{"id":2297,"date":"2024-12-08T14:51:53","date_gmt":"2024-12-08T14:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lawrenceleung.comedymanagement.com.au\/?p=2297"},"modified":"2025-06-23T16:54:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T15:54:06","slug":"lawrence-leung","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lawrenceleung.comedymanagement.com.au\/?p=2297","title":{"rendered":"Lawrence Leung"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lawrence Leung<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

is a Melbourne\/Naarm screenwriter, actor, director and award-winning stand-up comedian.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spanning film, theatre and TV, his creative projects specialise in areas where curiosity and comedy intersect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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He Makes TV<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lawrence was the creator the ABC TV comedies Lawrence Leung\u2019s Unbelievable<\/em> and the AFI-nominated Choose Your Own Adventure<\/em>. He co-wrote and played the lead in Matchbox\/ABC2\u2019s comedy series Maximum Choppage<\/em>.

He hosted the ABC neuroscience doco Our Brain<\/em> and the Sleep Special for ABC’s flagship science program Catalyst<\/em>. He’s also a writer\/presenter creating fascinating and hilarious science and culture segments for WTFAQ<\/em> on ABC and The Feed <\/em>(SBS).


He Writes Things <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lawrence is a recipient of the 2024\/25 Creative Fellowship at the State Library of Victoria. He was also shortlisted for the NSW Premier’s Literary Award for the screenplay adaption of his one man show Sucker<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sought after in TV writers’ rooms<\/strong>, Lawrence\u2019s screenwriting focusses on comedy and character. His work spans a wide range of genres and formats, including political satire (The Chaser’s War On Everything<\/em>), comedy narrative (The Family Law<\/em>), documentary (Unbelievable<\/em>), panel shows (The Project<\/em>), kids animation (Kangaroo Beach<\/em>, 100%Wolf), radio (ABC National Fictions<\/em>) and even game shows (Hard Quiz<\/em>). He has been nominated for AWGIES for both his feature film Sucker<\/em> (with director Ben Chessell) and the comedy series Maximum Choppage<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Pretends to be Other People<\/strong>
As an actor, Lawrence recently played the first Chinese Emperor Qin Shi Huang (in a cameo opposite Lisa Kudrow) in Taika Waititi’s Time Bandits<\/em> TV remake (AppleTV). He was also the series regular Dr Elvis Kwan on the Australian drama Offspring<\/em> (TEN). He also appeared in Jane Campion’s Top Of the Lake: China Girl<\/em> (BBC) and comedies Aunty Donna’s Coffee Cafe<\/em> (ABC) and Netflix\/ABC’s Why Are You Like This?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pretends to be Himself <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lawrence is a multi award-winning comedian. He has written and performed one-man shows that have toured internationally, including at the Edinburgh Fringe, London\u2019s Soho Theatre and the Sydney Opera House. He has received the Age Critics Award at Melbourne Comedy Festival, Best Solo Show at Melbourne Fringe and Best Australian Act at the Sydney Comedy Festival, Directors Choice Award at the Melbourne Magic Festival, and shared the Sydney Comedy Festival’s Jury Award with collaborator Andrew McClelland.  <\/p>\n\n\n

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Designs Immersive Experiences and Illusions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lawrence co-created LOCUS<\/em>, the sell-out immersive reality-bending experience at a secret location, described as one of the top 5 unmissable Fringe events in The Age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2023 co-designed the immersive art installation Mystery Box<\/em> for the Dark Matters Exhibition, curated by Science Gallery Melbourne and Arts at CERN (Switzerland). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the pandemic, Lawrence created and presented an acclaimed online Zoom event CONNECTED that had participants interacting simultaneously from four countries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lawrence has designed illusions for stage and screen for including Unbelievable<\/em> (ABC), Our Brain<\/em> (ABC), Goodbye Charlie Mudd <\/em>(Malthouse Theatre), Very Strange Things<\/em> (Melbourne Magic Festival), Adam McKenzie’s Hacked<\/em> (Melb Fringe) and The Von Donk Family Old-Timey Vaudeville Revue <\/em>(Comedy Festival).<\/p>\n\n\n

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Panels and Speaking<\/strong>
Lawrence has been a keynote speaker and panel guest at a wide range of events such as PAX Australia, Melbourne Writers Festival, OzAsia Festival and National Science Week. He has hosted events for the Melbourne Film Festival, The Wheeler Centre and MC-ed the national Q&A tours for notable science figures such as James Randi and Bill Nigh the Science Guy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For appearances, screenwriting, performances and other enquiries contact: <\/strong>
Management – geoffring@gmail.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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