Schedule

Official opening

WednesdayMarch 6ThursdayMarch 7FridayMarch 8SaturdayMarch 9SundayMarch 10
Opening Cocktail

Join us as we celebrate the opening of the 19th Festival international de Casteliers!

5:30 p.m.

Shows

WednesdayMarch 6ThursdayMarch 7FridayMarch 8SaturdayMarch 9SundayMarch 10
LOCO

Compagnie Belova-Iacobelli (Belgium)

7 p.m.
(Sold Out)

7 p.m.
BLOCK THEATRE

KO-KOO-MO (Finland)

9:30 a.m.
11 a.m.
(Sold Out)

9:30 a.m.
11 a.m.
1:30 p.m.
(Sold Out)

9:30 a.m.
(Sold Out)

DESSAIM 

Collectif DESSAIM (Montréal)

11 a.m.
(Sold Out)

3 p.m.
(Sold Out)

11 a.m.
(Sold Out)

3 p.m.
(Sold Out)

MÉMOIRES D’UN VOLCAN 

Ubus Théâtre (Québec)

11 a.m.
(Sold Out)

1:30 p.m.
(Sold Out)

11 a.m.
(Sold Out)

1:30 p.m.
(Sold Out)

11 a.m.
(Sold Out)

1:30 p.m.
(Sold Out)

A SHOW WITH STRINGS

Long & Short Company (South Korea)

1:30 p.m.
3 p.m.
3 p.m.
LUNCH WITH SONIA 

Loco7 Dance Puppet Theatre Company (New York)

7 p.m.
7 p.m.
TO SLEEP WELL

MECANIKA (France)

11 a.m.
(Sold Out)

1:30 p.m.
(Sold Out)

9:30 a.m.
11 a.m.
(Sold Out)

1:30 p.m.
(Sold Out)

CINÉ-CASTELIERS

Flavia Hevia (Montréal), Claude Lapointe (Montréal), Stringpullers Puppet Company (Ithaca, New York), La Compagnie Mobile Home (Montréal), Canadian Academy of Mask and Puppetry / Necessary Journeys (Calgary), Noémi Bélanger and Lisa Sfriso / L'os de bois, and Joanie Fortin (Montréal)

4 p.m.
EPIDERMIS CIRCUS 

SNAFU Society of Unexpected Spectacles (British Columbia)

8:30 p.m.
(Sold Out)

A COMME ANIMAL 

Marie-Pascale Bélanger (Montréal)

8:30 p.m.
RADIO SILENCE

Open Pit Theatre (Yukon)

7 p.m.
3 p.m.

Shorts

WednesdayMarch 6ThursdayMarch 7FridayMarch 8SaturdayMarch 9SundayMarch 10
An Evening of Shorts

Aluma (Montréal), Alexandra Gorlin-Crenshaw (Montréal) and Mark Sussman/Great Small Works (Montréal and New York)

7 p.m.
(Sold Out)

An Evening of Shorts | Ten Sentences: On the Life of Robert Walser

Mark Sussman/Great Small Works (Montréal and New York)

7 p.m.
(Sold Out)

An Evening of Shorts | SONG/BOOK

Alexandra Gorlin-Crenshaw (Montréal)

7 p.m.
(Sold Out)

7 p.m.
(Sold Out)

Café-Causerie: Budding Creations!

WednesdayMarch 6ThursdayMarch 7FridayMarch 8SaturdayMarch 9SundayMarch 10
Café-causerie: Budding Creations!

Discussion around works-in-progress

11 a.m.

Roundtable discussion

WednesdayMarch 6ThursdayMarch 7FridayMarch 8SaturdayMarch 9SundayMarch 10
Rountable Discussion — Ritual in Practice

With guests from Canada, Indonesia, United Kingdom, and Czechia

3 p.m.

Creative workshop for families

WednesdayMarch 6ThursdayMarch 7FridayMarch 8SaturdayMarch 9SundayMarch 10
11 a.m.
(Sold Out)

11 a.m.
(Sold Out)

Marionnettes en vitrines!

WednesdayMarch 6ThursdayMarch 7FridayMarch 8SaturdayMarch 9SundayMarch 10
Marionnettes en vitrines ! Master and Mentees

Patrick Martel (Montréal) and the next generation of artists

Guided tour of Marionnettes en vitrines! Master and Mentees

Patrick Martel (Montréal) and the next generation of artists

1:30 p.m.

Talks, exhibitions, workshops, screenings

WednesdayMarch 6ThursdayMarch 7FridayMarch 8SaturdayMarch 9SundayMarch 10
Installation – La Cabine téléphonique

Les Soeurs Terreur (Montréal)

Other parallel activities

WednesdayMarch 6ThursdayMarch 7FridayMarch 8SaturdayMarch 9SundayMarch 10
Total Eclipse: Chasers of the Lost Sleep

Collectif Les Macronautes, in collaboration with Après Minuit (Montréal)

Festival Headquarters

Unrivalled late-night festival atmosphere!

8 p.m.
8 p.m.
8 p.m.
8 p.m.
OUF ! Festival Off Casteliers

The OUF! sets up shop once again at the Casteliers Headquarters!

Marché international de Casteliers – MIC

Association québécoise des marionnettistes (AQM)

9 a.m.