Fridae

Fridae interviews gay Japanese-British artist Simon Fujiwara, whose erotic work was exhibited – then censored – at the Singapore Biennale 2011.

Fridae interviews Lee Chau Min and Tan Hong Chye, the stars of the new gender-bending Singaporean comedy film, When Hainan Meets Teochew.

Ng Yi-Sheng interviews first-time director Vincent Garenq and finds out what inspired him as a straight man to make Comme Les Autres, a French movie about a gay man trying to become a father.

Fridae talks to outspoken Singaporean transgender artist Marla Bendini, who first came out as a gay man at 17, about activism and art. Her current show Conversations Between Father and Son – a multimedia installation performance with paintings – pays tribute to her late father.

Check out Fairy Tales, an art exhibition that tells the story of a gay couple in Singapore through words and paintings.

Acclaimed British gay novelist Patrick Gale comes to Singapore this weekend for a book talk on Feb 19 and a writing workshop from Feb 20 to 21. Fridae chats to him about fiction, love and cattle farming.

Fridae reviews Wild Rice's Own Time Own Target, a double-bill of comedies about the Singapore army that includes a musical about a gay soldier.

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.

Singapore's drag comedian Kumar confesses all in his new stand-up performance, Kumar: Stripped Bare and Standing Up, playing from 19 to 21 March 2009.

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.