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Part of the Café-causerie — Budding creations! event This show is based on Paul Klee’s work in visual arts and puppetry, combining it with Sylvie Gosselin’s stories. Children are invited to embark on a journey that takes its inspiration from the painter’s colourful, wacky and poetic iconography, to which children can perfectly relate, where they discover the […]

Presented as part of the Puppet Slam line-up   Without words   Sifters  A shadow piece about sifting through love and loss. Performed with a shower curtain on an overhead projector.   Time’s Up!  Two well known heroes quarrel over a ticking time bomb. As time runs out, they discover what has been just under the surface all along.     RUNNING TIME: Two 4-minute […]

Presented as part of the Puppet Slam line-up Without words  Snare drum and stallion, banjo and leather boots… Pommes de routes (literally, road apples) is a collection of gritty tales accompanied by supercharged live music! Crazy stunts and a dusty romance. A Spaghetti Western where the sauce has gone a little sour. A delightfully country threesome.  THE CALL: In this first episode, our brave hero […]

Presented as part of the Puppet Slam line-up   Without words  Alex & Olmsted presents a short version of Milo The Magnificent, a fun and engaging show in which an aspiring magician presents a variety of magic tricks and the results of his last scientific experiments. But he finds that the best-laid plans don’t always go as planned.  The full length version of Milo The Magnificent is presented on Sunday, March 11.    RUNNING TIME: 5 to 8 minutes  TECHNIQUES: Mixed 

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 • […]