Jerk Off!

A British Pakistani mother would like to tell the story of her abusive relationship with a hip-hop dancer. (Yawn.) And how her family psychologically set her up for it. (Double yawn.) Featuring Ramadan, Jessica Alba, a five-foot-long female python and the four elements of hip hop, writer/performer Nadia P. Manzoor takes on multiple characters, and a tidy victim narrative that refuses to behave itself. As the story she's spent years telling unravels in front of an audience, blame, grief, lust, family and memory collide in increasingly unexpected ways. Also: an alarming number of jerk offs. Whatever that means.