Andriy Berezhko

• City – Kyiv (Ukraine)
• Language – Ukrainian
• Activity – stand-up comedian, screenwriter, creative producer

Creative path

Andriy Berezhko is a Ukrainian stand-up comedian, comedian buddy (co-author) of other stars of domestic humor, and a teacher of the basics of comedy. Andriy is a comedian and author whose work has long outgrown the format of a one-time performance and has turned into a recognizable style on the modern stage. Powerful charisma, an accurate sense of the audience, and the ability to laugh at himself have made Berezhko a prominent figure in the Ukrainian stand-up industry. A two-time victory in the “Make a Comedian Laugh” project was an important debut for the artist and the first step towards widespread recognition, after which the comedian’s popularity began to grow rapidly.

Over time, Andriy established himself as an independent artist and leader of his own creative formats. He is the author of the YouTube channel “MINUS PERSHY”, a member of the “Goodnight Club” collective and a regular participant in stand-up concerts, festivals and tours in various cities of Ukraine. His solo programs – “Anxiety Relief”, “Body Positive”, “Anti-Family” – have gathered thousands of fans and formed a loyal community of fans who actively support the comedian both at live performances and in the digital space. The audience’s reaction in the form of comments and likes has become for Andriy not just an indicator of popularity, but a living dialogue with the audience.

Style and Development

Andriy Berezhko’s style is distinguished by sharp self-irony and attention to the details of everyday life. The humor of the talented author touches on topics close to modern Ukrainians – relationships, everyday absurdities, internal doubts and small defeats that are familiar to everyone. Thus, in the solo show “Anti-Family”, the central theme becomes romantic and family relationships – without embellishment, filters and sweet illusions. The comedian conveys them in such a way that the audience easily recognizes their own experience in the jokes and laughs not only at the stories on stage, but also at themselves.

An important part of Andriy’s performances is live improvisation. Berezhko knows how to turn random remarks from the audience, audience reactions or unexpected situations into a full-fledged comedy track of the evening, where humor is born here and now. It is this interaction with the stage and the audience that creates the feeling of a unique concert, which cannot be repeated verbatim. The comedian's stand-up often resembles a well-assembled live album - with its own rhythm, pauses and climaxes, where each joke works as a hit.

In Andriy Berezhko's work, you can also hear humor about life's difficulties - airplane flights, everyday inconveniences and small "tragedies" of modern life, which actually shape our daily experience. The artist is not afraid to talk about the uncomfortable, but he does it in such a way that laughter becomes a way of accepting reality.

A separate area of ​​​​activity for the comedian are stand-up master classes. As a mentor, Andriy shares his own experience, principles of building a joke and working with the stage, helping new artists find their voice in the culture of Ukrainian humor. Thus, Berezhko not only develops his own career, but also contributes to the formation of a new generation of comedians, for whom creativity, freedom of expression and honest contact with the audience are key values.

Formats and projects with the comedian's participation:

• "Goodnight Club";
• Make the comedian laugh";
• "MAMAHOKHOTALA";
• "League of Laughter";
• "Rofly" show;
• "Pidkat" show on the YouTube channel "Lions on a Jeep";
• YouTube channel "Minus Pershyi", "Diesel Studio", "Johnsonnews", "The Schumacher Brothers Show" and other successful projects.