Critic Reviews

“The brilliance of Hunt’s performance is it truly does seem he is just recalling these memories at the moment… This makes the audience feel special, as if they are friends who just dropped in for a visit and are the first to hear these stories.”

— Louis B. Hobson, Calgary Herald

“Hunt mixes nostalgia with the political and the confessional.”

— Caroline Russell-King, Postcard Review

“Ribstone is a richly entertaining and personal reflection about family, storytelling, our connection to the land, and our changing relationship to the past.”

— James Hutchison – jameshutchison.ca

What the Audience Said

“I thought this play was a powerful articulation of place and belonging and the complications of coming from a settler history. I see and hear about and jury so many ideas wanting to represent the settler experience of these themes without nuance, and this play is maybe the first that I’ve seen that does it properly.”

Colin Wolf, Gwaandak Theatre:

“I think it’s the best new play I’ve seen all year.”
“I loved it when you previewed it last year and what you’ve added in terms of script and design is perfect.”

Oliver Armstrong, One Yellow Rabbit:

“You managed to wade into all the murkiness with such kindness and grace and hope that I felt welcome to ponder my own questions and assumptions.”
“I think the audience felt safe to feel that this really is a hard, uncomfortable, complicated topic. And safe to not know what to do with that.”

Heather