An older man approaches the audience, asking for a cigarette. He finds comfort in the audience's understanding of his Polari slang and opens up to them that it is not by chance that he ran into you.

Content warnings for discussion of historical homophobia 

After a bystander discovers a body in a location of polite society, they must investigate what happened to the man and how he came to die. Increasing numbers of historic doctors weigh in with their medical opinion to get to the bottom of the killing, but it soon becomes obvious that they are not so independent in their investigations after all. After piercing the vale of their deception, the bystander learns of the queer identity of the murdered man as well as helping him (literally) deliver his own verdict on the manner of his own death.

Who Killed Karl Heinrich UIrichs is an absurdist black comedy with elements of drama and camp that draws on real historical characters/events. It explores themes of medicalisation, historical queer experience, and legacy-making.

Content warnings for blood, discussion of wounds, and homophobia.