Upcoming Shows

Pinch Cabaret #52 - 5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY SHOW
Sat Sep 26, 2026 - 8pm

KW’s monthly variety show, performance laboratory, and community arts party.

This is our 5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY SHOW, featuring a surprising mix ofDance, Puppets, Educational Anatomy Poetry, Improvised Music, Theatre, Local Public Art History & who knows what else!

Expect the unexpected with:

• DANCE + heart is a ballet illusion, a collective of dancers telling timeless stories with contemporary twists, leaps, and stretches of the imagination. We value dancers of all levels and ages. Dances with Swans at Dusk will descend upon Pinch Cabaret for its 52nd iteration, representing an excerpt from our version of Swan Lake, which is set to premiere in November this year.

• Ronley Teper is most known for her genre-blending unabashed, experimental live performances. Every tool in the kit is used to craft whimsical, surreal, and engaging storytelling, improvisation and music. Something will happen and there will be music, possibly screaming, rated R for Ronley and definitely a puppet. 

• Viola Schmid has a degree in Neuroscience and Geoscience and a lifelong obsession with art. She is an educational YouTuber who tries to make learning advanced biology, anatomy, and physiology topics fun and easy to learn through engaging animations and songs. Viola will read some of her original anatomy poetry to show a different way to learn!

• Kathryn Ladano is a bass clarinetist committed to curiosity, connection, and artistic discovery. David Jensenius is a composer and media artist exploring sound in space and non-space. Together David and Kathryn will make improvised music featuring bass clarinet and synthesizer. 

• Maria Colonescu is an internationally produced, award-winning playwright, director, actor, and everything in between. Her practice spans both traditional and non-traditional theatre, looking for new challenges in every project. Jenn Weatherall is an actor, playwright, artist, muralist and mom. She spent her twenties attending George Brown Theatre School and running away to NYC. In her thirties she made two beautiful babies. And in her forties she recovered from adulting and got back to who she is at her core...an artist. Kriegspiel, a short play written by Maria Colonescu; performed by Jenn Weatherall and Maria Colonescu. Over a game of chess, Alex and Chris will find out if all is - actually - fair in love and war.

• Julie Hall is well summed up by their cover photo on The Community Edition this past July: big smile, posing with a bike, talking about their love of gritty cities. Former chef and some-day dog owner, Julie is a visual artist and the Executive Director of CAFKA – Contemporary Art Forum Kitchener and Area. Julie is our door-person, presenting an interactive segment on public art in celebration of CAFKA's 25th anniversary.

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Advance tickets are $5 / $10 / $20 / $30 – you choose the option that’s right for you.

Indigenous community members are welcomed to attend for free.

Enormous thanks to Waterloo Region Community Foundation, Ontario Arts Council, Cities of Kitchener & Waterloo, Region of Waterloo, Uptown Waterloo BIA, and the Registry Theatre for their generous support, allowing for accessible ticket pricing!

VENUE:
We're back at Button Factory Arts (25 Regina St, Waterloo)

Pinch Cabaret thrives on new acts, and that means you!
Email Ben@PinchCabaret.com to submit.
All acts paid $$$!
All experience levels welcome.