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March 3 to 9,
2025
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Programming
Monday March 3
4 p.m & 7:30 p.m.
Ciné-Casteliers | Jim Henson – Idea Man
Disney Branded Television and Imagine Documentaries (United States)
3 p.m & 6:30 p.m.
Guided tours | Marionnettes en vitrines! Urban Wildlife
With exhibition curator Pavla Mano
7 p.m.
Festival headquarters
Unrivalled late-night festival atmosphere!
Tuesday March 4
2 p.m.
Tree Ceremony | Skawanoti
Jocelyn Sioui (Montréal)
Wednesday March 5
11 a.m.
soul mates
Magali Chouinard (Gatineau)
4 p.m.
Pour la vie
Théâtre à Bout Portant (Saguenay)
7 p.m.
Dimanche
Focus and Chaliwaté Companies (Belgium)
7 p.m.
Festival headquarters
Unrivalled late-night festival atmosphere!
9:30 p.m.
Concert | Fekete Seretlek Band
Fekete Seretlek (Czechia)
Thursday March 6
10 a.m & 2 p.m.
Puppet making workshops | Urban Wildlife Parade
With professional puppeteers
11 a.m.
soul mates
Magali Chouinard (Gatineau)
3 p.m & 7 p.m.
Vagues
Synthèse Additive and Les Nouveaux Ballets (Montréal and France)
7 p.m.
Dimanche
Focus and Chaliwaté Companies (Belgium)
7 p.m.
Festival headquarters
Unrivalled late-night festival atmosphere!
8:30 p.m.
Frétillant et Agile
Jocelyn Sioui and Productions Illusion Fabuleuse (Montréal)
Friday March 7
10 a.m & 2 p.m.
Puppet making workshops | Urban Wildlife Parade
With professional puppeteers
1:30 p.m.
A Sea of Love
La Salamandre (France)
1:30 p.m.
La patience des choses
Julie Desrosiers (Montréal)
4 p.m.
Roundtable discussion | When scientific research meets puppetry
With guests from Québec, Alberta and Saskatchewan
7 p.m.
KAR
Studio Damúza and Fekete Seretlek (Czechia)
7 p.m.
Festival headquarters
Unrivalled late-night festival atmosphere!
Saturday March 8
10 a.m & 2 p.m.
Puppet making workshops | Urban Wildlife Parade
With professional puppeteers
11 a.m.
A Sea of Love
La Salamandre (France)
1:30 p.m.
La patience des choses
Julie Desrosiers (Montréal)
3 p.m.
Guided tours | Marionnettes en vitrines! Urban Wildlife
With exhibition curator Pavla Mano
4 p.m.
Nanatasis – Opéra en trois légendes
Musique 3 Femmes (Montréal and Guelph)
7 p.m.
KAR
Studio Damúza and Fekete Seretlek (Czechia)
7 p.m.
L’enfant mascara
Barbaque Compagnie (France)
7 p.m.
Festival headquarters
Unrivalled late-night festival atmosphere!
8:30 p.m.
Disgraceland
Les Tables Tournantes (Montréal)
Sunday March 9
11 a.m.
A Sea of Love
La Salamandre (France)
11 a.m.
Café-causerie : Budding Creations!
Discussion of works-in-progress
1:30 p.m.
Urban Wildlife Parade
Taking to the streets to celebrate Casteliers' 20th
3 p.m.
Nanatasis – Opéra en trois légendes
Musique 3 Femmes (Montréal and Guelph)
For the entire Festival
Marionnettes en vitrines! Urban Wildlife
A cheery bestiary to celebrate our 20th anniversary
Podcast | Skawanoti audio guided walk
Jocelyn Sioui (Montréal)
Exhibition | Gaudeō! 20 years of Casteliers
Part of Outremont’s 150th anniversary celebrations
Exhibition | Puppets 4.0 Museum without walls
Deutsches Forum für Figurentheater und Puppenspielkunst (DFFP, Germany)
Festival headquarters
Unrivalled late-night festival atmosphere!
Photos – 2024 Edition
Photos:
Christian Brault
Festival-goers Headquarters
Professional delegation shuttle bus
DESSAIM, Collectif DESSAIM (Montréal)
Talk back with the artists, Lunch with Sonia, LOCO7 Dance Puppet Theater Company (New York).
Mémoires d’un volcan, UBUS Théâtre (Québec)
Sylvie Gosselin and her exhibit Cheminer entre le théâtre et les arts visuels at Galerie d’Outremont.
Puppeteers and presenters, Marché international de Casteliers (MIC)
Marionnettes Café / Block Theatre. Intercultural family workshop, in collaboration with PROMIS and Festival FIKA(S).
Café-Causerie : Budding Creations. Alexandra Gorlin-Crenshaw, La Souris (Marcelle Hudon) and Carl Béchard.
Guided tour of Marionnettes en vitrines! with curator, Pavla Mano.