The Stand-up artist Valerii Zhydkov and his family came under fire at their summer cottage near Makariv in the first days of the full-scale war. They were lucky to escape. Valerii sent his daughters and wife abroad. He stayed in Kyiv. The author of Kvartal 95 Studio tells us how artists prepare for concerts on the front line in complete secrecy, about the peculiarities of humor during the war and about the lost opportunities.