How Not To Drown
Organised by : Chichester Festival Theatre
Award-winning theatre company ThickSkin returns to the stage with an action-packed, highly visual production telling the painful yet uplifting true story of an eleven year-old unaccompanied asylum-seeker, written by Nicola McCartney and Dritan Kastrati, and directed and choreographed by Neil Bettles.
I dont know why my
Dad let me go, especially when he knew how dangerous, how hard it was I was
too young, too weak to make this journey. I wouldnt have sent me He wouldnt
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.
How Not to Drown shares a story of endurance for a
little kid who wasnt safe or welcome anywhere in the world, performed by an
ensemble cast starring Dritan Kastrati
himself. For ages 14+