Louise Lapointe © Christian Brault

Geneviève Therrien
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Oh, the joy of getting out of the house!
After a long-scorched march through unending months of confinement, Casteliers can at last announce an oasis of the performing arts, a time for celebrating puppets in all their splendour, beyond the wall of our homes!
In theatres, galleries and shop windows, on the streets and even at church, this 17th edition invites adults and children to discover puppetry from across North America, from Mexico to the Saguenay, from New York to Kahnawake.
Puppets, shadows, objects and masks will join with sound and music as they are manipulated with creative hands that have honed their myriad skills. Whether through carnivalesque braggadocio or a simple whisper, with the help of silhouettes of chiselled skin or old wood branches, and with a keen sense of humour or studied simplicity, the puppeteers will draw you into magnificent worlds and places varying in scale and tell stories both intimate and stupendous.
Casteliers would like to wholeheartedly thank all its public and cultural partners, as well as its valued and faithful sponsors.
Let’s follow in Peter Schumann’s footsteps: Let’s be furious! Let’s get passionate! Let’s be victims of an irresistible passion for the 11th art!
Have a great festival!
Louise Lapointe
Artistic Director
Geneviève Therrien
Executive Director

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