SHOWTIME Arabia, the leading Pay-TV network in the Middle East and North Africa, enthralled a sold out arena at Madinat Jumeirah for the Friday Night Live, two hour stand-up comedy extravaganza at on Friday May 16th. Friday Night Live marks SHOWTIME’s second foray into bringing relevant, world-class stand-up to the Middle East after the break out success of the ‘The Axis of Evil Middle East Comedy Tour.’
With a diverse mixture of cultures and nationalities living and working in the booming metropolis of Dubai, Friday Night Live entertained an audiences of 2500 of all ethnic groups under the tagline “Minorities Rule!” in a star-studded night of a thousand and one laughs.
Marc-Antoine d’Halluin, CEO and President of SHOWTIME said, “SHOWTIME is committed to building the stand-up comedy concept in the Middle East. For the second time, we brought a blend of witty international comedians to entertain the audiences. In parallel, we are working on finding, developing, and promoting local talent on the SHOWCOMEDY channel, home of stand-up in the region.”
Following the huge success of ‘The Axis of Evil Middle East Comedy Tour’ that entertained over 20,000 people across five Arabic cities Palestinian-American Aron Kader, returned to host the event with the hysterical, Sugar Sammy, an Indian born rising star from Canada who has opened for Dave Chappelle, along with the most recognizable Asian comedian in Canada, Youtube hit, Ron Josol.
Joining them was the African-American sensation from Comedy Central, Dwayne Perkins, Jordanian-American; Mike Batayeh who’s appeared on ‘Everybody loves Raymond’, and Egyptian-American, Ronnie Khalil with credits on ‘Conan O’Brien’.
Lebanese national Nemr Abou Nassar; hot off the heals from selling out 2000 seats for his 90 minute Stand-Up comedy performance, and Cairo’s George Azmy, who was discovered during Showtime's ‘Axis of Evil Middle East Tour’ talent search also performed brand new sets. Showtime’s Stand-up comedian Wonho Chung was among this international mix of hilarious comedians, who presented an evening of world-class comedy.
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