How Not To Drown was first performed on 4 August 2019 at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh."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 theAdriatic with a gang of people smugglers to a new life in Europe. He relies on his young wit and charm to make it tothe 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.Painful yet uplifting, How Not to Drown shares a story of endurance for a little kid who wasn't safe or welcomeanywhere in the world.Award-winning theatre company ThickSkin (Chalk Farm, The Static) returns to the stage with an action packed, highly visual production.