| Bio | ’Jesus: The Guantanamo Years’ - Audio Download Now Available
Click here to listen to, and own, the controversial comedy hit on your computer and/or MP3 player.
(Recorded live in Dublin, 44 mins, MP3 format, no DRM).
Also available on iTunes
Jesus Christ returns to earth but doesn’t get through US immigration - He’s a bearded, Middle-Eastern guy, prepared to die as a martyr.
Press Reviews
"Way beyond superficial religious satire... Absorbing, intricately woven, challenging and... highly entertaining."
- Malcolm Hay, TimeOut (London)
“Witty… intelligent…riveting…Rich with ironic possibilities.”
- News on Sunday (Pakistan)
"A wonderful show... intelligent and engaging comedy... One of the most talked about shows in this year’s [Edinburgh] Fringe. ****"
- Three Weeks (Edinburgh)
“There are sharp observations… rollicking wide-ranging reflections…proper understatement and crack timing… An inspired performance”
- The Patriot Ledger (Boston)
"Displays superb humanity... destined to be a Fringe favourite... Miraculous. *****"
- The National Student (UK)
"The greatest stand-up story ever told… Funny, thoughtful, impassioned…Abie [Philbin] Bowman deserves a comic sainthood."
- The Stage (UK) |
| TV Shows | & OTHER MEDIA
Television
(International) BBC News, Sky News;
(Ireland) RTE News, TV3’s Ireland AM and Nightly News with Vincent Browne, RTE1’s The Late Late Show, Prime Time, Seoige and O’Shea, The Big Bite and The View;
(UK) BBC1’s The Heaven and Earth Show;
(USA) CN8’s Backstage with Barry Nolan.
Radio
(International) BBC World Service, NPR;
(Boston and New England:) WMFO, WMBR;
(Ireland) NewsTalk, RTE Radio 1, Today FM, FM 104, 98 FM, Anna Livia;
(UK) The Edinburgh Fringe Podcast, U109, Premier Christian Radio, BBC London, BBC Scotland, BBC Ulster and BBC Asian Network.
Print (* indicates that the story included a photo of Abie)
(International) Reuters, Associated Press, International Herald Tribune;
(France) Le Monde;
(Ireland) The Irish Times*, The Sunday Independent*, The Sunday Business Post*, The Sun*, The Irish Examiner*, Hot Press*, Metro*, The Irish News*, The Evening Herald*, The RTE Guide*, The Galway Advertiser*, The Event Guide*, The Kilkenny People*, The Kilkenny Advertiser*, The Offaly Independent*, The Star*, The Dubliner*;
(Pakistan) The News on Sunday*, The Post;
(UK) The Times*, The Guardian*, The Sunday Times*, The Telegraph, The Financial Times, The Stage*, The List*, The Scotsman*, The Irish World*, The News of the World, Scotland on Sunday, Metro*, The New Statesman*, TimeOut*;
(USA) The Boston Globe*, The New York Times, The Miami Herald*, Metro*, The New England Tab*, The Patriot Ledger*, The Irish Emmigrant*, Boston Now*.
Front Covers
The Sunday Independent: Review (June 2006)
The List: Festival (August 2006)
The Irish World: Guide (June 2007)
The Boston Globe: Living Arts (July 2007)
The New England Tab: Entertainment (August 2007)
The Miami Herald: Issues and Ideas (September 2007)
"The face of this years’ [Edinburgh] Fringe" - The Scotsman |
