Cabaret Rhizome is both an independent theatre group and also a performance venue founded in 2009 by a group of actors and choreographers educated at Tartu University Viljandi Culture Academy. During its first years of development Cabaret Rhizome mainly focused on plays without words, inspired greatly by the aesthetic disciplines of dadaism, surrealism and the absurd along with themes of childish thought patterns and naivety. Since 2009 Cabaret Rhizome has premiered 15 productions, most of them directed by Johannes Veski.