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  Presented by     Welcome to Disgraceland, a mythical mansion where the master of the house—the King himself—staggers between life and death as he navigates a grey zone that is all too bleak for eternal rest. In a kaleidoscopic universe where appearances are deceiving, four housemaids huddle around a disgraced Elvis as he prepares […]

  Presented by   The weirdest puppet show you’ve ever seen!   Watch a seasoned television puppeteer make a live puppet film before your very eyes, using only household objects, a camera, and her bare hands. Ingrid Hansen creates cheeky vignettes right in the palm of her hand and projects them onto a huge screen. […]

  Presented by     A comme Animal is a strange, playful show that combines dance, mask, and puppetry. Freely inspired by the lectures of French philosopher Gilles Deleuze (1992-1995), it explores the themes of dreams and metamorphosis through the language of philosophy and symbolism. Between human and animal, between high heels and altered voices, […]

  Casteliers presents an evening of three original short works. Three completely different worlds of paper theatre, folk songs, and post-apocalyptic despair create a wonderful opportunity to (re)discover the thematic and technical diversity of puppet theatre in an intimate setting.   Evening program:   Ten Sentences: On the Life of Robert Walser Mark Sussman/Great Small […]

  One of three short pieces presented during An Evening of Shorts, with Lucien and Song/Book.   In English A native of Biel, Switzerland, Robert Walser has been described as “a clairvoyant of the small.” A writer of keenly detailed observational prose, he published feuilletons, stories, and short novels in the early years of the 20th century. With […]

  One of three short pieces presented during An Evening of Shorts, with Lucien and Ten Sentences: On the Life of Robert Walser.   Sung in Yiddish A solo performance that weaves together live vocals, recorded piano arrangements of Jewish and Anglo-American folk songs, recorded voices layered into a choir, handmade books, paper-puppets and crankie scrolls manipulated on […]

  One of three short works presetned during An Evening of Shorts, with Song/Book and Ten Sentences: On the Life of Robert Walser.   Without words Lucien lives alone, in the desert. A place where the sand seeps into everything and the wind reveals the vestiges of an ancient civilization… In a postapocalyptic universe, this […]

  Presented by   Radio Silence is a fictional tale that takes place in Dawson City, Yukon, in the 1920s. A bush pilot father is raising two daughters and passes on his passion for aviation to one of them, Ruth. She becomes the Yukon’s first female bush pilot. But during a flight to deliver the […]

Presented by    Exhibition opening: Thursday, March 6 at 5 p.m.   Commissioned by the Maison de la culture d’Outremont, this exhibition celebrates the 20th anniversary of Casteliers and its influence in the borough. The Galerie d’Outremont, with curator and puppeteer Paola Huitrón, will be showcasing a selection of puppetry projects that capture the range and richness […]

    The Café-causerie: Budding Creations! was live-streamed and is avaiable online on Facebook. In a casual setting, four creative teams present their work-in-progress and answer questions from the public eager to learn more about the various stages involved in the development of a puppet show. The Café-Causerie: Budding Creations! is hosted by La Souris […]