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Friday, March 9: 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, March 10: 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday, March 11: 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. Come admire the impressive beasts created for the Les Bêtes dansent ou le sortilège discret de la nature sauvage performance. Built by Mexican artists using traditional techniques and recycled or environmentally low-impact […]

The workshop is given by artists from La Liga Teatro Elástico and includes making and decorating a wolf hat/mask, building a puppet using recycled materials, and sound improvisation group activities.    This workshop is intended to raise awareness among participants and get them thinking about our relationship with animals and the environment, and the importance of working as a team. […]

As part of the 13th Festival de Casteliers, puppeteer Karine St-Arnaud and choreographer Stella Andreatta invite 3- to 5-year-old children and their parents to meet ME, a little puppet with big feelings! A Puppet with Feelings (ME) is a project developed jointly by Casteliers, the Académie de danse d’Outremont and Pantonal, as part of the […]

CONFERENCE Suggested voluntary contribution: $5 The Nabis (Pierre Bonnard, Edouard Vuillard, Maurice Denis and their friends) were trained as painters and Gauguin’s students. Very early on, they became fascinated with literature and theatre, and discovered the modern works of Rimbaud, Maurice Maeterlinck and Alfred Jarry before anyone else. But they had limited financial resources, so they […]

Cocktail and throat singing on Friday, March 9 at 5 p.m. after FREEZE!, and Saturday, March 10 at 1 p.m. Studio 4  OBORO Tuesday, March 6: 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 7: 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, March 8: 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, March 9: 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 7 […]

Walkabout Exhibition From February 11 to March 11, 2018 In shop windows on Park, de l’Épée, Bernard West and Van Horne, and at the Centaur Theatre at 453 St-François-Xavier Street    Realta • Lescurier • Julie et Benjamin • Pharmaprix • Ongles GG • Coiffure Alicia • Mince Alors • Le 93 rouge • Friperie Morgane • De Bons petits plats • Centre Dentaire Outremont • […]

Presented as part of the Puppet Slam line-up   Trick Yourself into Being Happy ​Mr. Nicholas, the sock puppet, expresses his frustration with feeling grumpy and sad every day. Joshua, his soul mate, teaches him how to kick the blues by tricking himself into being happy. This slam piece was written in 2012 and has since […]

Part of the Café-causerie — Budding creations! event La petite fille et le corbeau tells the tale of a little girl who has lost her father and meets a male raven whose mate has just been run over on the highway and who now needs to hatch an egg without her. But everything works out […]

Veritable ode to the art of storytelling, Les Routes ignorées tells the story of young Ivan Tsarevich’s incredible journey through Russia. Having set off in search of the Firebird, he meets the terrifying Grey Wolf who promptly devours his horse. Determined, Ivan continues his quest on foot while the Grey Wolf, filled with remorse, decides […]

Opening Show: Les Bêtes dansent ou le sortilège discret de la nature sauvage   Departure at Pavillon Saint-Viateur at 4 p.m.  Final scene at Théâtre Outremont at 5 p.m. Official opening at Théâtre Outremont at 5:30 p.m. Les Bêtes dansent ou le sortilège discret de la nature sauvage is an awe-inspiring street performance that draws the […]