4 February, 2015 //

Worst First-Date Ever

EVERY time a celebrity from Hollywood or London comes to Ireland, we get them a Guinness, show them something really old, and force them on a chat show, to ask “So… do you like Ireland?”

Ireland is the Worst First-Date, Ever.

“Can I get you drunk?  Have you seen my stamp collection? Do you like me? Do you want to move in with me? Hang on… I got you a certificate: I think we’re related.”

Abie Philbin Bowman (Irish Pictorial Weekly, Callan’s Kicks, Arena, Jesus: The Guantanamo Years, Eco-Friendly Jihad) has sold out across Ireland, and toured Edinburgh, Los Angeles, Sweden and Pakistan. He was boycotted by the DUP.

‘With his rapid-fire delivery, wit and taste for paradox, he calls to mind both Swift’s Modest Proposal and Robin Williams’LA Weekly

‘Way beyond superficial satire… Absorbing, challenging and highly entertaining’TimeOut

‘Abie Philbin Bowman deserves a comic sainthood’The Stage