A melodrama shot through with dark comedy, Zastrozzi is violent and sensual, witty and pitiless. KWLT is presenting Walker’s classic tale of revenge with masks and physicality drawn from Commedia Dell’Arte. Come for the swordplay, stay for the philosophy, and pray you don’t catch Zastrozzi’s attention…
Read MoreA melodrama shot through with dark comedy, Zastrozzi is violent and sensual, witty and pitiless. KWLT is presenting Walker’s classic tale of revenge with masks and physicality drawn from Commedia Dell’Arte. Come for the swordplay, stay for the philosophy, and pray you don’t catch Zastrozzi’s attention…
Read MoreViolist Marlena Pellegrino curates and performs a dynamic program of solo and duo works including an original world premiere for viola and spoken word. She is joined by percussionist Yang Chen and actor and poet Kelsey Rideout.
KWLT's March Madness is back for another year. We're opening the final dress for patrons on a pay-what-you-can basis.
Read MoreWe're back in the black box! Come see three teams compete in KWLT's ultimate theatrical challenge.
Read MoreLooking for a quick theatrical hit to break up the monotony of winter? KWLT’s ultimate theatrical competition is back in the Black Box for 2023!
In March Madness, we give multiple production teams a single script to turn into a play. The script is short and deliberately vague, giving the teams a lot of space to make it their own — deciding on who the characters are, where and when the play is set, and the overall theme and concept for their vision. They get the script on a Friday night, audition actors the next day, and one week after that: showtime!
We’re looking for actors to take on the whirlwind one-week challenge of March Madness. Auditions will be held on Saturday, February 25th from noon to 4pm at the KWLT theatre (9 Princess Street East, Waterloo). Auditions are on a walk-in basis, with no advance registration. You’ll be asked to deliver a short monologue: it’s best if you have your own prepared in advance, but we’ll have some options available for you in the lobby if you don’t. You’ll be auditioning for all of the teams at once, and each director may ask you to try different things.
If you have any questions about the process, feel free to contact the organizing team at march.madness@kwlt.org.
The ensemble of “contemporary chamber trailblazers” (Boston Globe), Hub New Music makes its Canadian debut. Hub will give Canadian premieres of new works by Daniel Thomas Davis, Jessica Meyer, Angélica Negrón, James Diaz, and Michael Ippolito. Ippolito’s Capriccio rounds out the program and is a three-movement work inspired by the paintings of Hans Hofmann.
Presented by NUMUS as part of their 2022–23 season. Tickets are pay-what-you-can.
Established in 1997, the JUNO nominated Orchid Ensemble is acclaimed as “one of the most adventurous groups uniting Eastern and Western musical traditions” (Georgia Straight). The trio is made up of internationally renowned musicians Lan Tung (Taiwan/Canada) on the erhu/Chinese violin & vocals, Dailin Hsieh (Taiwan/Canada) on the zheng/Chinese zither, and Jonathan Bernard (Canada) on percussion, including the marimba. The ensemble regularly commissions and premieres new compositions. It has embraced a variety of styles in its repertoire, ranging from Taiwanese and Chinese music, World Music, New Music to Creative Improvisation.
This concert is presented by NUMUS as part of their 2022–23 season. Tickets are pay-what-you-can.
Three of Canada’s funniest comedians are on a coast-to-coast tour of Canada and will be performing ONE NIGHT at Kitchener-Waterloo Little Theatre! Come see Moe Ismail, Jesse Singh, and Abbas Wahab live on our stage.
Doors at 8:00pm, show starts at 8:30.
In August, six playwrights were sent to disturbing locations where they were left to write a play. They arrived at their destinations with no idea where they were going or what they were going to write, allowing the environment to influence their stories…and it did. Welcome to the Write or Flight RESPONSE.
We’ve been doing this since 2011, and have been amazed with the concepts and quality of writing that has emerged from this. Many plays have gone on to be performed at other festivals and venues. We have sent playwrights to haunted hotel rooms, a barn filled with not quite feral cats (the playwright did not mention she was allergic), mausoleums, empty stores, et al.
Tonight’s schedule of performances: