Angela Rosina Farrow (born 1951) is a New Zealand academic and writer for theatre and radio. Born in the United Kingdom, Farrow was appointed professor emerita at

Massey University Massey University ( mi, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa) is a university based in Palmerston North, New Zealand, with significant campuses in Albany and Wellington. Massey University has approximately 30,883 students, 13,796 of whom are extramural or ...

in November 2022. She was promoted to full professor in 2011 and in the same year was awarded Massey University lecturer of the Year. Farrow has published books on the production of physical theatre as well as her own numerous plays for theatre and radio. In April 2015, her series of 10-minute-long sketches ''Together All Alone'' was performed at

Bats Theatre BATS Theatre is a theatre venue in Wellington, New Zealand. Initially founded as the Bats Theatre Company in 1976, then established in its current form in 1989. BATS Theatre has seen the development of many performing arts talents of New Zeala ...

Wellington Wellington ( mi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara or ) is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the second-largest city in New Zealand by me ...

. In the

2021 New Year Honours The 2021 New Year Honours are appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by citizens of those countries. The New Year Honours are awarded as part of the New Year celebration ...

, Farrow was appointed an

Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit The New Zealand Order of Merit is an order of merit in the New Zealand royal honours system. It was established by royal warrant on 30 May 1996 by Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand, "for those persons who in any field of endeavour, have rend ...

, for services to the arts, particularly theatre.

Awards

*The Pen is a Mighty Sword International Playwriting Competition, USA, 2007 * Doug Wrenn Award for Outstanding Contribution to NZ Playwriting *Globe Theatre Award for ‘Best New New Zealand Play’ *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 *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

Publications

*Plays for Physical Theatre: Three plays for young adults with notes for their production *Plays for Physical Theatre II

Plays

*Falling *Despatch *New Zealand 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

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Angie Farrow
– Massey University profile 1951 births Living people New Zealand expatriates in England 20th-century New Zealand dramatists and playwrights New Zealand women dramatists and playwrights Academic staff of Massey University 20th-century New Zealand women writers 21st-century New Zealand dramatists and playwrights 21st-century New Zealand women writers Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit British emigrants to New Zealand Alumni of the University of Exeter {{NewZealand-writer-stub