t-paulsm

(The bio I didn't write - LOL!)

Spoken Word artist, poet, writer, broadcaster, storyteller, graphic designer, artist, Side Show Barker, publicist, producer, actor and emcee (whew!) T.Paul Ste. Marie is regarded as one of Vancouvers most catalytic facilitators of the Spoken Word artform.

His "lowbrow" cigar box and old school tattoo infuenced artwork is coveted by collectors from Canada and the US. As an emcee, he has shared the stage and/or screen with everyone from Billy Bragg, Leslie Nielson, Timothy Hutton, Shane Koyczan, Elvis Gold, to an 84 yeard old drag queen named "Lucious".

T.Paul is also the creator of the multiple award winning THUNDERING WORD HEARD, Vancouver's only spoken word/music fusion weekly open mic series (evry Sunday - 8PM - Cafe Montmartre - 4362 Main St., Van. @ 28th). He feels fortunate to be workshopping and performing his spoken word & poetry in schools across B.C., encouraging students to “expand on their vocabularies, forming a mental constabulary, arresting ignorance at hand - building bridges of wisdom over the dull beige schism torn by our sitcom mentalities."

His verbiage has played out on stages from Vancouver to Edmonton to Toronto. He has been featured on Zed TV and CBC radio . His most notorious move to date was the nationally publicized debate between he and Canada’s Poet Laureate, George Bowering, on the validity of performance poetry as an artform – the general consensus? Performance Poets – 1, the Once-Were-Rebels – 0!

As a freelance broadcaster,he hosted a CBC television pilot series on video poetry and spoken word., “Spoken Heard”, featuring the likes of Sheri D. Wilson, Gord Downie, Leslie Nielsen and more.


T.Paul also works as one of the BC correspondents for CITY TV Toronto’s BOOK TELEVISION, which finds him hosting, producing, writing and directing each segment for the Daniel Richler-produced station.

The years 2002 and 2003 had T.Paul producing & performing on stages for the Vancouver Folk Festival, the Vancouver Storytelling Festival and the Fringe Festival (BROKEN WORD-a free flow evening with DANIEL PACKARD).

As a character actor, he has over ¼ of a century of experience! His Toronto days had him on stage with the “Q-Art Theatre Co-op” under the artistic direction of Gabor Zsigovics. There, he honed all of the angles of theatre craft from stage manager, set decorator, publicist, to, of course actor in such plays as “Twelve Angry Men”, “The Accidental Death of an Anarchist”, “Medea” and more.

Once in Vancouver, T.Paul found himself in the cast of the multiple award winning, and Vancouver’s longest running smash-hit comedy, “Tony’n Tina’s Wedding” portraying a series of eight characters over a five year span. One night, he would be Sal Antonnucci, the sleazy yet oddly charming wedding photographer, then Donnie Dulce the suave loungy wedding singer, on through to Timmy Sullivan the overtly gay wedding videographer. His favorite, however, was Sal!

He is a collector of sideshow curios, old poster art, strange and wonderful toys, hats, vintage clothing from the 40's and 50's, books galore, and anything related to gambling and games dice!