About the Show
I don’t know why my Dad let me go… I was too young, too weak, to make this journey. I wouldn’t have sent me… He wouldn’t have sent me unless there was a reason. In 2002, in the turmoil after the end of the Kosovan War, Dritan is sent on the notoriously perilous journey across the Adriatic with a gang of people smugglers to a new life in Europe. He relies on his young wit and charm to make it to the UK. But the fight for survival continues as he clings to his identity and sense of self when he ends up in the British care system. Hilarious, painful and uplifting, How Not to Drown shares a story of endurance for a little kid who wasn’t safe or welcome anywhere in the world.
World Premiere.
Creatives
Nicola McCartney
Author
Dritan Kastrati
Author
Thickskin Theatre Company
Producer
Traverse Theatre Company
Producer
Tron Theatre
Producer
Lawrence Batley Theatre
Producer
Neil Bettles
Director
Neil Bettles
Choreographer
Becky Minto
Design
Jonnie Riordan
Choreographer
Zoe Spurr
Lighting
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