Michael Brunström
Michael Brunström is a British comedian active since 2014.
His shows have been described as absurd, surreal, and existential, have often contained historical references, and usually involve audience-participation and props.
Early Life[edit]
Michael Brunström has a degree in Classics from Cambridge University and trained with Ken Campbell.[1]
Career[edit]
Brunström has performed five full-length shows at the Edinburgh Fringe and at other comedy festivals, has participated in the The Alternative Comedy Memorial Society and is a member of the Weirdos Collective. In 2014 he was listed by Chortle as one of the weirdest acts at the Edinburgh Fringe.[1]
In 2017 he appeared in Tony Law’s experimental climate change musical ‘Battle for Icetopia’,[2][3] which won the Chortle Award for Best Event of the Year.[4] In the same year The Independent highlighted Brunström as part of a movement towards silliness and surrealism in comedy.[5] In 2018 Martin Willis, also writing for The Independent, called him one "of the very best acts in comedy".[6]
Awards and honours[edit]
Brunström won the 2015 Malcolm Hardee Award for Comic Originality[7] (which he was also nominated for in 2014) and has twice been nominated for Best Festival Poster at the Leicester Comedy Festival[8][9]
Live shows[edit]
- 2014 - The Human Loire
- 2015 - The Golden Age of Steam
- 2016 - The Haywain Reloaded
- 2017 - Parsley
- 2018 - The Great Fire of London
- 2019 - World of Sports
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "2.10 Loonies: Ten of the weirdest acts heading to the Edinburgh Fringe". chortle.co.uk. Chortle. 15 July 2014.
- ↑ "Comedians to stage a musical – on ice". chortle.co.uk. Chortle. 14 August 2017.
- ↑ "Tony Law and Friends in the Battle for Icetopia – A comedy play on ice". alexandrapalace.com. Alexandra Palace. 14 October 2017.
- ↑ "Chortle Awards 2018: The Results". chortle.co.uk. Chortle. 18 March 2018.
- ↑ Willis, Martin (27 November 2017). "When the world is beyond satire, is silliness and surrealism the answer for comedy?". The Independent.
- ↑ Willis, Martin (3 August 2018). "Edinburgh Fringe 2018: 13 best comedy shows to see at this year's festival". The Independent.
- ↑ "The Malcolm Hardee Awards 2017". malcolmhardee.co.uk. Malcolm Hardee. 2017.
- ↑ "Dave's Leicester Comedy Festival 2016 Awards nominees". comedy.co.uk. British Comedy Guide. 24 February 2016.
- ↑ Dessau, Bruce (13 March 2017). "News: Leicester Comedy Festival award nominees announced". beyondthejoke.co.uk. beyondthejoke.
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