JULY 12 · 7:00 PM
On Sunday, July 12, six comedians take the Secret Room stage and answer these questions out loud. Different cities, different generations, different temperaments. One thing connects them. They know how to turn their own lives into honest and very funny stories.
Tickets 50 zł, strictly 18+.The show is organized by PunchLab, a Gdańsk-based comedy collective made up of comedians of several nationalities.
After some events, including the premiere and a women’s stand-up night, the collective is switching to an all-male lineup. Brutal Stand-Up features six comedians and two hours of no-holds-barred humor.
PUNCHLAB X SECRET ROOM
WHAT AWAITS YOU?
One looks like a Viking with a thick beard, another like a math lecturer, and another like someone who started life over in a foreign country a few years ago. One performs sharp and brazen, another subtle and cerebral, a third so unexpectedly that the jokes stay in your head for days.
The styles vary, but everyone is talking about the same thing. Life, the way it actually is.The program covers relationships, emigration, family life, work, the day-to-day, male friendship, and modern realities.Women, this one's for you, too.
Ever wanted to hear what men actually think about and say to each other when you're not in the room? Here's your chance.
.png)
MEET THE LINEUP
Meet the cast of the premiere night
Aleksander
hosts the evening. A comedian with dark humor, enormous charisma, and a love for improvisation. He almost never sticks to a script. Someone in the audience drops a comment, and Alexander turns it into a full comedy bit. That's how every one of his sets works.
Anton
is from Belarus. Most of his material is based on personal experience: emigration, military service, life after relocating, and adapting to a new country. He can turn difficult life events into stories that land both with people who've walked the same path and with those who simply enjoy good humor grounded in real life.
Sergiej
is coming from Warsaw. He's settled into life in Poland, but still sees things from two sides at once. Through the eyes of someone who once arrived here with nothing, and someone who already feels almost at home. His stand-up is full of observations about life in Poland, cultural differences, and situations nearly everyone will recognize.
Artur
is a Belarusian Armenian. A comedian with an unusual delivery, Caucasian temperament, and a weakness for unexpected plot twists. His humor is hard to compare to anyone else's.
Paweł
tutors math by day. On stage, he proves that good stand-up doesn't have to be loud or provocative. His humor is subtle, observant, and precise. He's the comedian whose jokes make you want to say "that's spot on" before you've even stopped laughing.
Eduard
is tall, bearded, and looks like someone who should be chopping wood in a forest, not standing behind a microphone. That contrast works in his favor. He talks a lot about men and women, living together, and situations where everyone effortlessly recognizes themselves or someone close to them.
THE SHOW
BRUTAL STAND-UP IN FOUR NUMBERS
12.07
Sunday, July 12
6
comedians on stage
3
countries represented
~2 h
runtime with a drink break at the bar
19:00
STAND-UP IN RUSSIAN
After the show, you stay as long as you want. Secret Room is a restaurant and lounge bar, so the evening doesn't end with the last set.