The Bad Arm: Confessions of a Dodgy Irish Dancer

Santa Monica Playhouse
( 03/17/2010 - 03/17/2010 )

One Night Only! Celebrate St Patrick’s Day with this uproarious one-woman comedy that asks what it means to be Irish, what it means if you don’t want to be, and what if you’re labeled an Irish Wannabe? London Irish writer-performer Máire Clerkin, who cut her teeth in the 80’s alternative comedy scene with an act called "The Hairy Marys," relives her past with tales of the disappointing daughter of an Irish dancing-school mistress, ugly duckling syndrome, cultural confusion and a life dedicated to work avoidance. “…glorious riffs of traditional Irish dance…animated impersonations and snapshot transitions in a world that Clerkin captures so meticulously” - LA Weekly (Theater Pick) In '09, an eight performance series of "The Bad Arm" funded by a Durfee Foundation Grant, played at the Bang Theatre in Hollywood where it played to rave reviews and enthusiastic audiences. Now updated & staged for SM Playhouse, The Bad Arm – arrives on the Westside in all its glory!