The stand-up comedian and resident "Comedy Club" Igor Chekhov glorified the humorous duet "Cook & Chekhov." He works at the junction of clownery, plastic theater and standup.
The real name of Igor Chekhov, already comedian, is Egor Sergeyevich Kozlikin. His friends always noted his sense of humor and cheerful character. He successfully joked from the school scene; he himself composed scripts, humorous scenes. In the 9th grade, he led the KVN team.
Way to Vocation
The biography of the future comic artist began in 1987. A child was born near Grodno, in the Belarusian town of Smorgon. From childhood, the boy was distinguished by a cheerful disposition. He constantly amused friends and listeners with his performances. At school, he actively participated in KVN.
High school student composed sketches. After graduating, Egor decided to continue his education at the Stavropol Agrarian University. The graduate intended to become a mechanical engineer. The student was included in the university KVN team immediately. He took over as captain of the national team.
Future work was determined after meeting with Mikhail Kukota. The guys became friends and began to perform together. At first, they witted only on the stage during the games. Realizing that they are much better than comedians and mechanics and electricians in the future, the young men sensibly reasoned that it was necessary to create a duet.
Egor took advantage of the stage name he had invented. The humorous mini-team "Kukota & Chekhov" began to gain recognition of show business professionals. By the time he graduated, Igor realized that he was no longer interested in an engineer career. Together with Kukota, he went to St. Petersburg.
There Igor and Mikhail entered the city Academy of Theater Arts. 2008 became the debut in stand-up format for beginner showmen. Success opened the door for them at Comedy Petersburg.
Career start in a world of humor
Very soon, partners became one of the most successful modern comic duets. The authors created a unique genre created by children as plastic idiocy. However, neither the fans nor the audience liked this option. Unlike artists, the invention, implemented in the rooms, they call cartoons.
Both guys manage to provoke laughter without a single word. The complete delight of the audience is provided by plastic, power tricks, acrobatics and clownish grimaces, complemented by the charisma of the performers. So far, the only tandem on the domestic scene does not need either words or long dialogues to convey its humorous messages to the audience. Partners have already become guests and participants in many television programs.
The guys appeared in the project "Do not sleep", starred in "Laughter without rules", "Slaughter League", the audience was amazed by "Comedy Battle", "Points Yu", "Bunker News", the festival "Big Difference". Not without the presence and participation of comedians even “Full House”.
Having become residents of the Comedy Club, the artists presented many numbers on the most pressing topics, including those that absolutely do not seem ridiculous. In their interpretation, even dramatic events turned into comedic situations.
The duet often tours in the company of the St. Petersburg team of comedians "Smirnov, Ivanov, Sobolev." They visited many Siberian cities during a trip in 2016.
Family and work
Success was not only Igor’s career in show business, but also his personal life. The choice of a comedian for a long time was actress Julia Topolnitskaya. The star of the clip “Exhibit” of the Leningrad group has the same great sense of humor as Igor himself.
According to the young people themselves, they solved the problem of Julia radically: she would not have to look for a friend to go "to the Van Gogh exhibition." They became Chekhov. Acquaintance took place at one of the St. Petersburg party. Since then, the couple has not parted. Igor often pleases the chosen one with her favorite flowers, pink peonies.
The official ceremony was held on July 6, 2016. After it, the lovers became husband and wife. The event was filmed on video, guests posted on social networks and Instagram. And as a musical accompaniment sounded the songs of "Leningrad" performed by the bride.
Igor also performs in open areas. The premiere of the cross-genre production of the duet “All Shakespeare” took place in the fall of 2017. The experimental performance was directed by Ilya Moshitsky. In its version, both the traditional British theater and modern interpretations of the works of the famous playwright clashed. The script used the 6 most popular pieces of the classic. In St. Petersburg, the duet performed successfully in the new production.
