Fridae

An upcoming play by beloved Singapore songwriter Dick Lee exposes the seamy world of male beauty pageants. Fridae chats with the hunky actors playing the contestants: Eli Tee, Kaeng Chan and Rodney Oliveiro.

Two years into full-time theatrical work, Clifton Kwan is plunging head first into developing his career. Raymond Ko talks to the gay Hong Kong actor/producer about himself and about his latest play Mars.

Seven years after it was first performed, Joey Leung and Alvin Wong’s The Queer Show, which is playing from July 14-24, has became a landmark in the Hong Kong’s comedy scene. Raymond Ko of Fridae.com talks to Joey Leung about his show and his life.

Raymond Ko talks to prolific Hong Kong playwright Pak Li, whose latest drama, Lady Samantha, explores the heart and mind of a transgender woman.

Nigel Collett reviews Island of Demons, a fictional account of the life of Walter Spies, a gay Russian-born German artist, choreographer, musician and natural historian, who moved to Yogyakarta and later Bali where he had left a profound influence on local painters and the evolution of the modern ketjak dance before he was arrested as part of a crackdown on homosexuals in 1938.

Fridae.com's Hong Kong correspondent, Nigel Collett, meets actor, singer and dramatist Pichead Amornsomboom whose musical theatre Mr. Diva's Masterclass will be performed in Hong Kong from 20-22 May.

Lady Gaga to young people in Malaysia: "It is your job and it is your duty as young people to have your voices heard. You must do everything that you can; if you want to be liberated by your society, you must call, you must not stop, you must protest peacefully."

A contestant on last weekend's Thailand's Got Talent show got the judges' approval and the audience cheering; and made fans of viewers around the world.

Fridae speaks with Tom Tan of gCircuit to find out what is in store for partygoers at the Song Kran 5 party which coincides with the widely celebrated traditional 'water festival'.

The Board of Film Censors rated Oscar-nominated drama The Kids Are All Right as category R21 and limited its release to one single print.