Maire Clerkin

Maire Clerkin brings her acclaimed comedy solo show, 'The Bad Arm -Confessions of a Dodgy Irish Dancer' to San Diego International Fringe Festival, July 9 - 13, 2014. Directed by Impro Theatre's Dan O'Connor, this Best of Hollywood Fest extravaganza has toured all over! New York, Chicago, Dublin, Vancouver, Atlanta, Jacksonville, Santa Cruz, Sacramento, Minneapolis, Santa Monica - and now beautiful San Diego. Selected as Critic's Pick by BACKSTAGE.
Raw Rhythms. Tall Tales. Arse-clenching comedy.
Máire Clerkin jumps in and out of hornpipe shoes in a provocative account of being English in Ireland, Irish in England and a pink-haired punk in a grey city. Amid bone-shaking bursts of rhythm and physical theatre, our ugly-duckling-never-quite-swan recounts her experiences like only a London-Irish, convent-educated girl can. An outrageous antidote to Riverdance.
“Glorious riffs of Irish dance… animated impersonations and snapshot transitions…a world Clerkin captures so meticulously - GO” Stephen Leigh Morris, LA Weekly
“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.
RAW Space, 923 1st Ave, San Diego, CA 92101
Tickets: sdfringe.org