Fridae

Alfian Sa'at's latest (and last) gay play is a textured, thoughtful and thought-provoking piece that will reach out to the gay community and beyond.

It's an award-winning play by a Singaporean gay man, studied in classrooms in America. It was banned in Singapore in 1995, following a success in the New York Shakespeare Festival, directed by Ong Keng Sen. Now it's been eleven years late in coming, but hallelujah - A Language of Their Own is finally here, and it's fabulous.

Winner of the GLAAD Media Award for Best Play, Chay Yew's A Language of Their Own will be staged in Singapore for the first time starring Koey Foo, Phin Wong, Mark Waite and Peter Sau.

The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni and Così fan tutte, considered by many to be among the greatest operas ever written, will be performed in a one-night only concert at the Victoria Concert Hall in celebration of the 250th birthday of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Zhuang Yisa popped by at a rehearsal of The Stage Club's Never The Sinner which runs from Wednesday to Saturday, and talks to the director and co-stars about play's homoromantic theme.

The Phantom of the Opera might have his Old World glamour. Miss Saigon might have her descending helicopter and her me-love-you-long-time exoticness. What Rent has is Karen Mok - scream, everyone - and an eclectic cast of characters whose trials and tribulations you will not easily forget.

"Yes! Primal desire - that's unchanging! Every man from Paris to China feels the same urgent stirring in his loins." That's the Marquis de Sade for you. Quills by Luna-id is an enjoyably unsettling piece of intellectual stimulation. You don't have to worry about protection for this one.

Fridae is proud to be a sponsor of the third annual Manila Pink Film Festival which kicks off on Friday at the Gateway Mall in Cubao. Organisers hope to highlight reproductive health concerns and confront homophobia, discrimination and unequal treatment of LGBTs.

The month-long Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Festival will culminate this weekend in a spectacular parade down Oxford Street; and the massive Mardi Gras Party.

Presented by Toy Factory on April 7-10 and 12-17, Porcelain is Singapore-born playwright Chay Yew's debut that attempts to bridge the gap between men who publicly claim they are straight and the gay men who know better.