{{short description|New Zealand playwright and academic}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox academic | name = Angie Farrow | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|ONZM|size=100%}} | image = Angie Farrow ONZM (cropped).jpg | alt = | caption = Farrow in 2021 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1951}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = | occupation = | known_for = | spouse = | children = | relatives = | awards = | website = {{url|https://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/learning/departments/school-humanities-media-and-creative-communication/classical-world-new-zealand/theatre/angie-farrow.cfm|Massey profile}} | education = | alma_mater = University of Exeter | thesis_title = The writing of a community theatre play for the Manawatu | thesis_url = https://encore.exeter.ac.uk/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1658860 | thesis_year = 2000 | doctoral_advisor = | influences = | era = | discipline = Theatre | sub_discipline = | workplaces = Massey University | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | main_interests = | notable_works = | notable_ideas = | influenced = | signature = | signature_alt = | signature_size = }} '''Angela Rosina Farrow''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|ONZM|size=85%}} (born 1951) is a New Zealand academic and writer for theatre and radio.<ref>{{cite web|title=Angie Farrow|url=http://www.creativegiants.co.nz/view/artist-index/f/angie-farrow.php|website=Creative Giants|accessdate=8 August 2015}}</ref> Born in the United Kingdom, Farrow was appointed professor emerita at Massey University in November 2022. She was promoted to full professor in 2011<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2011-11-01|title=Professorial promotions announced|url=https://www.massey.ac.nz/about-massey/news/article.cfm?mnarticle_uuid=9E47214B-DBE9-E316-E91A-7E27000CFC3F|access-date=2021-02-23|website=Massey University|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://gg.govt.nz/image-galleries/9125/media?page=2 |title=Professor Angie Farrow, ONZM, of Wellington, for services to the arts, particularly theatre |publisher=Government House |date=7 May 2021 |access-date=9 May 2021}}</ref> and in the same year was awarded Massey University lecturer of the Year.<ref name = 'twenty'>{{cite book|last1=Forster|first1=Michelanne|last2=Plumb|first2=Vivienne|title=Twenty New Zealand Playwrights|date=2013|publisher=Playmarket|location=Wellington|isbn=9780908607471}}</ref> Farrow has published books on the production of physical theatre as well as her own numerous plays for theatre and radio.<ref name = 'farrow'>{{cite book|last1=Farrow|first1=Angie|title=Plays for Physical Theatre|date=2005|publisher=Thomas Dunmore Press|location=Victoria, Australia|isbn=0170127508}}</ref><ref name = 'lamb'>{{cite web|title=New Zealand Lamb by Angie Farrow|url=http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/thedramahour/audio/20146769/new-zealand-lamb-by-angie-farrow|website=RNZ|accessdate=23 April 2016}}</ref> In April 2015, her series of 10-minute-long sketches ''Together All Alone'' was performed at Bats Theatre in Wellington.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Coleman|first1=Ewen|title=Together All Alone is highly entertaining|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/stage-and-theatre/67646352/Together-All-Alone-is-a-highly-entertaining-play|accessdate=23 April 2016|agency=Stuff Entertainment|publisher=Stuff.co.nz|date=8 April 2015}}</ref> In the 2021 New Year Honours, Farrow was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the arts, particularly theatre.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/publications/new-year-honours-list-2021 |title=New Year honours list 2021 |date=31 December 2020 |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |access-date=9 May 2021}}</ref>
==Awards== *The Pen is a Mighty Sword International Playwriting Competition, USA, 2007<ref>{{cite web|title=How to be creative|url=http://www.nzcreativity.co.nz/tag/angie-farrow/|website=NZ Creativity|accessdate=23 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160509102053/http://www.nzcreativity.co.nz/tag/angie-farrow/|archive-date=9 May 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> *Doug Wrenn Award for Outstanding Contribution to NZ Playwriting<ref>{{cite web|last1=Gilbert|first1=Robert|title=Sharp Witty and Profound|url=http://www.theatreview.org.nz/reviews/review.php?id=7624|website=Theatre Review|accessdate=23 April 2016}}</ref> *Globe Theatre Award for ‘Best New New Zealand Play’<ref name = 'playmarket'>{{cite web|title=Angie Farrow|url=http://www.playmarket.org.nz/playwrights/angie-farrow|website=Playmarket|accessdate=23 April 2016}}</ref> *Best Drama Script at the Auckland Short and Sweet Festival *Winner of Inspirato Playwriting Award, Canada *Best Wild Card at the Sydney Short and Sweet Festival *People's Choice Winner at the Inspirato Festival, Canada<ref>{{cite web|title=Academy Leads|url=http://www.theatreinspirato.ca/academy/academy-leads|website=Theatre Inspirato|accessdate=23 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402073159/http://www.theatreinspirato.ca/academy/academy-leads|archive-date=2 April 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> *People's Choice Award for Falling in Melbourne Short and Sweet Festival, Melbourne *First Prize in The Three Leeches Playwriting Contest for Lifetime, USA *Best Script for Lifetime at the Singapore Short and Sweet Festival<ref name = 'playmarket'/>
==Publications== *Plays for Physical Theatre: Three plays for young adults with notes for their production<ref name = 'farrow'/> *Plays for Physical Theatre II<ref>{{cite book|last1=Farrow|first1=Angie|title=Plays for Physical Theatre II|date=2010|publisher=Dunmore Publishing Ltd|location=Wellington|isbn=9781877399534}}</ref>
==Plays== *Falling<ref name = 'falling'>{{cite book|last1=Farrow|first1=Angie|title=Falling and other short plays|date=2014|publisher=Steele Roberts Publishers|location=Wellington|isbn=9781927242674}}</ref> *Despatch<ref>{{cite web|title=The Drama Hour|url=http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/thedramahour/20150719|website=RNZ|accessdate=23 April 2016}}</ref> *New Zealand Lamb<ref name = 'lamb'/> *Goodbye April *Happiness *Last Breath *Leo Rising *Lifetime *Nearly There *Replay *Tango Partner *Speed of Light *Follow Follow Follow *Before The Birds *Amnesia *August Moon *the river
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* [https://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/learning/departments/school-of-humanities/classical-world-new-zealand/theatre/angie-farrow.cfm Angie Farrow] – Massey University profile {{Authority control}}
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