TONY
LAUMBERG is the driving force behind BIG SPLASH PRODUCTIONS
and is one of the newest emerging talents in the Australian film
and theatre industries. Following successful careers as one of
the leading stand-up comedians in the country and a writer/performer
on various radio and television shows, Tony looked for a new challenge
and applied himself to screenplay writing, soon finding enthusiastic
response from feature film producers.
In just the last few years Tony has had 3 of his screenplays and
1 of his plays optioned and has received 4 development grants
from the Australian Film Commission and the New South Wales Film
and Television Office.
In recent years, Tony has refined his writing skills
by writing and producing 6 short films. His 5th, And The Winner
Is
, was a finalist in the 2002 comedychannel Film Festival,
was screened in 2002 on rotation on the comedychannel for 12 months,
was screened at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival 4
times and was screened at the London Comedy Festival twice as
well as being a featured presentation at the Deaf Film Festival.
August 2002 saw the world premiere of Tony's first play in Sydney,
Unsolicited
Male, a semi-autobiographical comedy about a young
lawyer torn between his career and his dream of writing film scripts.
It finished a 2-week season at the TAP Gallery with sell-out performances.
Public demand resulted in the play moving to the Edge Theatre,
Newtown over a 4 week season in 2003.
In addition, Tony's 2nd play, The Great Divide,
had its premiere at the Edge Theatre in August 2003 followed by
his 3rd play, The
Lucky One, at NIDA in March 2004.
A 4th play, Lawyer! Lawyer!, ran at the TAP Gallery in March 2005 as did his fifth play, Lawyers in Love, in May 2006.
This was followed by a children's show, The Adventures of Bunter from the Hinterland, in August 2006.
Tony's 7th play, My Fair Lawyer, ran at the TAP Gallery in May 2007.
His 8th play, "2 Weddings & A Lawyer" begins at the TAP Gallery in May 2008.