Brent Butt

The Stephen Leacock Theatre of Performing Arts
presents
BRENT BUTT
Friday January 29, 2027
8:00pm
Tickets: $59 +hst
Doors to Lobby Bar open at 7:00pm
Doors to seating open at 7:30pm
Licensed Event
Born in Tisdale, Saskatchewan, BRENT BUTT discovered early
that being funny was a good way to get attention. Brent honed his comedy in
school and at the age of 20 moved to the city to pursue a career in stand-up.
Within months he was headlining top clubs in Toronto, and within a couple years
he was touring internationally and appearing at major festivals. His television
specials quickly secured his reputation as one of the funniest people in the
country, but he was also busy creating his own TV series - a sitcom called
CORNER GAS. It became an instant hit with unprecedented ratings and numerous
accolades including an International Emmy Award nomination and was named
"Funniest Show on TV" by TV Guide readers. Canada's favourite comedy
is now shown in over 26 countries including the US. The final episode of the
series was "the highest (rated) on record for a Canadian scripted series since
it began keeping track in 1994" Brent's follow-up series HICCUPS ran for two
seasons. In 2013 Brent was honoured with a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee
Medal for his contributions to community and country. That same year Brent's
first feature film entitled NO CLUE and directed by Carl Bessai was released.
Brent wrote, starred in and produced the film under his Sparrow Media banner.
The highly anticipated feature film return to Dog River with CORNER GAS: THE
MOVIE saw the entire beloved cast reunited to the delight of rabid fans and new
fans alike and the movie would go on to receive a special Golden Screen Award
at the 2016 Canadian Screen Awards. Re-imagined by creator and star Brent Butt,
an all-new animated version of the iconic comedy franchise entitled CORNER GAS:
ANIMATED debuted in 2018. The animated series immediately became the #1 rated
show in the history of Canada's The Comedy Network and a popular main stay on
streamer CRAVE TV. So successful in fact, the animated series is now also
streaming in the United States on Amazon's free streaming service IMDB TV and a
French language version has been launched. Brent and the series have won
multiple Canadian Screen Awards and Leo Awards including Best Animated Program,
Best Performance and Best Animation Writing so far. The fourth and final season
of CORNER GAS: ANIMATED is now available. Most recently Brent's first novel
HUGE debuted to great fanfare immediately becoming the #1 Fiction Bestseller in
Canada and it remains on the Top Ten list to date. With Brent performing,
writing, executive producing, and even directing, there is little doubt the
future holds many untold achievements for one of Canada's brightest stars.