{"id":9813,"date":"2014-10-28T09:54:59","date_gmt":"2014-10-28T16:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=9813"},"modified":"2014-10-28T13:03:42","modified_gmt":"2014-10-28T20:03:42","slug":"comedian-roman-danylo-finds-his-way-back-to-the-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2014\/10\/28\/comedian-roman-danylo-finds-his-way-back-to-the-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"Comedian Roman Danylo finds his way back to the stage"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alberta-born comedian and actor Roman Danylo has done a lot: standup comedy, theatre, film, his own TV show… But what is Danylo\u2019s niche? What does he like besides water sports, raisins, and some humans?<\/p>\n

The answer: performing live. After being in front of the camera with enormous pressure placed on him to not waste anyone\u2019s time or money, Danylo began to appreciate where his career began.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been realizing that performing in theatres is sort of the Holy Grail,\u201d he says. \u201cSo it\u2019s just all about trying to get back into those environments.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Improv comedy group The Comic Strippers are ready to bring the laughs to town (photo provided).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But getting back into intimate, sought-after settings proved to be tough for Danylo. When people became familiar with his name and work, he started getting called to perform in other places, and sometimes they were less-than-pleasant settings.<\/p>\n

\u201cI did one [corporate event] where they didn\u2019t have any lighting or anything, and all they could do was stick me in the corner and turn up the heat lamp from the buffet on the side of my face,\u201d he remembers. \u201cSo it\u2019s so lovely to perform in theatres where everybody is kind of a little bit like, \u2018Oh, this is an evening,\u2019 and they\u2019re all in nice, soft seats facing in the right direction. It\u2019s wonderful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Danylo says that his interest in theatre began in high school when he noticed that entertaining people was easier than math. But despite what could come across as lazy beginnings, it\u2019s clear that throughout his career Danylo learned that there\u2019s more to performing than the entertainment value.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a lot about improv that you can actually translate towards life, like going along, saying \u2018yes\u2019 to things, accepting people\u2019s ideas, and building off stuff as opposed to protecting yourself and negating things,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

After starring in his own TV show, Comedy Inc.<\/i>, for five years, Danylo now tours theatres and performance halls with his improv comedy group, The Comic Strippers,<\/i> a group of six 40-something-year-old men who pretend to be male exotic dancers in what he describes as \u201can untrained circus act.\u201d<\/p>\n

Danylo says he strayed from the screen back to rewarding, live performances to enjoy the magic of the theatre again. All the acting and improv skills he\u2019s learned can lead to better communication and help people learn to just be happy, he says.<\/p>\n

\u201cSaying or pretending to have a good time even when you\u2019re not, you can use that in life,\u201d he says. \u201cLike, you\u2019re having a bad day and Dr. Phil says, and I hate to get philosophical, but Dr. Phil says, \u2018Happiness is a choice,\u2019 so you just kinda go, \u2018Oh no, I have no real problems to worry about,\u2019 and just choose to be happy in your situation, and then you actually start to become happy in your situation.\u201d<\/p>\n

The man who pretends to be a male stripper and makes people laugh for a living also gives great advice, it seems.<\/p>\n

The Comic Strippers
\nWednesday, October 29
\n$30-35, UVic Farquhar Auditorium
\nthecomicstrippers.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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