Critics Theatre Picks - The Best of the Season So Far [FFWD]

Tiny Afrocentric theatre company Ellipsis Tree Collective gave Calgary a stunning head start in the theatre season, with late August's Ruined by Lynn Nottage. Set in a brothel deep in the Congo during the civil war, it's the story of strong-willed owner Mama Nadi (Janelle Cooper) and her women. Mama is trying to keep her home and her girls together while the world outside falls apart. Every performance is a powerhouse, relentlessly downbeat but still emerging hopeful.

Ruined: Review [Calgary Herald]

***** out of five

Darkness Unfolds in Ruined [Calgary Sun]

Sometimes theatre just can't be gentle. It can't be escapist, not if it is going to expose the horrors some people must endure.

A Heavy Topic for a New Company [FFWD]

Afro-centric theatre troupe examines rape as a weapon.

Pulitzer Prize Winning Play Coming to Calgary [CTV]

An upstart theatre troupe in Calgary is taking on some tough topics in its inaugural performance.

Ruined – A Play About the Sexual Exploitation of Women in the Congo [CJSW]

A discussion of the Canadian Premiere of Ruined and rape as a weapon of war with Ellipsis Tree Collective.

Ruined [Alberta Primetime]

The ongoing war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has seen the atrocious tactic of soldiers, using rape, as a weapon of war. In this Alberta Spirit, we met a woman who is sharing her story and a theatre group, bringing stories like hers, to the stage

RUINED: Canadian Premiere [Press+1]

Rape as a weapon of war is despicable and inhumane.