HOMEBASE: Los Angeles (via UK & Ireland)
Show Description:
Uproarious one-woman play by Máire Clerkin, directed by Dan O’Connor. If you thought all Irish dancers were curly-haired cutie-pies with perfect posture, meet a scowling misfit from London in this outrageous antidote to Riverdance.
Raw rhythms. Tall tales. Arse-clenching comedy.
About ‘The Bad Arm – Confessions of a Dodgy Irish Dancer’
Uproarious drama comedy by Máire Clerkin, directed by Dan O’Connor (Impro Theatre). If you thought all Irish dancers were curly-haired cutie-pies with perfect posture, meet a scowling misfit from London in this outrageous antidote to Riverdance. The Bad Arm arrives hotfoot to San Diego following acclaimed performances in Dublin, Los Angeles, New York, Sacramento, Chicago, Minneapolis, Atlanta, Vancouver, Santa Cruz, and Florida.
“One of the single best pieces of theatre I’ve ever seen…. packs a wallop, brings the house down”. Linda Purl, California International Theatre Festival
Best of Fringe, Hollywood Fringe Festival
Critic’s Pick, BACKSTAGE
About Máire Clerkin
Máire Clerkin founded and toured theatre companies, The Hairy Marys and Clerkinworks in her native UK and Ireland, and choreographed for productions at Royal Festival Hall, Theatre Royal, Radio City Music Hall and for BBC TV before emigrating to Los Angeles, where she is a Teaching Artist for the Music Center, and leader of A Gaelic Gathering: Irish Music & Dance ensemble. She is a writer, broadcast journalist, voiceover actor, and Irish Dance adjudicator.