Aman Yyulyugenov
2026, 04 November, Wednesday, 19:00
Price: 1000 KGS
Description
In Aman Tyulyugenov’s improvised stand-up, a conversation with an audience member becomes the starting point. A profession, a family story or an unexpected admission provides material for jokes that develop through dialogue. This approach is known as crowdwork: the direction of a performance depends on people’s answers and the details the comedian notices in them.
Tyulyugenov is one of the co-founders of Sun Project. Together with Aleksandr Merkul and Alikhan Karymsakov, he helped establish the university club Stand Up Night, which grew into an independent comedy collective. An abbreviation of the original name remained in the project’s identity as the student initiative developed into regular work with a wider audience.
Aman studied political science at Nazarbayev University. He went on to build a career in comedy, hosting and the development of a stand-up project. In public conversations, he has discussed both the creative side of the profession—writing jokes and preparing material—and the conditions in which comedians build their careers and find their own voices.
His subjects grow out of everyday experience: childhood, marriage, loans, home renovations and family relationships. These are recognisable situations in which expectations come up against reality. Their comic potential lies in the details: how someone explains a decision, defends a habit or describes a domestic disagreement.
Audience interaction also has a prominent place in his video work. His Aman StandUp channel publishes a series called Improvisation, whose episode titles and chapter headings reflect the variety of audience stories: dating, relationships, work and unusual hobbies. People bring their own experiences into this format, and the comedian’s task is to find an unexpected direction in an answer and keep the conversation moving.
His joint Talk Show with Aleksandr Merkul uses another form of audience participation: viewers submit questions and topics on slips of paper. These prompts become the basis for discussion and improvisation between the two comedians. The format allows a single subject to develop through different perspectives and the performers’ responses to one another.
This approach has roots in Sun Project’s history. The collective experimented with open mics, testing new material, improvisation prompts and interactive stand-up. That environment combined work on written material with direct audience interaction, giving comedians opportunities to try different ways of shaping a performance.
The appeal of Tyulyugenov’s improvised stand-up comes from the unpredictability of conversation itself. An ordinary answer can change the subject, while a small detail can become the centre of a whole comic story. The comedian’s experience meets that of the audience, giving familiar everyday situations a fresh interpretation through that exchange.
Tyulyugenov is one of the co-founders of Sun Project. Together with Aleksandr Merkul and Alikhan Karymsakov, he helped establish the university club Stand Up Night, which grew into an independent comedy collective. An abbreviation of the original name remained in the project’s identity as the student initiative developed into regular work with a wider audience.
Aman studied political science at Nazarbayev University. He went on to build a career in comedy, hosting and the development of a stand-up project. In public conversations, he has discussed both the creative side of the profession—writing jokes and preparing material—and the conditions in which comedians build their careers and find their own voices.
His subjects grow out of everyday experience: childhood, marriage, loans, home renovations and family relationships. These are recognisable situations in which expectations come up against reality. Their comic potential lies in the details: how someone explains a decision, defends a habit or describes a domestic disagreement.
Audience interaction also has a prominent place in his video work. His Aman StandUp channel publishes a series called Improvisation, whose episode titles and chapter headings reflect the variety of audience stories: dating, relationships, work and unusual hobbies. People bring their own experiences into this format, and the comedian’s task is to find an unexpected direction in an answer and keep the conversation moving.
His joint Talk Show with Aleksandr Merkul uses another form of audience participation: viewers submit questions and topics on slips of paper. These prompts become the basis for discussion and improvisation between the two comedians. The format allows a single subject to develop through different perspectives and the performers’ responses to one another.
This approach has roots in Sun Project’s history. The collective experimented with open mics, testing new material, improvisation prompts and interactive stand-up. That environment combined work on written material with direct audience interaction, giving comedians opportunities to try different ways of shaping a performance.
The appeal of Tyulyugenov’s improvised stand-up comes from the unpredictability of conversation itself. An ordinary answer can change the subject, while a small detail can become the centre of a whole comic story. The comedian’s experience meets that of the audience, giving familiar everyday situations a fresh interpretation through that exchange.
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