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  We are sorry to announce that Casteliers has had to cancel the festival’s indoor performance of this show, in keeping with Public Health measures. An interview with the artists in creative residency will be streamed on this web page, and available on Casteliers’ social media platforms as of Friday, March 5 at 10:30 a.m. […]

  We are sorry to announce that Casteliers has had to cancel the festival’s indoor performance of this show, in keeping with Public Health measures. An interview with the artists in creative residency will be streamed on this web page, and available on Casteliers’ social media platforms as of Sunday, March 7 at 10:30 a.m. […]

March 3 to 7   We are sorry to announce that Casteliers has had to postpone this exhibit, in keeping with Public Health measures.   To me, there has always been something deeply human about my dad’s puppets.   – Yvon Bouchard, Joseph’s son   In collaboration with the Théâtre Outremont, Casteliers present an exhibit curated […]

11th Annual International Networking Event Friday, March 5 to Sunday, March 7, 2021 Online Event (Zoom)   Every year, the Association québécoise des marionnettistes (AQM), in collaboration with Casteliers, hosts a networking event that brings together Canadian and international presenters invited to Festival de Casteliers, several Québec presenters, as well as AQM member artists and […]

  The OUF! Festival Off Casteliers – New formula in 2021 The OUF! Festival Off Casteliers is Québec’s only community puppetry arts festival. Founded in 2013, the festival is almost exclusively focused on local artists and provides an important showcase for emerging artists. Over the past seven years, more than 300 creative works have been […]

  Casteliers invites you to join us at Théâtre Outremont to celebrate the official opening of the 19th Festival international de Casteliers, in the company of participating artists, partners, elected representatives and puppet theatre aficionados!   Opening cocktail: 5:30 p.m.   Opening show (ticket required): 7:30 p.m. LOCO, by compagnie Belova-Iacobelli (Belgium) / Information and […]

Casteliers invites you to come celebrate its 15th anniversary in the company of participating artists, partners, elected representatives and puppet theatre aficionados! There’ll be appetizers, speeches and great atmosphere!   Opening cocktail for all (no ticket required): 5:30 p.m. Opening show (ticket required): 7:30 p.m. Special screening of Mulan, Shanghai Puppet Theatre (China) Information and […]

FESTIVAL DE CASTELIERS OPENING NIGHT Festival de Casteliers will open with the screening of Mulan. Unfortunately, Shanghai Puppet Theatre had to cancel its visit to Montréal because of the current situation in China. Despite this, Casteliers present a high definition video of this spectacular, almost cinematic show that combines shadow puppetry with projections on a […]

  A money box in the shape of a giraffe changes hands and comes to life in the minds of its different owners. At first, it is a lonely little boy’s only companion. Later on, it becomes friends with a man who yearns to reach the sky. Through this giraffe money box, the story explores […]

  A veritable ode to compassion, this is the tale of a pianist for whom music has suddenly gone silent. The story, true to Agnès Zacharie’s tenderness and quiet strength, unfolds before us like a film musical or a visual symphony filled with puppets, shadows and emotions. In French RUNNING TIME: 55 minutes TECHNIQUE: Table […]