Director's Biography

Benny Lim is an arts practitioner based in Singapore and has many experiences including directing, producing, curating, writing, educating, researching and lighting. Benny has many directed notable plays such as "Existence" which collaborated with local renowned poet, Cyril Wong, weaving poems into dramatic representations. Due to overwhelming responses, this play was run three times in Singapore and once in Malaysia in two years. Benny was featured in Time magazine for this creation. "Eston" saw another collaboration, between Benny and Stella Kon, renowned veteran local playwright. Benny was the artistic director of two arts events locally, namely, "The Fringe Festival 05" by The Fun Stage as well as "Initiation International".

In June 2003, Benny produced "Heavenly Cakes and Sentimental Flowers", a well-received multimedia exhibition by NAC-Shell Scholar, Brian Gothong Tan. For a first solo exhibition by the artist, Benny has managed to secure the full support of Singapore Art Museum for the event as well as the competitive National Arts Council's New Media Arts Grant to run the project. In December 2004, Benny produced "Remembering Sergei", a classical concert at The Esplanade Recital Studio by renowned local pianist, Shane Thio and violinist, Chan Yoong Han to a full house. In April 2004, Benny produced "Lovers' Words", a controversial Mandarin play, also played to a full house at Esplanade Theatre Studio.

Benny has also been featured in Straits Times Life! (April 2004) for his successful marketing strategy in bringing a Mandarin play to a full house in Singapore. In September 2004, Benny managed the profile of two production tours overseas; "Lovers' Words" to the prestigious 5th Chinese Drama Festival in Yunnan, China and "The Woman" to Hong Kong Fringe Club. "Death.Mother" (April 2005) was presented as an invitation by Performance Studies International#11 held in Brown University, USA) to a house of arts academics as well as artists from different parts of the world.

Benny Lim is currently the Artistic Director of The Fun Stage.