Author Archives: Catherine Renaud

2023-2024 fundraising campaign

    A sunny conclusion to our annual fundraising campaign, with targets exceeded!   Our annual fundraising campaign came to a close on Friday, May 31, 2024 with our traditional fundraising cocktail event. Once again, fine weather was on the menu to help make the event a resounding success! Hosted by Emmanuel Bilodeau, guests were […]

2022-2023 Fundraising Campaign

  Information available in French only…   Une fête ensoleillée et un objectif de campagne annuelle dépassé !     C’est le 26 mai dernier, dans le cadre d’un apéro-bénéfice, que se clôturait notre campagne de financement annuelle. Pour le plus grand bonheur de nos convives, la météo et le soleil étaient de la partie, […]

Festival Program Launch

The Casteliers team is putting the final touches on the show and activity schedule for the 15th edition of Festival de Casteliers (March 4-8, 2020). Come join us at the festival program launch on Thursday, January 23 at the Petit Outremont. Casteliers has been celebrating the 11th art since 2005. Come join the party in 2020!   […]

Puppets at the Salon des métiers d’art

For its 30th anniversary, the Conseil des métiers d’art du Québec is partnering with Casteliers and the Association québécoise des marionnettistes (AQM) to showcase puppettry arts during the upcoming Salon des métiers d’art du Québec in Montréal, December 6-22, 2019. Performances, in collaboration with Casteliers: The White Woman by Magali Chouinard – Sunday, December 8 at noon and 2:30 p.m. Contes zen du […]

Québec-Flanders Bilateral Cooperation

Casteliers has joined up with Le Vivier, a community-based music development organization and Theater de Spiegel (Belgium) to create a pioneering creative residency project to develop a «Ready-to-go» («prêt-à-porter») musical theatre format. Three Flemish artists (Ine Ubben, Lize Pede and Marie Van Praag) will work with three Québec artists (Nathalie Derome, Anne-Sophie Tougas and Thierry […]

This Summer, Puppets Take to the Parks!

The 2019 Casteliers sur l’herbe program features three free shows for the whole family in a park near you:
Ti-Gus au parc – Noë Cropsal (Montréal); L’heure du thé, followed by La petite histoire de Gino Bartali – Cécile Viggiano (Montréal) et Le bruit de l’herbe qui pousse (France); and Le domaine de Pulcinella – Gaspare Nasuto (Italy).

SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE MIAM – Concerted fundraising campaign

The Maison international des arts de la marionette (MIAM), an Association québécoise des marionnettistes (AQM) and Casteliers initiative, finally owns the roof over its head. Together, the three organizations are proud to announce their first concerted fundraising campaign for the centre’s many activities. Would you like to do your part? Every contribution counts! I support […]

The Festival de Casteliers Program is Now Online: France in the Spotlight!

Montréal, January 24, 2019 ─ The 14th Festival de Casteliers’ program is now online. This year’s not-to-be-missed event devoted to puppetry arts will celebrate France, as it welcomes four shows and many French artists, as well as puppeteers from the United States, Canada and Québec. The 2019 program features eleven shows for adults and children, […]

Caroline Bernier-Dionne and Veronica Barron Recipients of the Montréal-New England Creative Residency

Montréal, January 11, 2019 – Casteliers, the Montréal Arts Council and Puppet Showplace Theater are pleased to announce that Caroline Bernier-Dionne and Veronica Barron have been selected for the creative research cross-residency between Montréal and New England. Both artists will have the opportunity to work on their respective projects and hone their craft by sharing […]

The MIAM is Settling In!

Between October 2018 and March 2019, the MIAM will be settling into its new home and hosting s series of puppetry arts events (we like to call them nuggets). We’re building up to the official opening celebrations in March during the 14th edition of Festival de Casteliers. Our first “nugget”: the Maison international des arts […]