Rebecca Crookshank

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

'Happy 17th Birthday Crookshank, how 'bout a cup of SUCK IT THE F K UP?!'

With over 4 million views on Channel 4 News online and a critically acclaimed run at the 2015 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, multi-award nominated Whiskey Tango Foxtrot is based on the true story of ex-Airwoman Crookshank and her time serving in the Royal Air Force protecting the UK Air Defence Region. Charting her journey from basic training to the Falkland Islands. She celebrates friendship, awakens her creativity, and uncovers the dark truths about sexual harassment and bullying in the armed forces. A heart-warming tale of courage and survival. Per ardua ad astra - through adversity to the stars...

Warning: Contains strong language, weapons, and penguins.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 64
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781783197217
• Artikelnr.: 44613165

Autorenporträt

Rebecca Crookshank is a writer and international artist with a unique story. Aged 17, she joined the Royal Air Force. Her lived experience informed her later writing of Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, an award-winning solo play which toured the UK, receiving its international premiere on 42nd Street, New York. The play was supported by Arts Council England, published by Oberon books, shortlisted for a Liberty Human Rights Arts Award, and nominated for Best New Play, Best New Production, Best Director and Best Actress in the Broadway World Awards. Selected as one of the commissioned playwrights for the Old Vic 12, followed by two British Council artistic residencies in Vietnam, she is currently developing UK/Vietnam revenge thriller film The Red River with BFI Vision Awardee Jude Goldrei at Lunar Lander Films, set in the UK/Hanoi. Rebecca is currently part of BAFTA/BFI Crew 2021/22 and supported by Theatre 503. Since being catapulted into the public eye, she is an activist for equality and human rights and has been featured and written for The Economist, The Telegraph, The Huffington Post, and The Guardian.