Graham Farrow

Graham Ronald Farrow is an English playwright and screenwriter from North Yorkshire; living in Yarm, born in Middlesbrough,[1] and educated at Scarborough College.[2] His first novel, Speak no Evil, was nominated for the 1989 Commonwealth Writer's Prize.[3][4]

His stageplays Talk about the Passion[5][6][7] and Rattlesnakes have been produced globally; they are especially popular in the United States and London, but regularly play in different countries throughout the world and are translated into many different languages. Talk about the Passion and Rattlesnakes are published by Methuen of London.[8] When Talk about the Passion ran in London in February 2018, The Stage Newspaper called the production one of the 'picks of the week'.[9] Talk about the Passion had its Asian premiere in Istanbul[10] in November 2018, directed by Turkish actor/musician Emre Kinay.[11]

Other plays produced include Lake of Fire, Pure Morning, Hair of the Dog and Down Amongst the Dead Men. Farrow's plays typically deal with losers, loners, the down and out and the dispossessed; all searching for redemption or resolution of some sort.[12][13][14]

His play Stay with me till Dawn, a modern-day morality tale, was produced by Second Skin Theatre company in January 2010.[15]

His latest play was produced by Ixion Theatre Ensemble of Lansing, Michigan, in 2017.[16][17]

A short film based on his short story 'Caught in the Gin Trap' was filmed in Paris by Balade Sauvage Productions in January 2021 .[18] {[19] His stage play Every Breath you Take, which premiered in Lansing, was produced as a feature film in 2020 by AEON entertainment, Paris.[20]

The play Rattlesnakes has been produced as a feature film starring Jack Coleman and Jimmy Jean Louis, directed by Julius Amedume and produced by Kew Media/JET Productions/Scala Films.[21][22] Its world premier was at the Pan African Film Festival in Los Angeles in February 2019, where it received the audience award for best movie.[22][21][23][24]

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  2. ^ "OSA Scarborough College - OS Graham Farrow's Rattlesnakes has its film premiere". Scarboroughcollegeosa.co.uk. 8 February 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Passion is the fashion". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  4. ^ "'Talk About The Passion' & 'Rattlesnakes'". Bloomsbury Publishing.
  5. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). teesdalemercuryarchive.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 April 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ "The British Theatre Guide: Reviews - Talk About the Passion". Britishtheatreguide.info. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
  7. ^ "Talk About The Passion, New End Theatre, review". indielondon.co.uk. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
  8. ^ "'Talk About The Passion' & 'Rattlesnakes'". Bloomsbury Publishing.
  9. ^ Morgan, Fergus (26 February 2018). "Vault Festival: Our pick of the best shows to see in week six". Thestage.co.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  10. ^ "Yüzleşme: Duru Tiyatro'dan Tokat Gibi Bir Oyun • theMagger". theMagger. 21 November 2018.
  11. ^ "Duru Tiyatro". Archived from the original on 5 November 2018. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  12. ^ "BRITISH PLAYWRIGHT DELVES INTO OUR DARK SIDE". Greensboro. Greensboro. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  13. ^ www.t75.org. "theatre - Talk About The Passion, New End Theatre, review". indielondon.co.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  14. ^ Szymkowicz, Adam (15 January 2014). "Adam Szymkowicz: I Interview Playwrights Part 632: Graham Farrow". Aszym.blogspot.com. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  15. ^ "Theatre review: Stay With Me 'Til Dawn". www.britishtheatreguide.info.
  16. ^ "Graham Farrow". Graham Farrow.
  17. ^ Bridgette Redman (13 November 2016). "Premiere: "Every Breath You Take" delves into tragedy and grief". Encore Michigan. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  18. ^ "Mantra – BALADE SAUVAGE| Production | Paris |". Baladesauvage.fr. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  19. ^ "Cinéma. Mulhouse : Un tournage dans l'antre d'une mante religieuse plus humaine qu'il n'y paraît".
  20. ^ "Feature Films - Stef & Wyt". Stefwyt.weebly.com. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  21. ^ a b "Rattlesnakes" – via www.imdb.com.
  22. ^ a b Debrah, Ameyaw (19 February 2019). "Julius Amedume's 'Rattlesnakes' wins Audience Award for Best Feature at the Pan African Film Festival". AmeyawDebrah.com. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  23. ^ "Graham Farrow". IMDb.
  24. ^ Richard (13 March 2019). "» "Rattlesnakes" MillersTime". Millerstime.net. Retrieved 13 March 2020.