TORONTO — Amazon’s Prime Video announced today production has just finished on Pour un soir seulement (For One Night Only), its first collaboration with Juste pour rire TV/Just For Laughs TV to produce French-language content in Quebec.
“Each episode of the four-part Canadian Amazon Original comedy series features a different Francophone comedian performing a stand-up showcase in an unusual and surprising venue for an audience of die-hard fans,” explains a press release.
Filmed entirely in Quebec, the series features comedians PA Méthot (above, centre), Dominic Paquet, Rachid Badouri and Mariana Mazza, who each share the stage with his or her own personally selected lineup of talent.
The series will launch exclusively on Prime Video in Canada later this year, the release says.
The first episode of Pour un soir seulement features Méthot and was filmed on May 24 at Morrin Centre in the heart of Quebec City. Méthot and his guests “treat their audience to an evening of suspense and intrigue with mysteriously cloaked surprise guests and dramatic entrances galore against the backdrop of a nationally recognized cultural monument,” reads a description in the press release.
In the second episode, “comedian Dominic Paquet and his guests enjoy a virtual tropical beach vacation when they entertain their audience live from the Coconut Bar in Trois-Rivières,” the release reads.
The third episode featuring Badouri and guests was filmed at the Centre des Sciences in Old Port, Montreal, with the theme of the evening being love and marriage — “vows may even be exchanged at the end of the show!” the release says.
The final episode was filmed on June 20 with Mazza and her guests entering the wrestling ring at the Foufounes Électriques in Montreal “to offer fans a knockout evening of comedy.”
“Just for Laughs is one of the most influential players in the comedy industry. We are excited to work with them on this project and tap into their expertise in comedy and the Quebec audience,” said Nav Saini, head of content, Canada, Prime Video, in the release.
“Pour un soir seulement is Prime Video’s second Canadian produced French-language comedy series, following the recent announcement and production of LOL: Qui Rira Le Dernier? with host Patrick Huard.”
Pour un soir seulement is produced by the Juste pour rire TV/Just For Laughs TV team that includes Emilie Corriveau, head of French TV development, executive producer Francoise Poirier-Charette, Patrick Rozon, vice-president of francophone content and executive producer, and Marina Di Pancrazio, chief content revenue officer.
Photo supplied by Prime Video.
