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The Meaford Hall Arts & Culture Centre is hosting two comedy performances on its stage in January 2015. Canadian comedian Brent Butt and the renowned Second City comedy troupe will both visit the historic venue with performances guaranteed to banish cabin fever and destroy the winter blues.
Brent Butt performs Monday, January 12, 2015 at 8 pm. Born in Tisdale, Saskatchewan, Brent discovered early that being funny was a good way to get attention. He honed his comedy in school and at the age of 20 moved to the city to pursue a career in standup. Within months he headlined top clubs in Toronto, and within a few years he was touring internationally and appearing at major festivals. Brent created the instant TV hit Corner Gas, and has lately been working on the highly anticipated feature film Corner Gas: The Movie. Opening for Brent is Canadian comedian Jamie Hutchinson; the two have been working stand-up together for more than a decade.
On Saturday, January 24, Second City delivers one of its most popular and critically-acclaimed productions of all time. The Meme-ing of Life blends boundless physical humor with hilarious and biting social satire that touches on everything from border security and gun control to the personal and political battles being waged over female reproductive health. In the end, however, this warm-hearted comedy emphasizes how it is the little acts of kindness, such as sharing a laugh, that we all cherish most deeply.
Both of these shows are going to be a lot of fun and tickets would make a fantastic Christmas gift, especially for someone hard to buy for! Tickets to the Brent Butt performance on January 12 are $45 each. For the Second City performance January 24, tickets are $30. A $60 Comedy Pass gives access to both the Brent Butt and Second City performances with one ticket to each. Purchase tickets through the Meaford Hall box office in person at 12 Nelson Street, by phone at 1.877.538.0463, or online at meafordhall.ca.
