March 6 to 10, 2024

2024 Programming

Wednesday March 6
- 5:30 p.m.
  Opening Cocktail
  Join us as we celebrate the opening of the 19th Festival international de Casteliers!
- 7 p.m.
  LOCO
  Compagnie Belova-Iacobelli (Belgium)
- Starting at 12 p.m.
  Installation – La Cabine téléphonique
  Les Soeurs Terreur (Montréal)
Thursday March 7
- 9:30 a.m.
  BLOCK THEATRE
  KO-KOO-MO (Finland)
- 11 a.m.
  DESSAIM
  Collectif DESSAIM (Montréal)
- Starting at 10 a.m.
  Installation – La Cabine téléphonique
  Les Soeurs Terreur (Montréal)
- 11 a.m.
  MÉMOIRES D’UN VOLCAN
  Ubus Théâtre (Québec)
- 11 a.m.
  BLOCK THEATRE
  KO-KOO-MO (Finland)
- 1:30 p.m.
  A SHOW WITH STRINGS
  Long & Short Company (South Korea)
- 3 p.m.
  DESSAIM
  Collectif DESSAIM (Montréal)
- 5 p.m.
  Vernissage – Cheminer entre le théâtre et les arts visuels
  Sylvie Gosselin (Longueuil)
- 7 p.m.
  LUNCH WITH SONIA
  Loco7 Dance Puppet Theatre Company (New York)
- 7 p.m.
  LOCO
  Compagnie Belova-Iacobelli (Belgium)
Friday March 8
- 9:30 a.m.
  BLOCK THEATRE
  KO-KOO-MO (Finland)
- Starting at 10 a.m.
  Installation – La Cabine téléphonique
  Les Soeurs Terreur (Montréal)
- 11 a.m.
  DESSAIM
  Collectif DESSAIM (Montréal)
- 11 a.m.
  BLOCK THEATRE
  KO-KOO-MO (Finland)
- 11 a.m.
  TO SLEEP WELL
  MECANIKA (France)
- 1:30 p.m.
  MÉMOIRES D’UN VOLCAN
  Ubus Théâtre (Québec)
- 1:30 p.m.
  TO SLEEP WELL
  MECANIKA (France)
- 3 p.m.
  A SHOW WITH STRINGS
  Long & Short Company (South Korea)
- 3 p.m.
  DESSAIM
  Collectif DESSAIM (Montréal)
- 4 p.m.
  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)
- 7 p.m.
  An Evening of Shorts
  Aluma (Montréal), Alexandra Gorlin-Crenshaw (Montréal) and Mark Sussman/Great Small Works (Montréal and New York)
- 7 p.m.
  LUNCH WITH SONIA
  Loco7 Dance Puppet Theatre Company (New York)
- 8:30 p.m.
  A COMME ANIMAL
  Marie-Pascale Bélanger (Montréal)
Saturday March 9
- 9:30 am
  TO SLEEP WELL
  MECANIKA (France)
- Starting at 10 a.m.
  Installation – La Cabine téléphonique
  Les Soeurs Terreur (Montréal)
- 11 a.m.
  Marionnettes-Café / FIKAS
  KO-KOO-MO (Finland)
- 11 a.m.
  TO SLEEP WELL
  MECANIKA (France)
- 11 a.m.
  DESSAIM
  Collectif DESSAIM (Montréal)
- 11 a.m.
  MÉMOIRES D’UN VOLCAN
  Ubus Théâtre (Québec)
- 1:30 p.m.
  TO SLEEP WELL
  MECANIKA (France)
- 1:30 p.m.
  MÉMOIRES D’UN VOLCAN
  Ubus Théâtre (Québec)
- 3 p.m.
  Rountable Discussion — Ritual in Practice
  With guests from Canada, Indonesia, United Kingdom, and Czechia
- 3 p.m.
  A SHOW WITH STRINGS
  Long & Short Company (South Korea)
- 7 p.m.
  RADIO SILENCE
  Open Pit Theatre (Yukon)
- 8:30 p.m.
  EPIDERMIS CIRCUS
  SNAFU Society of Unexpected Spectacles (British Columbia)
Sunday March 10
- 9:30 a.m.
  BLOCK THEATRE
  KO-KOO-MO (Finland)
- Starting at 10 a.m.
  Installation – La Cabine téléphonique
  Les Soeurs Terreur (Montréal)
- 11 a.m.
  Café-causerie: Budding Creations!
  Discussion around works-in-progress
- 11 a.m.
  MÉMOIRES D’UN VOLCAN
  Ubus Théâtre (Québec)
- 11 a.m.
  Marionnettes-Café / FIKAS
  KO-KOO-MO (Finland)
- 1:30 p.m.
  MÉMOIRES D’UN VOLCAN
  Ubus Théâtre (Québec)
- Guided tour of Marionnettes en vitrines! Master and Mentees
  Patrick Martel (Montréal) and the next generation of artists
- 3 p.m.
  RADIO SILENCE
  Open Pit Theatre (Yukon)
For the entire Festival
- Marionnettes en vitrines ! Master and Mentees
  Patrick Martel (Montréal) and the next generation of artists
- Exhibit – Cheminer entre le théâtre et les arts visuels
  Sylvie Gosselin (Longueuil)
- Exhibit – Micheline Legendre – Le rêve d’un art en soi
  Micheline Legendre (Montréal)
- Installation – La Cabine téléphonique
  Les Soeurs Terreur (Montréal)
Parallel activities
- Total Eclipse: Chasers of the Lost Sleep
  Collectif Les Macronautes, in collaboration with Après Minuit (Montréal)
- Festival Headquarters
  Unrivalled late-night festival atmosphere!
- 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)

2020 Edition

Other parallel activities

OUF ! – Off Festival de Casteliers

Venue(s)

Pavillon Saint-Viateur
Dans le Parc Saint-Viateur d’Outremont
Outremont (Québec) H2V 3R9
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7^th edition – Short pieces, installations and performances for everyone!

Pavillon Saint-Viateur / Februrary 29 to March 8

Program available soon : festivalouf.wordpress.com