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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.

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Mykyta Skreminsky

Language – Ukrainian

Genre – stand-up, improvisation

Creative path

Mykyta Skreminsky is a Ukrainian stand-up comedian and screenwriter. Mykyta has not been in stand-up for a long time, but he is confident on stage and charges the audience 100 percent. Energetic and talented, relaxed and frank, the owner of simply incredible charisma, the comedian is steadily expanding his army of fans, including both young and middle-aged people. In April 2023, Mykyta created his YouTube channel, where he publishes videos of his own stand-up concerts and other interesting comedy material. The future star of the humor industry unloads his author's content in batches at solo performances and comedy evenings organized by popular clubs:

• "Stand Up Wanderer" ("12 Stand Up Comedians", "The Funny Seven");
• Ukrainian Stand-Up Agency;
• "Comedy Gallery" and others.

Artist's style and development

In Nikita's performances, what captivates us most is his simplicity and sincerity. The comedian doesn't need to invent anything, because he talks about himself, about his own everyday life and interesting life situations. Exaggerations happen, the comedian admits. However, you definitely won't hear lies at his performances! Nikita's fans are happy to rush to his stand-ups to enjoy jokes on a wide variety of topics. Among them:

• getting to know the hostel and cheap pies;
• emotional experiences and loneliness;
• a believing grandmother and a blab-babbler;
• the difference between the American and Ukrainian understanding of poverty and much more.

At solo concerts or during performances in collaboration with other comedians, Mykyta Skreminsky invariably remains himself and charges his fans with positivity, telling about the most interesting observations and significant events in his life - personal and national. So, during the presentation of the program "TRAGICOMEDIA" the comedian gave the audience a whole hour of cool jokes and friendly communication. Everyone who came got pure pleasure from meeting the artist. And with each new appearance on stage, Mykyta demonstrates development in the genre and creative growth.

Social activity

Like many other representatives of humor, music, and culture in Ukraine, Mykyta Skreminsky, together with his stand-up colleagues, is accumulating maximum efforts to help our Armed Forces. Comedians hold charity auctions, announce important collections on social media pages. The proceeds go to repair cars, antennas for drones, and other things needed on the front. Thus, Mykyta not only charges the audience with positivity, so necessary in our troubled times, but also directs his talent in a useful direction.

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 comedian you've definitely seen somewhere

Oleksiy Priymachenko is a talented stand-up comedian, Tiktoker, finalist of the "Battles" show, screenwriter, master of improvisation, presenter on Sweet TV and just a bright creative personality.

Oleksii is originally from Zaporizhzhia, but recently moved to Kyiv (and this fact, by the way, is also one of the topics of the comedian's jokes). The humorist's popularity is growing rapidly today, and tickets for Oleksiy Pryimachenko's performances are selling out quite quickly. The comedian gathers the audience at the capital's venues and comes to his native Zaporizhzhia with concerts. Oleksii jokes about everything that happens in his life: about health (where can we go without jokes about teeth!), the complexity of the diet and a fight with a girl, about relationships and marriage, and much more. But you can best feel the atmosphere of the comedian's performances only at a live concert of Oleksiy Pryimachenko, so look for the nearest date and come!

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.