Playwright Rob McBride examines the West’s exposure to Thailand’s sex trade through the eyes of a naïve Australian protagonist who found himself robbed by a 'transgender' prostitute the morning after - in Katoey, a recent play at Hong Kong’s Fringe Club.
Although Sacha Baron Cohen’s latest mocumentary Bruno has not hit the big screens, the movie has come under fire from US gay groups who warn that the movie may further encourage gay stereotypes than to dispel them.
Fridae meets Kit Hung, director of the award winning film, Soundless Wind Chime, which will hit Hong Kong screens in the summer, followed by cinemas in North America, the United Kingdom and Europe.
Hong Kong director Danny Cheng Wan Cheung who's better known as Scud and leading actor, Sean Li of Permanent Residence tell more about their latest movie about an unlikely love affair between two gay and straight men.
Nigel Collett speaks with prolific playwright Pak Li who at 28 has written 40 scripts, of which all but two have been performed. Pak reveals what inspired his latest, Rope of Love, a play about the lives of three gay men, some of the stranger and darker byways of gay life, and promiscuous and dangerous sex.
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.
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