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*Boards.ie Stand Up Night - Sat 5th Dec. Cassidys Westmoreland St.*
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13-11-2009 3:44pm#1
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It is my immence pleasure to announce that headlining this gig will be the one, the only, the incredible.....
Abie Philbin Bowman
Abie Philbin Bowman - Comedian Without Borders
Abie Philbin Bowman is steadily “sealing his reputation as one of Ireland's most thought-provoking comedians." (Galway City Tribune). Abie is the only Western stand-up stupid enough to have performed a religious, political comedy in Pakistan during the 2007 State of Emergency. He’s also the only Irish radio host imaginative enough to have marked Barack Obama’s election victory by interviewing the Ku Klux Klan live on election night.
Abie made his Edinburgh Fringe debut in 2006 with Jesus: The Guantanamo Years. The plot was simple: “Jesus Christ returns to earth but doesn’t get through US immigration because He’s a bearded, Middle-Eastern guy, who wants to die as a martyr.” The show completely sold out, and was reported 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".
Jesus: The Guantanamo Years later toured London's West End, the USA and Pakistan. Released on iTunes, it entered the top ten comedy albums across Europe and in Japan. The show was boycotted by Ian Paisley’s DUP. Abie’s second one-man show, Eco-Friendly Jihad, told the story of an environmentalist who – in a desperate bid to reduce U.S. carbon emissions – joins Al Qaeda. Eco-Friendly Jihad sold out at the 2008 Galway Comedy Festival and Edinburgh Fringe. However touring was cut short when Abie was offered his own radio show.
From November 2008 to May 2009 he hosted the main talk show on youth station i105-107, weekdays from 1-4pm. Guests included Channel 4 News anchor, Jon Snow; Woodstock veteran, Arlo Guthrie and National Membership Director of the Ku Klux Klan, Dr Travis Pierce.
Outside of comedy and radio, Abie has taught creative writing at the Irish Centre for Talented Youth and contributed regularly to a wide range of media outlets including BBC Radio, The Dubliner magazine and RTE television. In 2008, he completed a Masters in International Peace Studies at Trinity College Dublin, with a Thesis entitled ‘How many Comedians does it take to change a Government?’
Time magazine describes Abie as ‘a rising star’.
“A brave, creative man” - The Boston Globe
"A first-class comedy writer and performer" - The Galway Advertiser
“Contemporary and controversial” -The Seoul Times
"Energetic and intense… you get the impression that if he had
to go on for another two or three hours, he could” - Metro
"Anecdotes, ad-libbed jokes and asides fizz out of him” - The Sunday Independent
“A rising star” - Time
“Abie Philbin Bowman deserves a comic sainthood” - The Stage
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grames_bond wrote: »reread the bio and learn more about him! he is a legend!
I know I am.
Sounds good. I should be along anyway.0 -
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dr.bollocko wrote: »Bump to embolden the thread title again.
Who's going? C'mon folks! Help out a fellow boardsie
to encourage more people to come and donate to a great cause there will be a raffle on the night with some kick ass prizes, which i will announce tomorrow.
Also the night will be recorded by our friends at mixtape and will be a part of their internet broadcast 0 -
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As i have mentioned there will be a raffle on the night, some of the prizes up for offer include:
-A bottle of whiskey
-A bottle of wine
-A box of biscuits
-A number of rare transformers (toys/collectables not a 40 foot robot)
-Your christmas dinner (ham/turkey....steak....sausages...whatever you want)
-A VERY rare bottle of jack daniels (only 1 of 1000)
plus more!!
going to be a great night! 0 -
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nice choice of music with jizzed in my pants and a booxy remix too
I drank all their bulmers pear and my friend drank all their jaeger, some stocking! mmm0 -
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So much fun, so many people to thank, you all know who you are and thank you for raising the cash, it will find a very good home I assure you (and not just in my bank account
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Many thanks to the performers, the organisers, the tech guys and of course the audience, it was a really nice atmosphere for the amateurs
And of course big thanks to our MC who was very kind to step in and run the mic. Even if I did call him a ginger b*ll*x...
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dr.bollocko wrote: »Any youtube clips by any chance for those who missed it?
I just unstuck this thread btw. Congratulations all and well done on the charity!
Any chance of coming to Galway with a boardsie night?
I don't think so but mixtape.ie will have it on their site in January I believe?
I think it'll be fairly professional too! Much better than a mobile phone video on youtube. :pac:
Had a great night and won a bottle of bushmills to boot! 0 -
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Ok guys now its your turn, what did you think of the comedians themselves, some brand new, some at it a while, both would appreciate some constructive critisism....and in the interest of fairness i wont give you boards names here so it can be somewhat unbiased, the running order went as follows:
MC rory O'Hanlon
JP Markey - Guy in Shorts with the big forhead
Hamlet Sweeney - *flicks collers up* one liner who went (slightly) over time
Allison Spittle - The little woman who packs a comedic punch
Paul C - (sorry man i forget your last name again)
Gareth Stack - Filthy mo'fo! Doesn't like an old c*nt
Damon Blake - from australia even though he doesnt sound like it
Graham Duffy - Ugly f*cker who wants to be a rockstar
Tom Murphy - 2nd ever gig....dislikes facebook, likes downloading .......oh ye and is the boss!
Abie Philbin Bowman - Headliner (nuff said)
so come on folks...what did you think?0
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