Evening of New Jokes

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.

The path to fame

Maryna Voitsekhovska is a famous Ukrainian stand-up comedian from Zhytomyr region, a black belt in dubious compliments, and a resident of the Ukrainian Stand-Up Agency. Among comedy lovers, Marina is known for her delicious jokes without filters. Although those who see the girl for the first time expect almost angelic jokes from her and certainly no obscenities. Maryna Voitsekhoska first appeared on stage as a stand-up in 2020. It was the Open Mic. At the time, she was so scared that she lost the desire to try again for six months. But the urge and obvious talent for humor prevailed, and the comedian resumed her activities. The next two years were surprisingly productive. Maryna conquered half the country with her jokes, holding concerts in more than 10 cities and becoming really popular online.

The case when female humor can be shocking at first

The fact is that the material Maryna Voitsekhovska offers the public is, so to speak, exclusive. The comedienne talks about life in a Polissya village, the cost of divorce, dating and whether you can eat properly on a date, relationships, lust and the problem of choosing men. It would seem that the topics are quite trivial. But the presentation is worth it - fresh, even cheerful, enriched with selected Ukrainian swearing! So now you are definitely ready to enjoy Maryna Voitsekhovska's humor, all you have to do is find her performance in the poster of events in your city!

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.

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.