March 6 to 10, 2024

2024 Programming

Wednesday March 6
- 5:30 p.m.
  Opening Cocktail
  Join us as we celebrate the opening of the 19th Festival international de Casteliers!
- 7 p.m.
  LOCO
  Compagnie Belova-Iacobelli (Belgium)
- Starting at 12 p.m.
  Installation – La Cabine téléphonique
  Les Soeurs Terreur (Montréal)
Thursday March 7
- 9:30 a.m.
  BLOCK THEATRE
  KO-KOO-MO (Finland)
- 11 a.m.
  DESSAIM
  Collectif DESSAIM (Montréal)
- Starting at 10 a.m.
  Installation – La Cabine téléphonique
  Les Soeurs Terreur (Montréal)
- 11 a.m.
  MÉMOIRES D’UN VOLCAN
  Ubus Théâtre (Québec)
- 11 a.m.
  BLOCK THEATRE
  KO-KOO-MO (Finland)
- 1:30 p.m.
  A SHOW WITH STRINGS
  Long & Short Company (South Korea)
- 3 p.m.
  DESSAIM
  Collectif DESSAIM (Montréal)
- 5 p.m.
  Vernissage – Cheminer entre le théâtre et les arts visuels
  Sylvie Gosselin (Longueuil)
- 7 p.m.
  LUNCH WITH SONIA
  Loco7 Dance Puppet Theatre Company (New York)
- 7 p.m.
  LOCO
  Compagnie Belova-Iacobelli (Belgium)
Friday March 8
- 9:30 a.m.
  BLOCK THEATRE
  KO-KOO-MO (Finland)
- Starting at 10 a.m.
  Installation – La Cabine téléphonique
  Les Soeurs Terreur (Montréal)
- 11 a.m.
  DESSAIM
  Collectif DESSAIM (Montréal)
- 11 a.m.
  BLOCK THEATRE
  KO-KOO-MO (Finland)
- 11 a.m.
  TO SLEEP WELL
  MECANIKA (France)
- 1:30 p.m.
  MÉMOIRES D’UN VOLCAN
  Ubus Théâtre (Québec)
- 1:30 p.m.
  TO SLEEP WELL
  MECANIKA (France)
- 3 p.m.
  A SHOW WITH STRINGS
  Long & Short Company (South Korea)
- 3 p.m.
  DESSAIM
  Collectif DESSAIM (Montréal)
- 4 p.m.
  CINÉ-CASTELIERS
  Flavia Hevia (Montréal), Claude Lapointe (Montréal), Stringpullers Puppet Company (Ithaca, New York), La Compagnie Mobile Home (Montréal), Canadian Academy of Mask and Puppetry / Necessary Journeys (Calgary), Noémi Bélanger and Lisa Sfriso / L'os de bois, and Joanie Fortin (Montréal)
- 7 p.m.
  An Evening of Shorts
  Aluma (Montréal), Alexandra Gorlin-Crenshaw (Montréal) and Mark Sussman/Great Small Works (Montréal and New York)
- 7 p.m.
  LUNCH WITH SONIA
  Loco7 Dance Puppet Theatre Company (New York)
- 8:30 p.m.
  A COMME ANIMAL
  Marie-Pascale Bélanger (Montréal)
Saturday March 9
- 9:30 am
  TO SLEEP WELL
  MECANIKA (France)
- Starting at 10 a.m.
  Installation – La Cabine téléphonique
  Les Soeurs Terreur (Montréal)
- 11 a.m.
  Marionnettes-Café / FIKAS
  KO-KOO-MO (Finland)
- 11 a.m.
  TO SLEEP WELL
  MECANIKA (France)
- 11 a.m.
  DESSAIM
  Collectif DESSAIM (Montréal)
- 11 a.m.
  MÉMOIRES D’UN VOLCAN
  Ubus Théâtre (Québec)
- 1:30 p.m.
  TO SLEEP WELL
  MECANIKA (France)
- 1:30 p.m.
  MÉMOIRES D’UN VOLCAN
  Ubus Théâtre (Québec)
- 3 p.m.
  Rountable Discussion — Ritual in Practice
  With guests from Canada, Indonesia, United Kingdom, and Czechia
- 3 p.m.
  A SHOW WITH STRINGS
  Long & Short Company (South Korea)
- 7 p.m.
  RADIO SILENCE
  Open Pit Theatre (Yukon)
- 8:30 p.m.
  EPIDERMIS CIRCUS
  SNAFU Society of Unexpected Spectacles (British Columbia)
Sunday March 10
- 9:30 a.m.
  BLOCK THEATRE
  KO-KOO-MO (Finland)
- Starting at 10 a.m.
  Installation – La Cabine téléphonique
  Les Soeurs Terreur (Montréal)
- 11 a.m.
  Café-causerie: Budding Creations!
  Discussion around works-in-progress
- 11 a.m.
  MÉMOIRES D’UN VOLCAN
  Ubus Théâtre (Québec)
- 11 a.m.
  Marionnettes-Café / FIKAS
  KO-KOO-MO (Finland)
- 1:30 p.m.
  MÉMOIRES D’UN VOLCAN
  Ubus Théâtre (Québec)
- Guided tour of Marionnettes en vitrines! Master and Mentees
  Patrick Martel (Montréal) and the next generation of artists
- 3 p.m.
  RADIO SILENCE
  Open Pit Theatre (Yukon)
For the entire Festival
- Marionnettes en vitrines ! Master and Mentees
  Patrick Martel (Montréal) and the next generation of artists
- Exhibit – Cheminer entre le théâtre et les arts visuels
  Sylvie Gosselin (Longueuil)
- Exhibit – Micheline Legendre – Le rêve d’un art en soi
  Micheline Legendre (Montréal)
- Installation – La Cabine téléphonique
  Les Soeurs Terreur (Montréal)
Parallel activities
- Total Eclipse: Chasers of the Lost Sleep
  Collectif Les Macronautes, in collaboration with Après Minuit (Montréal)
- Festival Headquarters
  Unrivalled late-night festival atmosphere!
- OUF ! Festival Off Casteliers
  The OUF! sets up shop once again at the Casteliers Headquarters!
- Marché international de Casteliers – MIC
  Association québécoise des marionnettistes (AQM)

2017 Edition

Other parallel activities

Terre des marionnettes – Nuit Blanche

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Date(s)

Saturday,

March 4, 2017

9 p.m.

Venue(s)

Pavillon Saint-Viateur
Dans le Parc Saint-Viateur d’Outremont
Outremont (Québec) H2V 3R9
SEE MAP

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 11^th art!

Until midnight