Michael Brunström

@michaelbrunstrom.bsky.social

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Surrealist comedian He/him

Final preview in the bag. Not too shoddy. Not too slick. Bring on Edinburgh. See you there. 15.05 Hoots @ Potterrow (Big Yurt). 7-19 August.
August zine: LIGHTHOUSES.
My Edinburgh Fringe poster.
TUESDAY William Tell versus the Alhorithm 4 August 8.30pm Camden Comedy Club
Hotdog octopus omelette
A plug for my show. In the newspaper.
Mockup of 2027 Edinburgh Fringe programme sponsored by Rolex. Photo of a watch. Hashtag: timeforcreativity
Seven zines: TRUMPETS LUNGS HAMMERS CLOWNS SALADS CRABS VESTS
Cut out six different vests to try out on a cut-out Alfred Hitchcock.
Hand-typed banzuke for Nagoya sumo tournament makuuchi division.
EDFRINGE PREVIEW 🍎 Michael Brunstrom: William Tell vs The Algorithm 📅 Date: Tuesday, 4 August 2026 | 8:30pm 📍 Venue: Camden Comedy Club 🎟️ Tickets: £10 / £8 Concessions 🔗 https://camdenfringe.com/events/michael-brunstrom-william-tell-versus-the-algorithm/
I just finished the audiobook of A Tale of Iwo Cities. Does Miriam Margolyes give the French characters comedy French accents? No!’ She gives them comedy Yorkshire accents.
Sumo wrestlers ranked.
I’m on at 5.20pm
Me promoting my show.
I’m on on Saturday at 5.20pm
Müsli one year ago today.
Panel 1 Second Doctor (closing scene from The War Games) “That one’s too young!” Panel 2 Close up of Billie Piper’s face at the end of the last season. Panel 3 Time Lords: “It is time to put the show out to tender, Doctor.” Panel 4 Second Doctor spins off into the time vortex: “No… no… no!”
Photo of me reading OULIPO PORNOBONGO.
Michael Brunström in WILLIAM TELL VERSUS THE ALGORITHM Museum of Comedy 18 June 8.30pm
Six zines on table, titled: Trumpets, Lungs, Hammers, Clowns, Salads, Crabs.
Zine: CRABS Crude drawing of a claw
I do not like the football fans with their beery yelling, but... a small part of me feels a sort of baffled admiration for their capacity to remain energetically joyous about just one thing for eight hours non-stop. Arsenal, Arsenal, Arsenal? - Got it. champions, Champions? - Understood.
A list of 4 dates for previews of my show in London
The Algorithm wants you to book in advance.
Poster for Michael Brunström in “William Tell versus the Algorithm”
Typewritten makuuchi banzuke for May Grand Sumo Tournament on yellow paper
The five zines I have made so far: 1. TRUMPETS 2. LUNGS 3. HAMMERS 4. CLOWNS 5. SALADS
Front cover of the zine features the word SALADS above a simple drawing of a salad.
A pile of books and zines.
Typewritten note: I may not be young any more, but I am in far better physical health than my spam folder wants me to believe.
My first four zines: TRUMPETS LUNGS HAMMERS CLOWNS Now available
Hugh Laurie as George in the final episode of Blackadder Goes Forth. “I’m scared, sir.”
a michael brunstrom zine CLOWNS [crude drawing of clown] no. 4 (apr. ‘26)
No, but I am somewhat beholden to a creative industry that expects me to behave as though I do.
Typewritten note: For some years now, it’s been on my mind to develop a piece of solo comedy about 10-15 minutes long (a “set”, if you will) specifically for me to perform at mixed-bill nights. This is what“proper comedians” do.
The poster shows me looking baffled/inspired in an Alpine hat with a arrow through my head. Behind, an Alp. Above, a pixellated apple with
Typewritten note: This morning I will be making an important announcement.
Typewritten note: I still do not know what I want to be when I grow up
U.S. OPEN JOKE It's called the U.S. Open because it's open to both tennis players and golfers.
Typewritten note: When the moon hits your eye, like amore, that’s a big pizza pie.
Me holding up a copy of theatre@risk by Michael Kustow.
A photo of a man with a camel. Someone has written I’M A SILLY SAUSAGE over the camel’s face.
A small bit of a decorated plate held in a washing-up-gloved hand.
A bottle of Co Op “Quad Strength” Orange Squash. Caption: “Kiss your flimsy thigh muscles goodbye.”
Typewritten note: I fear I may have a tin ear for comedy.
The front cover of my fourth zine CLOWNS, with a simplistic drawing of a clown’s face.
Typewritten note: TOMORROW Sunny weather is forecast. Let’s all take the day off and go to the park.
Müsli
Jo Martin as Fugitive Doctor in grainy bland and white.
A page of my notebook: I’ve written “Make the basketball scene more BEAUTIFUL.”
Zines
My new zine HAMMERS on a park bench. The cover features a crude drawing of a hammer and the word HAMMERS. In the background, my previous two zines, TRUMPETS and LUNGS.
Screenshot of my email junk folder. It is empty. The notice reads: Nothing in Junk.
I’m dressed as William Tell with a crossbow. In the background: an Alp.
A graphic listing previews of my show William Tell versus the Algorithm. You can find them on my website. www.michaelbrunstrom.co.uk
Typewritten note: I like the word "neurotypical" because it is hard not to roll your eyes when you get to the "-typical" bit.
List of COMEDY TODAY pinned to the door of the back room of Duffy’s Leicester. Starting at 12 noon and finishing at 9.30pm, the acts are: Cerys Bradley Michael Brunström Catriona Dowden Nate Kitch Matthew Highton Edy Hurst Bruce Edhouse
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