Florian Lim

Theatre Producer Theatre Director Spoken Word Poet Writer

Florian (they/she) is a London-based theatre maker originally from Singapore. They are an English Literature and Philosophy graduate from Durham University, where they started producing theatre and radio dramas. They are bilingual in English and Mandarin, and grew up performing Mandarin crosstalk comedy, later training in the Suzuki Method of Actor Training and Viewpoints with Nine Years Theatre, and in embodied practice with Ang Gey Pin. They are currently a core member of the Singaporean Mandarin literary collective Matter.Less, which specialises in theatrical and multimedia adaptations of literature, as well as translation and new writing. They are interested in producing and directing devised and multidisciplinary work that represents the experiences of queer, minority ethnic, and migrant identities.

Credits

Deputy Stage Manager, La Nonne sanglante, Hoxton Hall, 5 shows, 2021

Assistant Stage Manager cover, Relatively Speaking, Jermyn Street Theatre, 3 weeks, 2021

Stage Manager, About Money, Theatre 503, 3 shows, 2021

Director/Co-writer, Lightly Stitched: The Trans and Gender-Diverse Project, Digital, NA, 2021

Writer/Conceptualisation, re:VERSE 5.0: Bursting S., Digital Website, NA, 2021

Writer, re:VERSE 4.0: Poetry/Displacement, The Arts House (Singapore), 2 shows, 2020

Movement Director, Lord of the Flies, Gala Durham, 1 week, 2019

Co-Producer, The Tempest, Gala Durham, 1 night, 2019

Intern, Pissed Julie, Singapore Repertory Theatre (Singapore) and Dom Pedro V Theatre (Macau), 6 shows, 2018

Training

Crash Course in Producing with Ameena Hamid, 2021
Frantic Assembly Intermediate Training Course, 2021
Greek Theatre workshop with Jake Murray, 2019
Shakespeare workshops with Jake Murray, 2019
Suzuki Method of Actor Training and Viewpoints courses by Nine Years Theatre (Singapore) - 2018, 2019
Embodied practice workshops by Ang Gey Pin (Singapore) - 2018, 2019

Location

London

Experience

2-5 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Comedy
  • Film - short
  • Literature
  • Multi-disciplinary / cross art form
  • Radio/Audio
  • Theatre / Live perfomance

What I do

  • Devising
  • Directing
  • Movement Direction
  • Performing
  • Producing
  • Theatre making
  • Verbatim theatre
  • Working with young people
  • Workshopping & Development
  • Writing

Additional Languages

Mandarin

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