Jerker

From the producer of F**king Men, Afterglow (2019), and Happy Ending comes the 40th anniversary production of Jerker, by Robert Chesley, (alternatively titled The Helping Hand, A Pornographic Elegy with Redeeming Social Value and A Hymn to the Queer Men of San Francisco in Twenty Telephone Calls, Many of them Dirty), making its highly anticipated Waterloo East Theatre premiere this Autumn. The production has a limited 3-week run from 26th September until 18th October 2026.

Playful, provocative, and unexpectedly tender, Jerker explores how intimacy can grow in isolation. It’s a steamy, suspenseful journey into desire, vulnerability, and the power of being heard.

Jerker is a daring and seductive two-person drama about two strangers who connect through a series of late-night phone calls. What begins as an anonymous fantasy quickly sparks into something deeper.

Hidden from each other’s sight, the men reveal secrets, fears, and longings through nothing but their voices. Each call pulls them deeper into an intimate world where imagination becomes a lifeline, where the line between fantasy and genuine connection blurs, and raises the question of who they really are to one another.