RHLSTP 482 - Vasyl Baidak

RHLSTP with Richard Herring

British Comedy Guide

Comedy, Performing Arts, Tv & Film, Arts

4.8 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 December 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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#482 May The Force Be With You - It’s a very special and moving Christmas episode as Richard talks to Ukranian comedian Vasyl Baidak about performing comedy in a war zone, how comedy has differed before, after and during the conflict, performing in shelters and trenches, how comedy helps process the horror and how absurd comedy seems redundant in the more absurd state of war, converting Stewart Lee tickets into a car, being championed by Stephen Fry, the influence of Andy Kaufman, building the country back one house at a time and keeping the Ukraine in people’s minds and raising funds for the military. How do you tour and celebrate Christmas in a war? It’s an incredible story from a very eloquent man speaking in a second language (where school lessons did not prepare him for talking about war). Please listen and share this one. And tonight don’t thank God it’s them instead of you. Ask God why anyone has to be in this situation.

See the Guardian documentary here https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2023/feb/23/the-year-that-never-ended-how-a-ukrainian-comedian-rebuilt-a-strangers-house-documentary

Watch Vasyl’s special here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C34z0ozw_9E

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0:00.0	Hello my fan friends welcome to the British sharing podcast feed powered by a cast plus
0:06.1	Have a very happy Christmas or whatever you celebrate at this time of year or if you don't celebrate anything just have a nice time.
0:14.7	We have got some Best Off specials coming up and an international special being released on Christmas
0:19.6	day that I think you will be interested in.
0:22.4	I'm not sure enjoy is the right word for that
0:24.8	one but it's a little special surprise. Plus the Ralstupa tour continues in
0:29.8	2024 Richard Herring.com slash Raulister Per.
0:33.0	We've got Bob Mortimer on the 22nd of January replacing Bill Bailey,
0:36.7	who sadly can't do that gig, but I think that's a pretty good replacement.
0:39.2	It's sold out.
0:40.1	We've got Ruthless Jones and Maisie Adam in Brighton on the 1st of February.
0:43.4	Amanda Yinucci at Lesser Square Theatre on the 5th of February, plus to be announced.
0:47.2	Still a few tickets for that one. Mary Beard on the 9th of February in Colchester,
0:51.2	plus to be announced. Then another gig at Leicester Square Theatre, Plus to be announced.
0:52.8	Then another gig at Leicester Square Theatre
0:54.4	with guests to be announced on the 12th of February,
0:56.6	Bedford on the 15th of February.
0:59.0	Bristol sold out on the 16th of Feb.
1:01.2	Simon Munry at the Y theatre in Leicester on the 25th of Feb, Simon Munnary at the Y theatre in Leicester on the 25th of feb.
1:05.2	We've got Vic Reeves, Jim Moyer and his partner Nancy Sorrell, plus the fantastic
1:09.7	Nick Wilte in Canterbury on the 29th of February, Tommy Ternan, plus to be announced in
1:14.3	Dublin on the 2nd and March, then Cardiff Sheffield, a sold-out gig with Adam Buxton,
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