Wild and unapologetically hilarious comedy show about dreams, quirks of our diverse society, and the absurdity of life. Originally from Ukraine, Dima moved to Berlin nine years ago and immediately started doing stand-up in order not to lose his sense of humour while integrating into German society. After many years of trying to become German, Dima gave up on life and started doing comedy full-time because laughter is the only way he can cope with everything that’s happening in the world.

Expect spicy jokes and ridiculous life stories about the state of the world, Berlin techno clubs, emigration, online dating, interracial relationships, shark attacks, and other significant subjects.

August 25, 2024   Edinburgh Evening News

10 Jokes From the Final Week of This Year's Fringe

4. Dima Watermelon
Ukrainian comedian Dima Watermelon is on at Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull - Cellar – 5.15pm until August 25. In his show he joked: “Whenever people ask me, 'Dima, where are you from?' I always have to answer, 'Well, originally, I’m from Ukraine, but just to be sure, let me check the news'.” | JV publicity Click Here For Article

August 19, 2024    The Scotsman

Not a clown, despite his name, Dima Watermelon is a Ukrainian stand-up who's established himself on Berlin's burgeoning live comedy scene. Indeed, before the war with Russia, he could claim the hip German capital as an aspect of his personality. And he now feigns annoyance with Vladimir Putin for giving him the burden of representing an oppressed people.

Contrasting the pithy way he characterises himself for Western audiences in a manner they'll appreciate, his stand-up is characteristically world-weary and cloaked in cynicism, openly expounding on the corruption and limited horizons of his homeland, while enjoying the fall of Western European living standards that are gradually equalising the continent. Joined by his mother in Germany, he immediately turns anti-refugee. Yet born in Chernobyl, he ultimately can't escape the generational trauma of his nation and doesn't try to. His barbed, baiting geopolitical satire isn't always the easiest to listen to as it occasionally tips into rant. Yet it's rendered with impressive feeling and he closes with a powerfully articulated desire for the deliverance of his people. Click Here For Review

August 8, 2024   The Scotsman

Dima Watermelon brings debut show Ukrainian dream to Edinburgh Fringe

The best comedy comes from tragedy. For Dima Watermelon, being from Ukraine was already tragic enough… and then the war started.

In his debut Edinburgh Fringe comedy hour Ukrainian Dream, Dima makes fun of Putin, Berlin techno clubs, interracial relationships, shark attacks, nuclear war, and other funny subjects. It's wild, hilarious, and he doesn't hold back!

Dima is a Ukrainian stand-up comedian currently living in Germany, but don’t worry - he hasn’t lived there long enough to lose his sense of humour.

He also has a dream. And it's not just the destruction of Russia.

The show brings Dima’s unique and hysterically honest Ukrainian perspective - so often overlooked in current political discussions - to Edinburgh Fringe audiences.

Dima’s comic style was described as ‘deadpan absurdity’ by Stewart Lee when he watched Dima’s split show From Ukraine With Laughs with Pavlo Voytovych in 2022.

Ukrainian Dream is on every day at Laughing Horse, The Raging Bull, throughout August. Advance tickets (PWYC starting at £5) are available.

Dima Watermelon is a 33-year-old Ukrainian residing in Berlin. And yes, Watermelon really is his real surname, simply translated into English.

Being naturally funny, Dima discovered his comedic appeal when pranking friends after he moved to study Computer Science in Finland in 2013.

After spending two winters in Finland Dima started feeling a bit homesick, but not homesick enough to go all the way back to Ukraine. Berlin seemed like the perfect compromise, particularly East Berlin, which Dima has called home since 2015.

Within a few years, Dima established himself as a regular comedian in the Berlin stand-up scene. Over the course of his career, Dima has performed in more than 20 countries, including renowned locations like the Gotham Comedy Club in New York, the Comedy Store London, and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Living in three different countries, and visiting over 40, Dima is no longer simply Ukrainian, but not quite European either. Stuck in this absurd cultural limbo, he finds laughter to be his best coping mechanism.

Dima produces regular hit comedy shows in Berlin and tours around Europe. Click Here For Article