How Not To Drown London Reviews and Tickets

95%

(2 Ratings)

Positive

100%

Mixed

Negative

Members say

Thought-provoking, Absorbing, Riveting, Clever, Intense

About the Show

ThickSkin's new drama about an 11-year-old's journey to the UK as an unaccompanied asylum-seeker.

In 2002, the Kosovan War has just ended and Dritan is sent to travel across the Adriatic to find a new life in Europe. He relies on his wit and charm to make it to the UK, but when he ends up in the care of social services, he realizes his journey has only just begun.

'HOW NOT TO DROWN' is performed by an ensemble cast starring Dritan Kastrati.

Show-Score Member Reviews (2)

Great acting, Great staging, Resonant, Riveting, Thought-provoking

See it if you care about asylum seekers and refugees as people with hopes, dreams and lives; if you care about the vulnerability of child migrants

Don't see it if you think the Rwanda policy is a great idea; don't want to be moved by a true story; struggle with imaginative plays

Thought-provoking, Intense, Entertaining, Clever, Absorbing

See it if You love physical theatre and are prepared to use your imagination

Don't see it if You want to see a show full of exciting set and costume and don’t enjoy physical theatre

Critic Reviews (1)

“This is one refugee story – but of course, the pain and struggle that Kastrati has lived through are not unique...As drama, it may not be perfect – but this is a bleak picture of the reality that they risk so much to win.”
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Creative team

Theatre Royal Stratford East