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1. www.timeout.com › london › theatreHow Not to Drown: Kosovan refugee Dritan Kastrati shares the ...

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   Jan 10, 2023 · Dritan Kastrati’s autobiographical play – co-written with Nicola McCartney – combines a thriller-ish first half that details his upbringing in Kosovo and displacement by the war, with a...

2. www.timesandstar.co.uk › news › 23392112“THE STORY WE NEED TO HEAR”: A Review of ‘How Not to Drown’.

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   Mar 16, 2023 · How Not to Drown tells the true story of Dritan Kastrati, an asylum seeker who flees Albania to seek a new life in the UK. With everything going on in the news about ‘small boat crossings’, and everyone suddenly feeling the need to give their ten pence on immigration and asylum seekers, these are the stories we need to be hear.

3. www.blackpoolgrand.co.uk › how-not-to-drown-aHow Not to Drown – An incredibly stirring story of endurance.

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   This fast-paced physical theatre production shares the true inspirational story of an eleven-year-old unaccompanied asylum-seeker arriving in the UK and is performed by an ensemble cast, starring Dritan Kastrati himself.

4. www.thestage.co.uk › features › dritan-kastrati-iDritan Kastrati: 'I had to make something funny out of ...

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   Jan 16, 2023 · In 2002, actor and writer Dritan Kastrati was smuggled across Europe, only to find a more challenging life waiting for him in the UK.

5. inews.co.uk › inews-lifestyle › uk-illegally-actorI came to the UK aged 11 in the back of a lorry - now I'm an ...

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   Feb 9, 2023 · Two decades later, Kastrati, now an actor and writer, remembers how it was orchestrated – his father took him to meet the mafia boss who co-ordinated the journey and handed over an envelope of...

6. www.thereviewshub.com › how-not-to-drown-theatreHow Not To Drown – Theatre Royal Stratford East, London

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   Feb 1, 2023 · First performed at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, in 2019, How Not To Drown transforms Kastrati’s extraordinary experiences into a 90-minute pla., Nicola McCartney works with Kastrati to...

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   What is Kastrati Group?

   • In June 2013 Kastrati Group became the first Albanian fuel retail company to launch the Electronic Card system in more than 30 petrol stations all over Albania. To satisfy the needs of our loyal consumers our Group has issued two types of Electronic Cards, a Bonus Card and an Electronic Coupon.

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   Who is Kastrati and what is he doing now?

   • Though his passion is theatre, Kastrati’s screen career has blossomed. Most recently, he had a small part in Sally El Hosaini’s film The Swimmers, co-written with Jack Thorne, about two Syrian refugees who end up competing in the Olympics – a story that reminds him, in some ways, of his own experience.

   Dritan Kastrati: 'I had to make something funny out of something that

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   What country is Kastrati from?

   • Kastrati was born in Mitrovica, a village that is now part of Kosovo, though he defines himself as Albanian. In 2001, in the turmoil and unrest that followed the war of 1998-99, his family sent him to stay with his brother, who was already living in the UK.

   Dritan Kastrati: 'I had to make something funny out of something that

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   How old was Dritan Kastrati when he was smuggled across Europe?

   • In 2002, Dritan Kastrati was smuggled across Europe, aged just 11. It was after the end of the war in Kosovo (1998-99) when his country was still in turmoil – “so much chaos, guns everywhere” – that his parents decided he would be safer making the journey across the Adriatic Sea to Britain, where he would be reunited with his older brother.

   I came to the UK illegally in the back of a lorry - now I'm an actor

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8. www.thickskintheatre.co.uk › hownottodrownHow Not To Drown | ThickSkin Theatre Company | UK

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   With ThickSkin’s trademark physicality and slick production values, How Not to Drown presents an action film for the stage. A story of endurance for a little kid who wasn’t safe or welcome anywhere in the world, performed by an ensemble cast starring Dritan Kastrati himself. “truly stunning”.