Out-of-work actors are a Hollywood cliche. Now a stranger is riding into town, offering hope. Could writing a one-person show lead to your own happy ending?
Abie Philbin Bowman is the writer and performer of the most successful Irish one-man comedy show of the decade.
His debut, ‘Jesus: The Guantanamo Years’, took the world-famous Edinburgh Fringe by storm, sold out across Ireland, and toured London’s West End, the USA and Pakistan.
The show has been reported by over 70 media outlets including Reuters, the New York Times, The Financial Times and AP.
‘Jesus: The Guantanamo Years’ is now travelling to the inaugural Hollywood Fringe Festival, alongside two more recent shows by Bowman, ‘Eco-Friendly Jihad’ and ‘Sex, Lies & the KKK’.
Between them, the three shows will rack up 12 performances in 11 days. in his spare time, Bowman will be conducting workshops on writing and tou...
"Al Qaeda Fights Global Warming" (3 shows by Fringe's Busiest Comic)
June 05, 2010
HOLLYWOODSHOWPORTRAYSJESUS AS A PRISONER AT GUANTANAMO…
A performer at this year’s Hollywood Fringe Festival claims that Al Qaeda reduces carbon emissions.
Irish comedian Abie Philbin Bowman is the writer and performer of three Fringe shows, including Eco-Friendly Jihad. He argues that Bin Laden’s terrorists fight global warming.
Performing at the UK’s Brighton Fringe in May, Bowman told audiences: “The major causes of climate change are airlines, oil companies and overpopulation. Al Qaeda is tackling all three.”
Earlier this year, Eco-Friendly Jihad received an unofficial endorsement from Osama Bin Laden. Al Jazeera reported that a new audiotape from the Al Qaeda leader blamed the US for climate change.*
