"a strong and hilarious attack on the stupidity of homophobic bigots" - Robyn Sassen
Gross Indecency is the true story of a very big queer party held in Forest Town, 1966. A police raid led to stringent new homophobic laws (part of the Immorality Act) and the infamous ‘’3 men at a party” clause – not unlike the house arrest laws that considered 3 people or more as a crowd – who could be arrested for homosexual acts.
22 Jan 2026 marks the 60th anniversary of the raid... prompting POPArt & Vigilante theatre to re-stage Robert Colman and Robert Whitehead's original work this year! To mark the anniversary, in true and indecent style, we invite audiences to the SCRIPT TEASE of this work with the 2026 creative team!
Fasten your seat belts you’re in for a bumpy ride through the dark and dirty anals of South African LGBTI history!
Written by Robert Colman & Robert Whitehead
Performed by Martin Grendele & Sasha Karlin
Directed by Hayleigh Evans
"...really hilarious, particularly when it forays in the thorny area between English and Afrikaans, highlighting and savouring the extremely rude nuances, as it creates glissandos of queer sub-text that will make your head spin. But it also makes your heart roar: underneath all the outrageously funny stuff... the work is a raw essay on the reality of homosexual discrimination under apartheid" - Robyn Sassen
