Benny Lim

Benny Lim
Born (1980-04-25) 25 April 1980
Singapore
Occupation Theatre Practitioner / Educator
Nationality Singaporean
Ethnicity Chinese
Education Doctor of Philosophy, University of Glamorgan

Benny Lim (born 1980, in Singapore) is the Artistic Director of the now dormant The Fun Stage, Singapore.[1] He obtained a Doctor of Philosophy from the Division of Drama, University of Glamorgan (now known as the University of South Wales) in 2012.[2]

Biography

Since 1996, Benny Lim has produced and directed over 60 arts projects in a non-profit environment.[3] At 21, he founded The Fun Stage and since then, he has held the record as the Youngest Artistic Director of a theatre company in Singapore.[4] Benny has also taught in various institutions of higher education in Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong. In 2006, one of Benny's play, Existence, was published in Singapore.[5] Existence was written in 2003, inspired by the poetry of Cyril Wong, as a response to Hong Kong's Leslie Cheung's suicide. The play was mentioned in TIME Magazine (10 August 2003) as a story that 'portrays the love of two young Singaporean men for each other as doomed'.[6]

Censorship

Benny's works often deal with social issues within a postmodern society. In 2004, Benny organized the Lovers' Lecture Series, a series of talks on the topic of same sex literature. The entire series was not given a go-ahead by the Public Entertainment Licensing Unit (PELU), which is under the Singapore Police Force.[7] In 2005, Benny collaborated with artist Brian Gothong Tan and they devised a play, Human Lefts. The content of the play, which was on the issue of the death penalty, was given a total ban by the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA).[8][9]

Self-reflexive Performances

Benny has been researching on Postmodern theater since 2003 and has presented his findings through a series of self-reflexive performances.

Arts Festivals Curated (Selected)

References

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