CASTELIERS presents TERRE DES MARIONNETTES, a tribute to the first International Puppet Festival organized by Micheline Legendre and presented at the Youth Pavilion during the 1967 World’s fair. The exhibition presents archival documents and video projections from 1967 as well as from performances at Festival de Casteliers since 2006. A spotlight on the 11th art! […]
Sold out From Monday, March 6, 2017 to Wednesday, March 8, 2017 From 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and to 2 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. By using video and cctv cameras, projectors and simple technology, we can explore objects, puppets and the human body to discover a new type of cinema. Combining these discoveries […]
March 8 to 11, 2017 Wednesday the 8th, Thursday the 9th and Friday the 10th, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday the 11th, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. During spring break, Place des Arts and Casteliers invite children to come explore the art of puppeteering. Accompanied by two professional artists, the children will try their hand […]
From 9 a.m. to noon Pan-Canadian meeting of artists and artisans, members of UNIMA-Canada, the Canadian centre of the Union Internationale de la Marionnette. Founded in 1929, UNIMA is dedicated to the promotion and recognition of puppetry around the world. www.unimacanada.com www.unima.org
March 6 to 10, 2019 Converted into cabaret theatre during the festival, the Pavillon Saint-Viateur is THE place where artists, spectators and skaters can come together for a drink, a chat, or to take in one of the many shows presented by the OUF! Off-Casteliers festival. Extraordinary atmosphere guaranteed! Wednesday, March 6: 3 p.m. to […]
Walkabout Exhibition February 13 to March 12, 2017 Presented in Outremont borough shop windows on Park, Bernard and Van Horne Avenues Casteliers proudly presents the magnificent puppets of Pierre Robitaille in neighbourhood shop windows! Created for his company as well as for many others he collaborates with, each puppet testifies to his immense talent, his sensitivity and […]
An ad-lib presentation during the Puppets at Large! event Ragou is a character from the Théâtre de l’Œil show Dear Fizzy that premiered in 2002, written by Simon Boudreau. Nicolas Germain-Marchand has performed Ragou and been his alter ego for the past five years. Ragou, will take you on a very special tour of the exhibition […]
He is big! He is strong! He is neither… He’s just the Pipeman. Follow him on his hairy adventures where the slightest shift of a thimble can change his destiny! RUNNING TIME: 6 minutes TECHNIQUE: Rod Puppet
Sunday, March 5, 2017 from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Three tales intersect around three different shoe stories. With paper puppets, boxes and few objects, two narrators take us on an uncanny journey full of poetry and humour. RUNNING TIME: 15 minutes TECHNIQUES: Paper and Object Theatre
Sunday, March 5, 2017 from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Puppets love the Grande Bibliothèque! Once again this year, they have arranged to meet in the Espace Jeunes section to perform short pieces. Ragou, their favourite bookworm and faithful master of ceremonies, will also take part in the fun! Puppets at Large! is presented by Casteliers in […]
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