Sex, Lies and the KKK

comedy · abie philbin bowman · Ages 16+ · Ireland

Do you support homophobic marriage? Are we naturally monogamous, or “romantic multi-taskers”? And how did the KKK respond to the election of President Obama? Find out in the new show from the writer and performer of comedy hits ‘Jesus: The Guantanamo Years’ and ‘Eco-Friendly Jihad’.

On the night President Obama was elected, Abie Philbin Bowman was hosting a radio show in Ireland. Unable to compete with the budgets of CNN, ABC or CBS, he decided to scoop them, by interviewing the Ku Klux Klan. Thus begins a journey exploring prejudice, racism, sexuality and why we all lie about them.

Scientific studies suggest that most of us are sexist and racist, bisexual and non-monogamous. But we’re not supposed to admit this in polite company. Find out what happens when “one of Ireland’s most thought-provoking comedians” does.

“A rising star”
- Time

“Anecdotes, ad-libbed jokes and asides fizz out of him”
- The Sunday Independent

“A first-class comedy writer and performer”
– The Galway Advertiser

Production Team


* Fringe Veteran