‘We spoon-feed audiences too much’: behind the creation of Wakefield, ABC’s lauded new drama

Writer Kristen Dunphy and director Jocelyn Moorhouse explain how their unorthodox singing and tap-dancing show about mental illness took flight

Kristen Dunphy was met with blank stares when she first pitched Wakefield. It’s a mystery, but it’s not about a crime. It’s a drama, but it’s full of singing and tap-dancing. It’s an intricate patchwork of stories and looping timelines about trauma and mental illness, and it’s frequently soundtracked by Dexys Midnight Runners’ 80s hit, Come On Eileen.

“It all did look a bit crazy,” the veteran screenwriter says.

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