Writer-director Ray Yeung speaks to Fridae about his debut feature Cut Sleeves Boys vs his short film Yellow Fever, the dating scene in London and Hong Kong, Botox parties, and upcoming projects.
This weekend, the Singapore Lyric Opera presents Hey, Figaro!, a campy, modern take on Rossini's comic opera The Barber of Seville set in a hairdressing salon. Fridae talks to SLO Artistic Manager Adrian Poon and explores the hidden gay heritage of opera.
As the much anticipated final instalment of the Asian Boys Trilogy opens next Wednesday, Fridae catches up with Johann S. Lee, who wrote Singapore's first gay novel, Peculiar Chris, in 1992 and from which Happy Endings is adapted.
Three goddesses come to life as Mark Chan returns to the Singapore Arts Festival after a two-year hiatus next month with the multi-disciplinary Dreaming of Kuanyin, Meeting Madonna. Fridae talks to the Singaporean composer and gay celebrity about the ideas and influences behind his magical communion of music, dance and video.
Lesbian director Loretta Chen and gay playwright Ng Yi-Sheng want audiences to see one Singapore's most internationally known icons, porn actress Annabel Chong, in a different light. Their play 251 opens this Thursday.
Nowhere as gay as the last but the 79th Annual Academy Awards is for the first time hosted by an openly gay host Ellen DeGeneres and lesbian singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge's who won Best Song for her global warming anthem, ''I Need to Wake Up,'' highlighted not only the environmental issue but also same-sex marriages.
Opening in Hong Kong on Friday, John Cameron Mitchell's Shortbus has attracted controversy worldwide for its characters seeking sexual healing and featuring "real" sex scenes. Fridae speaks to gay actor Paul Dawson who met his boyfriend and co-actor PJ DeBoy during the making of the film.
Fridae's Mariah Scary plays psychiatrist to the multi-talented and multi-"personality-ed" Hossan Leong and asks him/her/it/them about the upcoming comedy routine aptly titled Multiple Personalities Disorder running from Jan 31 - Feb 10 in Singapore.
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