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  7th edition – Short pieces, installations and performances for everyone! Pavillon Saint-Viateur / Februrary 29 to March 8 Program available soon : festivalouf.wordpress.com  

Meeting between guest presenters and members of the Association québécoise des marionnettistes (AQM). Salon Thalia – Appartements Trylon / Friday, March 8, 2019 – 9 a.m. to noon Information : info@casteliers.ca

Théâtre sous la main presents: The Object in Questions Saturday, March 9, 2019 from 1 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. Théâtre Outremont Mezzanine Maximum: 16 participants Registration required: mediation@casteliers.ca / 514 270-2717 Imagine artists Karine St-Arnaud and Anne Paquet behind a table, surrounded by assorted objects. These objects come to life and create though-provoking stories. Together, […]

OFFICIAL OPENING Casteliers invites you to come celebrate the official opening of the festival’s 14th edition in the company of participating artists, partners, elected representatives and puppet theatre aficionados! There’ll be appetizers, speeches and great atmosphere!

In this professional workshop offered by the Association québécoise des marionnettistes (AQM—the Québec puppeteer association), French puppeteer Renaud Herbin invites participants to draw on strengths found in dance and puppetry to develop a new and unique identity, and a new space for multidisciplinary creation. Fee: $126 Information and Registration: communications@aqm.ca

6th edition – Short pieces, installations and performances for all. OUF! program available here! Pavillon Saint-Viateur / March 2 to 10, 2019   The OUF! is Casteliers’ Off Festival. It is produced by the Montréal theatre company Belzébrute and driven by a team of devoted volunteers. This community-based festival aims to put Québec’s dynamic puppetry scene […]

Casteliers invites you to an afternoon roundtable discussion which will address two distinct, yet complementary topics that look at how contemporary puppeteers’ tools shape their artistic approach and practice. Six panellists working in a range of artistic fields and countries will be present. 1st Topic: Creative Spaces In an ideal world, what would be the […]

Animated short film, 2015, 7 minutes. Without words. Presented before the Ciné-Outremont screening on March 4 Littlemary is a stop-motion animation about a string marionette in search of “The Old Puppets”. The main character, Littlemary, sneaks under the theatre curtain and onto the stage, and realizes that she is among the very puppets she has been […]

Exhibition: A Story with Marionettes – The Șesan Family Collection Thursday, March 7: 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, March 8: 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, March 9: 1:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday, March 10: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. In conjunction with the presentation of the animated short film Littlemary, this exhibition […]

Dominique sees life through rose-coloured glasses. Before dying, she donates her eyes to science. Science finally discovers that life is beautiful. Inspired by magical realism and flash fiction, two popular literary movements in South America, Juan Perez Escala created Kazus. A combination of different poetry styles – visual, puppet and musical – Kazu Libre is […]