Thibault Jacquot-Paratte

Raised in the minority Francophone community of the Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia, Thibault Jacquot-Paratte started performing songs and reading publicly as a teenager.

He notably organized, along with LGBTQ+ activist Charles MacDougall, bi-monthly French-language poetry readings at Greenwood's Tan Café during the years 2010–2011, as well as free performances in Stronach Park, in Kingston, NS.

[3] In 2011, he received the Frog prize at the Frogstock music competition in Pomquet, NS,[4] and was chosen as a representative of the francophone community at the 2011 International day for the elimination of racism, broadcast live from the Mi’Kmaw Native Friendship Center, in Halifax.

[5] During this time, he also played with different bands, such as Zenass, and frequently shared the stage with composer Gavin Fraser and recording artist Jonah Richard Guimond.

[13] Later in 2019, he was hired by the Théâtre DesAssimilés to direct and translate his own play, Les mangeurs d’ail (The garlic eaters) in a bilingual (French-English) premier.