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Antigone

  This year, Mouse performs Antigone, Jean Anouilh’s masterpiece. And once again, she uses the opportunity to try to get rid of Cat, whom she asks to play the role of Antigone’s brother, Polynices. Carl Béchard will have to get involved in an attempt to bring some kind of order to this zany performance of […]

Exhibit: Bread and Puppet and The New Works of Peter Schumann

  In the Paul-Gérin-Lajoie-d’Outremont High School Gymnasium   A special presentation in parallel with the 2022 Marionnettes en vitrines! walkabout exhibit. The bounty of puppets, masks, artwork, and pictures Casteliers was generously provided with for the Marionnettes en vitrines! walkabout exhibit celebrating the art of Bread and Puppet Theater inspired this parallel exhibit in the Paul-Gérin-Lajoie-d’Outremont High School […]

12th Marché international de Casteliers

Friday, March 4, 2022   Professional networking event for Association québécoise des marionnettiste (AQM) members. English details coming soon.   Information : info@aqm.ca   Olivier Parent Assistant à la coordination et responsable du service aux membres Association québécoise des marionnettistes (AQM) Centre UNIMA-Canada (section Québec)

Par la fenêtre de mon âme

  Walkabout exhibit in Montréal’s Ahuntsic neighbourhood… and online.   From February 25 to March 18, 2022, ten windows will light up and illuminate the Ahuntsic neighbourhood in Montréal. Inspired by meetings between ten senior citizens and six artists, a wonderful team of artisans has prepared an artistic itinerary to be explored at dusk… and […]

Exhibition – À la manière de Nick Park

  In the Paul-Gérin-Lajoie-d’Outremont High School Gymnasium Grade 5 children at Lajoie elementary school were initiated into British filmmaker Nick Park’s wonderful world of plasticine. Taking inspiration from his films and in pairs of two, they wrote and illustrated stories, sculpted the characters and sets out of plasticine, then turned them into stop-motion animated films. […]

Exhibition : International Association of Puppet-Friendly Cities

An exhibition showcasing International Association of Puppet-Friendly Cities (AVIAMA) members and their emblematic venues and puppets.   In the Paul-Gérin-Lajoie-d’Outremont High School Gymnasium   Thursday, March, 5: 11:30 am – 3 p.m. Friday, March, 6: 12:30 p.m. – 9 p.m. Saturday, March, 7: 12:30 p.m. – 8 p.m. Sunday, March, 8: 10 a.m. – 12:30 […]

Café-causerie: Budding creations!

  In a casual setting, four creative teams present their work-in-progress.   Grâce – L’os de bois (Laval) Mutatis Mutandis ! – Laurence Petitpas (Québec) Bleu moutarde – Théâtre sous la main (Montréal) La rébellion du minuscule – Théâtre du Renard (Montréal)   The event will be held in French and English.

Grâce

  Part of the Café-causerie: Budding creations! Event In a visual and symbolic world, Grâce loses track of time. Her memories take advantage of the situation to come visit her.

Mutatis Mutandis !

  Part of the Café-causerie: Budding creations! Event On stage, a human body, perhaps the last one, is transformed into an improbable bestiary, attracting and repelling strange creatures. Little by little, this tireless body is taken over by parasites, as it morphs into a new being…

Bleu moutarde

  Part of the Café-causerie: Budding creations! Event One day, while touring the Gaspé, as I walked along the shore, I came across a stirring little picnic table designed for a face to face conversation. Lonely as a shipwreck, secretive and understated, it seemed full of promise. I’ve been dreaming ever since of going back, […]