To actor-director Tony Wong (of Homo Superus fame), friendship is "almost more important than the love which he feels all gay men spend too much time seeking." Wong and his real life friend, dancer Allen Lam, explores the complexities of friendship in Moments in the Palm of Your Hand, now showing till Apr 19 at the Hong Kong Arts Centre.
Adam Lambert's performance of Tears for Fears' "Mad World" on Tuesday drew what's said to be a very rare standing ovation from notoriously caustic lead judge Simon Cowell.
Simon Chung's latest offering End of Love - both screenings at the upcoming Hong Kong International Film Festival are sold out - tells the story of a gay rent boy who meets a recovering heroin addict at a Christian drug rehab centre.
Fridae meets the Indigo Girls, the celebrated lesbian folk rock music duo from the US who just made their Asian performance debut in Singapore on Mar 16.
Fridae speaks to Singapore's up and coming talent DJ Big Kid who will play an opening set for Superstar DJ/ Producer Tony Moran at the Lah! Mardi Gras Festival.
Not one, but two Singapore theatre companies will soon be staging Oscar Wilde's famed comedy The Importance of Being Earnest: Buds Theatre from Feb 19 to 22, and Wild Rice from Mar 25 to Apr 11. Fridae looks back at the history of gay scandal that surrounds the play, and its enduring popularity.
After a widely acclaimed run at the recent Hong Kong City Festival, Hong Kong-born Australian Rick Lau is set to return on Feb 20 and 21 with My Queer Valentine in which tunes by gay song writers about their loves, lives and struggles are "revealed".
Sean Penn's performance as gay rights activist and California's first openly gay elected official has earned him a Best Actor nomination; Gus Van Sant is nominated for Best Director and Dustin Lance Black for Original Screenplay.
Want to get married as soon as gay marriage laws are passed? But be careful of what you wish for, says Nigel Collett in his review of Nona Shepphard's play The Marriage Bed - now showing in Hong Kong - in which audiences are brought face to face with the realities of being married.