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2PAR4 is a Vancouver-based producing founded by Esther Duquette and Gilles Poulin-Denis. 2PAR4's mandate is to develop, produce, and tour contemporary work for the stage in French, English or in both official languages, and to contribute to the development of performing arts at large. By creating new work centred on artistic collaboration, 2PAR4 aims to diminish the distances and other barriers that divide artists from different communities.

Mandate: 2PAR4 is one of BC’s only companies producing work in both official languages. Specifically, its mandate is to:

  1. create and produce new and contemporary works for the stage;

  2. work with and encourage co-operation and collaboration with artists and arts organizations provincially, nationally, and internationally;

  3. contribute to the development of the performing arts in British Columbia and in Canada;

  4. present works in either French, English, or in both official languages;

  5. offer artist development, training, and consulting opportunities to artists and cultural organizations.

Photo : Julie Artacho

Photo : Julie Artacho

Gilles Poulin-Denis
General and artistic director

Originally from Saskatchewan, Gilles Poulin-Denis is an actor, playwright, director, translator and dramaturg. He is a graduate of l'Université du Québec à Montréal's theatre program. As an actor, Gilles has worked with numerous theatre companies from Vancouver to Brussels. He has written three full length plays (Rearview, Statu Quo, and Dehors) and many other short plays. He recently worked on three major collaborative works,  ishow, Après la Peur and Gabriel Dumont's Wild West Show. His plays have received numerous awards and nominations over the years and have been presented all over Canada, Spain, Belgium and France. Gilles was associate playwright at the National arts Centre's French theatre under Wajdi Mouawad. He is also a founding member of the artist collective Les petites cellules chaudes and for which he was managing director from 2013 to 2015. He is also Artistic Director at the National arts Centre's Zones théâtrales Biennial. 

Board of Directors