Performance

Venue	Birmingham Hippodrome
	Other spaces: DanceXchange,Patrick Centre
Town	Birmingham
County	West Midlands
From	7th March 2023
To	8th March 2023
What is currently on at Birmingham Hippodrome (V145)

How Not to Drown

T0836097872
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.

Author	Nicola McCartney
Author	Dritan Kastrati

Archive :: production:T0836097872, play:S1176392671, venue:V145

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Company

Presented by	ThickSkin
Presented by	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	Neil Bettles
Choreographer	Jonnie Riordan
Lighting	Zoe Spurr
Performer	Ajjaz Awad
Performer	Esme Bayley
Performer	Daniel Cahill
Performer	Dritan Kastratii
Performer	Sam Reuben

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