Jesus - The Guantanamo Years, The Warren, Brighton, May 19

The Son of God explained he had returned to set the record straight about religion as the message has got somewhat lost since his last comedy tour. Celibate men in frocks giving advice about sex? It was meant to be a joke.

Abie Philbin Bowman, who spends an entertaining hour on stage in an orange jumpsuit with nothing but a bottle of water and a crown of thorns for protection, starts with some well-aimed gags at the absurdities of religion - and the fact that The Life Of Brian is infringing copyright. It’s here he’s at his best, but he has other absurdities to expose as well, in Guantanamo and the War on Terror.

Jesus explains he’s been incarcerated for being a bearded Palestinian, pictured coming out of a cave and now trying to get into the US. Once in Guantanamo, he sees first-hand the clash of cultures that has ratcheted up the paranoia in the West and reveals the fundamentalist views rife on both sides.

There’s sharp observations, such as the guards believing there’s a hunger strike going on, not realising it’s Ramadan, and some great stuff comparing the camp inmates to KFC chickens.

Bowman is passionate about exposing the abuses and on the whole strikes a balance between the comedy and the serious bits. He occasionally slips into polemic - Jesus preaching to the anti-American converted - but uses the power of comedy to show that by taking a more Christian attitude towards their fellow men the powers-that-be could help ease some of the world’s tensions.

“Guantanamo goes against everything I believe in,” he says sincerely, so how else to finish but with a gentle version of Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life.