Jesus: The Guantanamo Years

comedy · abie philbin bowman · Ages 14+ · Ireland

Jesus Christ returns to earth, but He doesn’t get through US immigration, because He’s a bearded, Middle-Eastern guy, prepared to die as a martyr.

“Way beyond superficial religious satire… absorbing, intricately woven, challenging and highly entertaining.” Timeout

“Miraculous… A fringe favourite. 5/5 Stars.” – National Student

“The Greatest Stand-up story ever told… Abie Philbin Bowman deserves a comic sainthood” – The Stage

SOLD OUT: throughout Ireland and at the World Famous Edinburgh Fringe 2006 – 2007 – 2008.

TOURED: London’s West End; Jimmy Tingle’s Off Broadway Theater; and World Performing Arts Festival in Pakistan. (the only Western comedian stupid enough to perform a religious political comedy in a Muslim country during a State of Emergency).

BOYCOTTED: by Northern Ireland’s answer to the Moral Majority: Ian Paisley’s Democratic Unionist Party.

Now making its West Coast premiere

Production Team


* Fringe Veteran