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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.

Cast/Performers

Ajjaz Awad, Esme Bayley, Daniel Cahill, Dritan Kastratii, Sam Reuben

Creatives/Company

Author(s): Nicola McCartney, Dritan Kastrati
Presented by(s): ThickSkin, Traverse Theatre Company (supported by Theatre Royal Stratford East)
Director: Neil Bettles
Music: Alexandra Faye Braithwaite
Sound: Alexandra Faye Braithwaite
Design: Becky Minto
Costume: Becky Minto
Choreographer(s): Neil Bettles, Jonnie Riordan
Lighting: Zoe Spurr