BIG CAT Productions is the successor to BOOMBA Productions, formed in early 1997 by Managing Director, Jeff Richards, dedicated to the staging of excellence with innovation. BIG CAT began life in August 2004 as a natural evolution from BOOMBA's objectives and ideals. Jeff's faith in the ideal of excellence with innovation became a reality through his premier production of Stations, presented at the Carlton Courthouse in March 1997 to full houses and culminating in a healthy profit and several awards. Jeff continues in this vein with BIG CAT's next productions, the feature films, Heart (working title), Water Deep and Uriel and the docu-drama Franz's Squad (working title) (in co-production with Salmac Productions)

GOALS OF THE COMPANY
BIG CAT's goals are to bring together young actors, directors and writers; to create a new avenue for playwrights and screenwriters to present their work to the public and to provide an environment where creative risks and experimentation can occur. BIG CAT is not at all deterred by limited sources of money to obtain it's vision, in fact it sees it as more of a challenge. It recognises that monetary contributions will only come when they are proved worthy and deserving. In a cut-throat world, rewards and recognition are given for ingenuity, lateral thinking and unsual methods.

LATEST NEWS:

February 2007
Water Deep now has it's own website! To find out all the latest news on this feature film project, go to http://www.salmac.com/waterdeep.

Co-Producer, Sally McLean (of Salmac Productions) has returned from the UK with a myriad of contacts for the various projects we are currently developing. Sally was invited to attend the BAFTA Film Awards by the BBC and flew out to London in early February. During her time over there she had several meetings and we are now following up with her numerous contacts with proposals and scripts.

December 2006
Our documentary/drama project, Franz's Squad (working title) being produced in association with Salmac Productions has just received it's first round of funding via private investment. We continue to talk to various investors as well as the targeted broadcasters both in Australia and the UK.

OLDER NEWS:

Heart (BIG CAT's current film project, written by Jeff Richards) featured as a rehearsed script reading at "Screen Play", featuring Alan Fletcher, Andrea Swift, John Bayliss, Jude Beaumont, Jacob Allen, Adrian Mullaney and Hamish Michael and directed by Jeremy Stanford. "Screen Play" is held every month at ACMI, Federation Square, Melbourne, Victoria.  Click here for more information about ScreenPlay.