running alongside the bar; others stand on benches at the back. People sit around a cleared circle in front of the stage. It’s the kind of crowd that makes me wonder about the threads between everyone, gluey with some frequency I can’t quite touch. The show is A Woman Becomes a Wolf When She Learns How to Scream. Celebrating its two-year anniversary this coming
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