There’s scurvy, mutiny and mystery in Dogstar – but like its icebound ship this drama goes nowhere

Summary

Hampstead theatre, London A bickering trio of trapped survivors who have lost their comrades are kept in an ominous stasis in Daisy Bell’s play The setup is strong in Daisy Hall’s follow-up to her debut, Bellringers . A few survivors on a whaling ship trapped in arctic ice are figuring out how to break free as the ice groans and explodes ominously around them. Babben (Justin Edwards) is an old hand who has whaled for almost 40 years; Gorey (Adam Rojko Vega) is a mischief-maker who walks around with a gun; the youngest, and most strait-laced, is Sam (Abdul Jalloh) who seems immobilised by…

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