Dubai-based distributor and producer Front Row Filmed Entertainment is branching out into the comedy content space by producing a TV special covering prominent Lebanese comedian John Achkar’s upcoming stand-up comedy spectacle “Tryin’” (“Aam Jarrib”) at Paris’ legendary L’Olympia concert hall.

Achkar’s performance of “Tryin'” in Paris on Oct. 23 will mark the first-ever Arabic-language performance by a comedian on the iconic L’Olympia stage, according to a Front Row statement. L’Olympia has hosted world comedy greats such as Chris Rock, Gad Elmaleh, and Eddie Izzard.

In “Tryin” Achkar uses an “unfiltered, fast-paced” approach and “dives headfirst into the hilarity and heartbreak of modern Arab life,” according to the statement. It noted that the show, performed in Arabic around the w

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