Man 1 Bank 0 - Performs June 4th at Watergate Theatre

What would you do if you went to the bank one day, with a fake check, for $95,000, lodged it into your account… and it cashed. That’s what happened with Patrick Combs and now he’s taking to the road to tell his story in Man 1, Bank 0, arriving at the Watergate Theatre over the June bank holiday weekend. His stop in Kilkenny is one of 18 shows in Ireland this summer following a smash hit US tour. Tickets can be booked at the Watergate Theatre on 056 7761674.

The Blurb…

U.S. writer, director and theatre performer Patrick Combs brings his smash hit one-man comedy show, ‘Man 1 Bank 0’, about his most fascinating real life story – touring the show to 18 Irish venues and performing 21 shows as part of his debut Irish tour, this June:

‘Man 1, Bank 0’ is Combs’ amazing-but-true story of how he deposited a $95,000 junk-mail cheque into his own bank account and about what happens after his bank cashes the ridiculously large sum of money into his personal bank account. This outrageously funny and dramatic comedy quickly becomes a staggering David V’s Goliath-like real-life adventure. Never performed in Ireland before, the show was quickly a ‘smash hit’ in North America & New Zealand performing to sold out shows in New York; Montreal; Los Angeles; San Francisco (“Best of Fest” & “Best Solo Comedy”); Auckland; HBO’s 2004 U.S. Comedy Arts Festival & “Critic’s Choice” at the Spoleto Festival to name a few – Critically acclaimed by Time Out, New York as “Incredulous… gleeful…” – “Star Power”, Variety Magazine, this must-see one-man comedy has storytelling down to a fine art after already wowing audiences across the globe.

Described by BroadwayWorld.com as “One of the FUNNIEST, most FASCINATING and FASTEST moving solo plays to hit New York in many a season. Ninety minutes of NONSTOP LAUGHTER, it’s also an EDGE OF YOUR SEAT ADVENTURE loaded withUNBELIEVABLE real-life surprises”

So what does happens after the bank cashes the ridiculous check? To name only a few things: angry banking officers threaten Combs with “jail time”, “death” and much more; the incident extracts America’s leading authority on banking out of retirement; ‘Man 1, Bank 0’explains the astonishing legal twists which ensued after the incident; and worldwide media coverage (including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Good Morning America and calls from Letterman & Leno).

The show sold out in New York during its off-Broadway run at the Lambs Theatre, Times Square, for its entire thirty two shows. It alsosold out at HBO’s 2004 U.S. Comedy Arts Festival held in Aspen; sold out its six show run and garnered “Critic’s Choice” at theSpoleto Festival in Charleston; sold out its 10 show run in Winnipeg where it created 3 hour ticket lines, hundreds were turned away and it garnered the “Best of Fest” award; sold out the Comedy Central Stage in Los Angeles; won “Best of Fest” at the San Francisco Fringe where it also sold out and was awarded “Best Solo Comedy”; sold out in Auckland where it was an official selection of the New Zealand International Comedy Festival; sold out in Montreal and won the Just For Laughs prize for Best Comedy.

This is a ‘MUST SEE’ performance from Patrick Combs and will be staged at a venue near you as part of his nationwide Irish tour, this June.

Watch The Promo