Ilya Sobolev: Family Is Pain

There are no forbidden topics for the heroines of "Female stand-up". They honestly talk about what they are not satisfied with in a relationship, ridicule stereotypes of family life and frankly declare that it is actually very difficult to be a good mother.

Russia is the richest country with a lot of oil, gas and problems. A humorous satirical show consisting of all-Russian social and everyday realities, “Once Upon a Time in Russia” does not solve any of them. It laughs at them.

Yug Kipen is a tight—lipped, modest boy raised by his grandmother. Yug's mother died when he was three years old, and he never saw his father. Everything changes when, on his 14th birthday, Yug discovers the money his father sent in his grandmother's closet. From this moment begins the story of the great journey of the South in search of his father. Potential fathers are scattered all over Russia. The South will have to cross the whole country to meet everyone. He will visit the most beautiful corners of our country, and of course, he will see the main attraction of Russia — people! It is not easy for a 14-year-old teenager to make such a journey, in principle, and even more difficult for the South, because he has a bunch of phobias that he will have to overcome every time.

Reincarnating in various characters, Mikhail Galustyan and his guests show that Russians have a boundless soul and a wonderful sense of humor.

Mitya, after eight years of study at the St. Petersburg Medical University, returns to his native village of Ozernoe, somewhere in the vast south of Russia. His family, friends and the whole village in general are waiting for him with pride and impatience - after all, earmarked funds were spent on his studies, and a young doctor is also very much needed in the local hospital. But everyone is surprised to learn that Mitya is not a surgeon, not a dentist, and not even a urologist, but a psychologist-sexologist. Conservative residents do not accept Mitya, they call him a "pussy doctor", his own father threatens to recant, but Mitya does not give up. Because he knows how much help is needed for people who are unenlightened in sexual matters, who have tabooed the topic of "this very one" for generations and live in a world of myths, superstitions and prejudices.

The provincial bandit of Vorkuta lived under the motto "We are not like that ― life is like that," but in 1999 the dashing 90s ended, and he received a sentence. In prison, he lost sleep, and after a couple of weeks of insomnia, he saw his conscience in the form of a man who said that as long as he was bad, he would not sleep.

The plot is built around the traditional meeting of old friends in the bath and subsequent events. Musical stars, actors and comedians act out the most recognizable scenes from their favorite New Year's Soviet films and perform songs familiar to everyone.

An ambitious professor of psychiatry, Viktor Meshchersky, conducts a dangerous psychological experiment in which, under false pretenses, he locks victims and their abusers in the basement, hiding his true goals. The subsequent investigation will reveal the real motives of the professor, and will tie together the confusing stories of all participants in the cruel experiment.

The new humorous show in the genre of stand-up. Here people talk about their problems. Thank God we have them!

Women celebrities entertain the audience with their comical acts and satirical comments on various topics like relationships, fashion and lifestyle.

Songwriter Eduard Surovy was famous in the 1970s, when the Comedy Club comedian Garik Kharlamov, who named his odious humorous character in his honor, was not yet in the project. With the personal approval of Leonid Brezhnev, Eduard was allowed to represent the USSR, closed by the iron curtain, at the famous European music competition.

Intelligent humor in the sauce of everyday life, seasoned with a pinch of cynicism, with the addition of paradox and sharpness. Natural laughter without GMOs and artificial colors.