WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT to Embark on UK Tour This February

Fresh from a highly-acclaimed run at Edinburgh Fringe 2015, WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT by Rebecca Crookshank is back with gusto, following an amazing four nominations in the BroadwayWorld Awards. The show will embark on a UK tour from February to May 2016, directed by Jessica Beck.

Based on Crookshank's time in the Royal Air Force serving Queen and country, WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT charts her journey from basic training to the Falkland Islands. From feeling low to flying high (literally, in a Tornado F3), this is a deeply moving, hilarious and heart-warming adventure.

WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT highlights the challenges women face in being defined by their gender and celebrates the wonderful women who forged a path for others. Crookshank's anecdotes about her time in the Air Force mix the serious and the comic to great effect interspersed with her own video footage to really emphasise the reality at the heart of her story.

Crookshank may be less than a footnote in the history of the Royal Air Force, but the verve and gusto she brings to her story marks her out as a considerable talent to watch; as a woman in a male-dominated environment, she unflinchingly describes her battle to make it as a girl, more than playing her part in a boys' world (The List).

Crookshank grew up in rural Devon, the daughter of a midwife and a Royal Marine. Raised by a giver of life and a trained killer, embracing creativity was on nobody's radar. When she left the RAF she knew it was time to pursue her dream. She says, Exploring our identity is a life-long challenge. Reinventing yourself and finding a voice in such a disciplined environment as the military is unique - it has inspired me to create some art which I think makes for an interesting story.

WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT has been supported by Arts Council England and the RBL Women's Section throughout the research and development phase.

IF YOU GO:

WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT by Rebecca Crookshank

27th February - Fisher Theatre, Bungay
3rd March - Attenborough Centre, Leicester
4th March - Drill Hall, Lincoln
5th March - Derby Theatre, Derby
9th March - Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham
10th March - Old Fire Station, Oxford
11th - 12th March - The Secombe, Sutton
14th - 18th March - Rose and Crown Theatre, London
4th - 5th April - Tristan Bates Theatre, London
7th April - Cast, Doncaster
29th April - Barbican, Plymouth
4th - 5th May - Brewhouse, Taunton
9th - 15th May - Dukebox Theatre, Brighton

70 minutes

Tickets are available from individual theatre box office

See www.wtftheplay.co.uk.

About Rebecca Crookshank - Rebecca left the Royal Air Force to train at The Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts where she gained a First Class BA (Hons) in Acting in 2005. Rebecca is a proud member of the Royal British Legion Women's section, and was asked to sing with the Royal Marine Band for a festival of remembrance in 2008. Writing credits: WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT (Tristan Bates First Festival and Edinburgh Festival); Alice: A New Musical (St James Theatre, London). Theatre credits

include: Etiquette & Vitriol (Soho Theatre, London); Dick Whittington in Poppy (Landor Theatre, London); England Street by Kenny Emson, LBW directed by Fin Irwin, and Tin Girls directed by Jessica Beck (all for The Bike Shed Theatre); Loveplay (Rose and Crown), and Taming of the Shrew (St Leonard's Church-Shoreditch) both for New Rep Company; Impotent (Lion & Unicorn); most recently Lady Bracknell in The Importance of being Ernest (St James Theatre Studio); WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT in development (First Festival-Tristan Bates). Recent Film, & TV credits include: Alice in Wonderland directed by Tim Burton (Walt Disney Pictures); Casualty directed by Nigel Douglas (BBC); Robson Green's Extreme Fishing (Channel 5).

About Jessica Beck - Jessica Beck is an American theatre artist, living and working in the UK for over a decade, as a freelance director, an Artistic Associate of The Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter, and formally an Associate of Theatre503 (2004-2010). Jessica specialises in new writing, as well as creating plays from scratch. She is also a recipient of The New York International Fringe Festival Award for Outstanding Direction (2007). Directing credits include: Normal/Madness (Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh Festival 2014/Scottish Tour); Icarus in Love, The Exeter Blitz Project, Tin Girls, Than a Year (all for The Bike Shed, Exeter); Alice's Adventures in the New World (Old Red Lion, UK Tour); Ein Abend Mit Ruby with the Ruby Dolls (Jermyn Street); 2002 and 2008 for Decade by Phil Porter (Theatre503); Up The Gary (Theatre503/Edinburgh/UKTour/NYC); Zoo (Union Theatre); Dogfight (Arcola/Edinburgh); All Alone (Edinburgh/Project Arts Centre, Dublin/Soho Playhouse, NYC); Terrorist! The Musical (Edinburgh). Jessica was also the recipient of The New York Fringe Festival Excellence Award for Outstanding Direction 2007.

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