Episode 17 - ThickSkin & How Not To Drown at the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe

We chat with ThickSkin producer Steph Connell, Associate Producer Carla Marina Almeida, Lighting Designer Zoe Spurr and Composer & Sound Designer Alexandra Faye Braithwaite about their work on the incredible How Not To Drown. ABOUT THE SHOW A painful yet uplifting true story of a child asylum-seeker arriving in the UK. At 11 years old, Dritan is sent on the notoriously perilous journey across the Adriatic to a new life in Europe, only to continue his fight for survival in the British care system. 'I don’t know why my Dad let me go... I was too young, too weak, to make this journey. He wouldn’t have sent me unless there was a reason'. Award-winning theatre company ThickSkin (Chalk Farm, The Static) returns to the stage with an action-packed, highly visual production. www.madeinscotlandshowcase.com Catch the show until 25-Aug (ex 12th + 19th) at various times (see the Traverse website for times on your desired date). Book your tickets at https://www.traverse.co.uk/whats-on/event/how-not-to-drown Written by Nicola McCartney & Dritan Kastrati Director & Co-Choreographer How Not To Drown is a ThickSkin and Traverse Theatre Company production, co-produced with Tron Theatre and Lawrence Batley Theatre. Commissioned by ThickSkin and Lawrence Batley Theatre. Supported by November Productions and Citizens Theatre. Supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England and Creative Scotland. Part of Made in Scotland 2019. Developed with support from Creative Scotland, Tron Theatre and University of Edinburgh. Follow them... on Twitter @thickskintweets on IG @thickskintheatre W: https://www.thickskintheatre.co.uk