| ABIE PHILBIN BOWMAN |
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BALCONYTV.COM 25/05/2008
Abie Philbin Bowman is steadily "sealing his
reputation as one of the most
thought-provoking comedians on the Irish
scene." (Galway City Tribune). In addition to
headlining gigs in Dublin, Cork and Galway,
Abie has performed in comedy clubs as far
afield as Edinburgh, Boston and London (where
he debuted in the legendary Comedy Store
alongside John Bishop and Frankie Boyle). His
career in comedy started by accident: "I
wanted to be a novelist, but -- tragically --
I had a happy childhood."
Abie is a regular contributor to a wide range
of media outlets including BBC Radio, RTE's
The Late Late Show and The View, TV3's
Ireland AM, Newstalk 106 and The Dubliner
magazine -- for whom Abie wrote a monthly
column from 2001-2008. In 2006 he was a
semi-finalist in Channel 4's So You Think
You're Funny? His parody of The JCB Song --
featuring a Trinity student singing The BMW
Song -- played extensively on Irish radio.
Abie's first one-man show, Jesus: The
Guantanamo Years, took the 2006 Edinburgh
Fringe by storm. The premise was simple:
"Jesus Christ returns to earth, but doesn't
get through U.S. immigration, because He's a
bearded, Middle-Eastern guy, prepared to die
as a martyr." The show was featured by over
30 media outlets including Associated Press,
Reuters, the BBC, Sky News, Le Monde, The
Financial Times, The Guardian and The New
York Times. The Scotsman dubbed Abie "the
face of this years' [Edinburgh] Fringe". The
show completely sold out.
Jesus: The Guantanamo Years has since sold
out across Ireland, travelled to London's
West End, Jimmy Tingle's Off Broadway (USA),
and back to the Edinburgh Fringe for a second
sell-out run. In November 2007, the show was
chosen to represent Ireland at the World
Performing Arts Festival in Pakistan, making
Abie the only Irish comedian ever to perform
a religious, political satire in a Muslim
nation, under a state of emergency. It was
boycotted by Ian Paisley's DUP. Abie
responded "It seems pretty hypocritical for
the DUP to criticise me for dressing up in
orange and talking about Jesus."
Abie's new show Eco-Friendly Jihad tells the
story of an environmentalist who --
frustrated by America's failure to reduce
carbon emissions -- joins Al Qaeda.
Eco-Friendly Jihad made its professional
debut at the 2008 Galway Comedy Festival
where it sold out. The show will travel to
Edinburgh in August 2008.
Meanwhile, Jesus: The Guantanamo Years has
been launched on iTunes. Within a month, it
entered the Top 10 Chart for Comedy Albums in
the UK, Sweden, Belgium, Italy, Denmark, the
Netherlands, Ireland, Finland and Japan.
www.MySpace.com/AbieLaughs
Tune in again tomorrow!!!
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| Regis Philbin Backstage at the Emmys |
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Following his Lifetime Achievement honor,
Regis Philbin charms the crowd in the
backstage press area at the 35th Annual
Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards.
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