Fabulous Fringe

INTO its 11th year, the M1 Fringe Festival continues to showcase some of the most challenging art from around the world. Among the highlights of the festival, which runs from Jan 14 to 25, is a recreation of the 1999 stage monologue by Paddy Chew, Singapore's first public face of the HIV virus, as well as a photo exhibition by local shutterbug Nguan, which captures some of the loneliest images of ordinary Singaporeans.

This year, the festival welcomes its new artistic director Sean Tobin who takes over the reins fr…