Heytarosexualen – Nikolaos Tsitiridis

Who is Nikolaos Tsitiridis? A Greek-born Bulgarian comic with a journalist’s eye for detail. He was born in Athens in 1994, moved to Bulgaria at age five, and studied journalism at Sofia University before reporting for OFFNews, where he received the “Valya Krushkina – Journalism for the People” award. In 2016 he stepped onto The Comedy Club Sofia’s open mic, and by 2019 he had earned the club’s “resident” title for standout contribution to the local scene. Television found him soon after: on January 27, 2020 he launched The Nikolaos Tsitiridis Show on bTV, whose debut surpassed a million viewers, and he joined the judging panel of Balgariya tarsi talant in 2022, returning again in 2025. He also lent his voice to the Bulgarian dub of Minions: The Rise of Gru in 2022.

Why that matters for this show: a decade on stage means a tight hour of hard-earned timing. Tsitiridis blends club-honed crowd work with the quick reflexes of a nightly TV host. Expect nimble pivots, riffs that build in unexpected directions, and punchlines sharpened on the biggest stages in Bulgaria. His perspective—part Greek, fully Bulgarian by upbringing—gives him room to play with identity, media, and the tiny social habits we all recognize but rarely admit.

What you’ll experience

• High-energy, single-mic stand-up with spontaneous interactions; the front rows aren’t just spectators, they’re material.
• Current references filtered through a journalist’s instinct for what’s buzzy now—smart without getting academic.
• Language: Bulgarian. Advisory: 16+ (for themes and vocabulary).

Tsitiridis built his reputation with The Comedy Club Sofia’s large-format shows, then stress-tested jokes nightly on national television. That combination tends to produce a specific rhythm: warm storytelling, sharp turns, and callbacks that tie the set together right when you think he’s gone fully off-script. If you follow contemporary Bulgarian theatre and comedy, this sits comfortably next to audience favourites like Petak vecher and the character-driven world of Chamkoria; if you enjoy modern relationship farces, you might also like the stage humor in Bez garanciya or Otchayani sapruzi 2: Brakuvani.

Good to know
The performance is presented without an interval and relies on audience focus—arrive a few minutes early, settle in, and keep phones silent so the improvisation lands. If you’re bringing friends who know Tsitiridis mainly from TV or Bulgaria’s Got Talent, this is the chance to see why the clubs booked him first: the jokes hit faster, the edges are sharper, and the laughter rolls in waves.