GROSS INDECENCY

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4.09 (11)

GROSS INDECENCY

9 performances between Sept. 23, 2015 and Oct. 4, 2015
Musical Theatre
Robert Whitehead & Robert Colman with Tony Bentel. Directed by Vanessa Cooke
60mins
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Gross Indecency is hosted by Rita Haywire and Lana Turna-Me-Over. 

It 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.

Fasten your seat belts you’re in for a bumpy ride through the dark and dirty anals of South African LGBTI history!

Written by and starring Robert Colman & Robert Whitehead 
Studio orchestra by Mr Tony Bentel 
Directed by Vanessa Cooke 

"a strong and hilarious attack on the stupidity of homophobic bigots" - Robyn Sassen
"...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, which is brought to an astonishing sense of polish with Tony Bentel on keyboard, the work is a raw essay on the reality of homosexual discrimination under apartheid" - Robyn Sassen

Media & Reviews

"A gloriously complicated story of discrimination and lasciviousness, where the characters change roles as they change sunglasses, it’s spoofed on radio theatre, decorated with several glorious dollops of nostalgia and brought to pants-wettingly funny incongruities, which don’t stop throughout its just over an hour’s duration" "The text is 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, which is brought to an astonishing sense of polish with Tony Bentel on keyboard, the work is a raw essay on the reality of homosexual discrimination under apartheid"

Review in Robyn Sassen's 'My View': GROSS INDECENCY WILL MAKE YOU LAUGH TIL YOU WEEP

Audience Responses

The show was fun, but mediocre. Great little venue!! Will come again.

Neil • Attended Sept. 26, 2015, 8 p.m.
3.0

3

Juan • Attended Oct. 3, 2015, 8 p.m.

Full of good laughs.

Wayne • Attended Oct. 2, 2015, 8 p.m.
4.0

Great fun!

Lauren • Attended Sept. 27, 2015, 3:30 p.m.
4.0

Good fun :)

Etienne • Attended Oct. 4, 2015, 3:30 p.m.
4.0

I almost ticked *****. Thoroughly enjoyable, fun music, great humour, the cast members had lots of fun too. Thank you.

Ronnie • Attended Oct. 3, 2015, 8 p.m.
4.0

Amazing to do a serious piece with such humour, candour and enjoyment - about such a dark dark period. Great to laugh! Wonderful music and amazingly real

Rina • Attended Sept. 26, 2015, 8 p.m.
5.0

5/5. Excellent acting. Tony bentel outstanding. Was intelligent , funny and thought provoking.