<p>How Not To Drown was first performed on 4 August 2019 at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh.</p><p>"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."</p><p>In 2002, in the turmoil after the end of the Kosovan War, Dritan is sent on the notoriously perilous journey across the<br/> 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<br/> 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.</p><p>Painful yet uplifting, How Not to Drown shares a story of endurance for a little kid who wasn''t safe or welcome<br/> anywhere in the world.</p><p>Award-winning theatre company ThickSkin (Chalk Farm, The Static) returns to the stage with an action packed, highly visual production.</p>