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It’s party time! Casteliers invites you to a celebration marking both the 21st Festival international de Casteliers’s kickoff and the collective farewell to Louise Lapointe, Casteliers’ founder and a partner in so many puppet adventures! The evening begins with a lively dance session led by Uri Roots, setting the floor—and the mood—alight. During the celebration, […]

  Discovering works-in-progress Café-Causerie: Budding Creations!  In a casual setting, four creative teams present their works-in-progress and take questions from audience members eager to learn more about the various stages in the development of a puppet show. Café-Causerie: Budding Creations! with hosts La Souris (Marcelle Hudon) and Carl Béchard.   Works discussed Lucem ad chartam – Lumière […]

In collaboration with Théâtre Outremont   Presented by   Jim Henson: Idea Man gives us a glimpse into the world of this singularly creative visionary, from his early years as a puppeteer on local television to the international success of Sesame Street and The Muppet Show. Drawing on never-before-seen archival material, director Ron Howard delivers […]

Co-presented with L’Illusion, Théâtre de marionnettes PREMIERE   soul mates is a poetic ode to the joy of the Wild Child that exists inside each one of us. A cross between visual art and performance art, soul mates is an ode to the coming together of the human soul and its wild sisters, whose multiple […]

  Presented by   In her cozy little living room, Mrs. Ellefsen leads us through important moments in her life. A multitude of stage devices and ingenious objects come to life as the audience experiences a moving journey through time, painting an intimate and surprising portrait of this elderly woman on the eve of a […]

  Official opening show 2025   Theatre doors will open at 7 p.m. The show will be preceded by opening remarks.   Dimanche interweaves the story of three reporters working on a documentary about endangered animals and the story of a family struggling to keep their Sunday dinner routine together in a house buckling under […]

  The OUF! Festival Off Casteliers is open to exploration and experimentation, mirroring the great diversity of puppetry practices from here and around the world. This community-based, community-building festival showcases the vitality and love of puppetry arts.   March 3 to 9, 2026   Details on the OUF! Festival Off Casteliers Facebook page   On […]

Discussion of works-in-progress Adults, 13 years +   Part of Café-causerie: Budding Creations! Discovering works-in-progress… In a casual setting, four creative teams present their works-in-progress and take questions from audience members eager to learn more about the various stages in the development of a puppet show.   Lucem ad chartam is an experimental exploration of animation theatre […]

PREMIERE   A being dedicated to water is a being in flux. He dies every minute… — Water and Dreams, Gaston Bachelard   At the crossroads of documentary, movement and object, VAGUES is an invitation into the intimate universe of a creator and her unique relationship with water: her childhood on a boat, her deep-sea […]

  With Frétillant et Agile, Jocelyn Sioui brings Auhaïtsic, an unlikely Wendat hero, back to life. How does this total stranger, who breeds mistrust among his own people, manage to save his nation from extinction and change the course of history? A seasoned puppeteer and fabulous storyteller, Jocelyn Sioui has fun coaxing colourful, larger-than-life characters out […]