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Moderated by Antonia Leney-Granger, this roundtable discussion brings together artists from different generations and geographical backgrounds to explore a fundamental question: How does an object become a vector for playwriting and creative expression? Drawing on a range of practices, the discussion will examine how everyday materials, brought to the stage, acquire narrative and symbolic meaning, […]

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 L’avalement des contours – Laurence […]

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 […]