Write Night Presents: How We Wrote That – "Troppo, Season One", with Yolanda Ramke and Jane Allen

Yolanda Ramke is an award-winning screenwriter and director. In 2013, she wrote the short film Cargo (co-directed with Ben Howling), which garnered over 20 million views on YouTube and strong reviews from pop culture sites such as Upworthy, BuzzFeed and Short Of The Week. In 2016, Yolanda made her feature co-directing debut on the adaption of Cargo, starring Martin Freeman. Most recently Yolanda was a member of the AWGIE award-winning writing team on the SBS mini-series, New Gold Mountain and completed production as creator, writer, executive producer and director on the ABC crime series, Troppo, starring Thomas Jane and Nicole Chamoun.

With more than 150 hours of crime, mystery, science fiction and drama to her name, Jane Allen is one of Australia’s most sought-after writer/producers. A former lawyer, Jane produced and was the lead writer for the ABC legal drama, Janet King. Jane’s writing credits include Secret Daughter, Love Child, The Doctor Blake Mysteries, Tricky Business, McLeod’s Daughters, The Secret Life of Us, Blue Heelers, Stingers, MDA and children’s series Sam Fox: Extreme Adventures, and 100% Wolf. More recently, Jane was script producer on season one of Troppo, based on Candice Fox’s highly successful novel Crimson Lake.

Join Cleon Prineas in conversation with Yolanda and Jane as they take a deep dive into the creation, writing and production of Troppo, the "addictive Queensland detective drama -- with crocodiles." (Luke Buckmaster, Guardian Review, Sun 27 Feb 2022)

WHEN: Thursday 18 August, 12pm AEST

WHERE: Online via Zoom.

PRICE: Free, but RSVPs essential. Please RSVP above. 

All episodes of Troppo are available to watch on ABC iView.