Lovers' Words - Heterosexual love as Taboo in Gay Society was a play staged in February 2004 at the Esplanade Theatre. It was directed by Richard Chua and scripted by Qiu An Chen from Taiwan.
The production starred Willy Lau, Scott Lei, Sarah Tng, Sabrina C and Jaff Fong.
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"What does it take to love in a homosexual reality? Perhaps, only a boy and girl will know as they come together to explore the intricacies of building a relationship. They live in a gay society with a plague looming large, and heterosexual reality being a taboo, love seems to be non-existent. In the end, sexual reformation seems to be the only solace they could find.
R(A)-18 Partial nudity involved. Performed in Mandarin."
Ticket pricing[]
Tickets were available at $28, $30 and $35 at all SISTIC outlets or via a telephone call to 6348 5555. They could also be booked online.
Early bird bookings were available from 19 January to 31 January 2004.
A special price of $30 was available for group bookings of 10 and above, and for subscribers of Manazine.
Censorship[]
After submitting the script to MITA (Ministry of Information and the Arts) for approval, the regulatory body required some of the lines to be axed. The first scene where everybody was in G-strings had to be dropped.
Male-male kissing was also limited to 2 minutes after some negotiation by the director.
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Acknowledgements[]
This article was written by Roy Tan.