Funny Seven

A real discovery for connoisseurs of stand-up

Arsen Puchkov is a trashy stand-up comedian from Zaporozhye, whose topics for jokes are very close and understandable to many. Today, Arsen lives in Kyiv and is actively expanding his audience. The public likes the light and simple style of the comedian's stories. This makes Arsen what is called "his" in any company. That is why for many, the stand-up of a witty humorist often becomes a pleasant discovery and even, they say, is addictive.

The topics for Arsen Puchkov's jokes are very diverse. His stories are about IT, barbershops, nervousness and anxiety, owners of iPhones, about parents and childhood, tattoos and greed. Arsen knows how and likes to laugh at himself and his problems, and this is winning.

Bohdan Pysmenko

City – Kharkiv (Ukraine)

Language – Ukrainian

Genre – stand-up, improvisation

Creative path

Bohdan Pysmenko is an experienced Ukrainian comedian, a TikTok star who has been in the genre for over 8 years. Today, the artist gives solo concerts and has a considerable army of fans. At the beginning of his creative path, he understood an important point: to be a good comedian, you need to be able to reflect on the events happening around you. Otherwise, an attentive audience will feel the falsity and it will be more difficult to gather the audience next time. At the same time, according to Bohdan, you should always be critical of your performances. If you were lucky enough to make the audience laugh today, this does not give the comedian the title of god of comedy. But it becomes an impetus for development.

The artist describes his feeling as a realized comedian as follows: “my soul has calmed down a little.” At the same time, Bohdan believes that being funny is very important for success. The first six months of performances were exploratory for the stand-up comedian – he tried to find topics and develop his own style. He was filled with ideas for creativity from films, TV series, and musical works. During his formation in humor, Bohdan participated in various projects. Some of them still remain a stage for the comedian’s performances. The audience could see the stand-up comedian on the air of the following formats and groups:

• Kharkiv stand-up club Split Comedy;
• "Comedy Club";
• podcast "Sex and Contents";
• "Dispersals from the vagrant" and others.

Artist's style and development

Bohdan Pysmenko is called the new star of Ukrainian stand-up, and his unique and inimitable style is defined as “brazen intelligentsia”. Recognition and popularity, successful solo concerts and collaboration with other humor colleagues are modern realities for the master of comedy. Bohdan’s work appeals to stand-up fans thanks to simple and understandable topics. The comedian talks about:

• tattoos and inflation;
• love, relationships with women and intimate experiences;
• childhood and tasteless sauces;
• job search, various everyday situations, and more.

Social activity

Together with other representatives of Ukrainian humor, Bohdan Pysmenko takes an active part in charity performances, the funds from which are transferred to the needs of our military. It is also necessary to note the special, therapeutic effect of the humor of the talented author on Ukrainians. For many, meetings with the comedian are indispensable in replenishing morale and helping to recharge as much as possible in conditions of constant stress.

Dan Che – style and charisma in action

Dan Che is a bright representative of Ukrainian stand-up, a resident of the Kyiv club "Brodyachy Stand Up", a participant of the Stand up for three format. The comedian's bright image and his taboo-free humor do their job flawlessly, drawing the attention of more and more stand-up fans to Dan's work.

What Dan Che is joking about

If we talk about the topics that the comedian touches on in his performances, then these are children and relationships in the family, sex, current problems of society and much more. Dan, for example, can delicately lay out all the advantages of the moment when you have "family" on you, or reflect with the audience on the harmfulness of filters on Instagram. Non-trivial topics and a generally restrained style of communication with the audience are components that create a unique image of a cool comedian.

A comedian whose palette of topics for jokes is endless

Dmytro Tyutyun is a talented stand-up comedian from Kharkiv, a popular Tiktok blogger, author and performer of the shows "Military Stand-up Therapy" and "Non-Serious Talk". With the beginning of the full-scale war, he moved to Poltava, where he was one of the first to organize stand-up concerts and collect money to support the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Dmytro has been in humor for more than 5 years, and during this time he has significantly expanded his listening audience and received the title of Ukrainian stand-up sex symbol. Today, the comedian's performances gather full halls of Kyiv clubs. One of the secrets of Dmitry's success is the absence of taboo topics for jokes. The comedian is sure: you can laugh at everything, but some jokes may be out of time. And the task of the author is to feel the border that should not be crossed.

Nikita Trandafilov City – Odessa (Ukraine)

Language – Ukrainian

Genre – Stand-up, improvisation

Creative Path

Nikita Trandafilov is a popular Ukrainian artist in the stand-up genre, a talented improviser, and a holder of boundless charisma. The comedian is a resident of "Underground Stand-up" and also works as a writer for humorous projects. Among them:

• "Anxious Stand-up";
• sketch show "Treehouse" and others.

Nikita runs his own YouTube channel, where he jokes about various topics:

• about a trip to Kharkiv;
• about childhood;
• about future death;
• about electric scooters and socializing with friends;
• about interacting with teenagers and much more.

At a certain point during his work on the "Anxious Stand-up" project, the comedian felt that his performances had become "weak," and he was literally doing something he didn’t want to. So, Nikita decided to stop performing. Not to take a break, but to never return to the stage for stand-up fans again. By that time, Trandafilov had indeed stopped planning performances and started working out at the gym to get into shape. However, he continued writing material, and talent prevailed over Nikita – the artist returned to live performances with the audience in 2023.

Style and Development of the Comedian

Recently, Nikita Trandafilov made the decision to move from the capital of humor to Kyiv. His first solo stand-up took place in the spring of 2024. Nikita presented his program "Mikasa," where he made the audience laugh heartily with witty stories about his daily life, relationships with friends, dating, intimate relationships, interactions with exes, and other interesting life situations.

Social Activity

Together with other colleagues from the humor industry, Nikita actively hosts charity stand-up nights aimed at supporting our defenders. Like many performers in the music scene, comedians also help individual units and military personnel, uniting their efforts and all their fans around an important cause.

A fan of an interesting life, who turns all his observations into jokes

Pavlo Pinchuk is a comedian originally from Dnipro, who today has already reached the level of soloists in the capital. Among the projects in which Pavlo took part are "Razgony" from "Vagabond Standup", Closed Mic, where experienced comedians present new and better material. Together with other comedians, Pavlo takes to the stage of comedy shows of an improvisational format, where bright artists joke without preparation on topics that are received from the audience simply during the concert.

Pavel's subtle humor is interesting because it fully reflects the comedian's attitude to non-trivial situations from seemingly everyday life. The comedian jokes about the absurdity of the modern world, about relationships, addictions and psychotherapists, about the impression he makes on girls and much more.