Dogstar Tickets at Hampstead Theatre

What Tickets Cost

Tickets start from around £35 and go up to around £40, at the same prices every performance. All-in pricing, the price you see is what you pay.

Performance Schedule

Previews run from Friday 30 October to Wednesday 4 November, with no matinees in the first week. Monday 9 November starts earlier, at 7pm. The last performance is Saturday 5 December at 7:45pm.

Book your date

Book Your Dogstar Tickets

Five weeks in Swiss Cottage, tickets from around £35. All-in pricing, the price you see is what you pay.

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Where to Sit

Hampstead Downstairs is a small studio with fixed benches rather than individual seats. If you'd rather have a reserved place, or a seat with more support, Hampstead's team can sort it before you book.

What's Dogstar About?

The crew of the Dogstar are whalers, but the whales are gone, and the ship has been stuck in the ice through an endless polar night. Men are falling ill and dying, and the survivors are looking for someone to blame. Then the visions start. Are they scurvy, the dark, or a sign of rescue?

Hampstead calls it a darkly comic story about the forces that shape our lives. It's a new play by Daisy Hall, whose Bellringers sold out the same Downstairs space in 2024, and this is its first production.

Who's Dogstar For?

Anyone who likes a tense, funny ensemble piece in a small space, and fans of Bellringers. Hampstead warns of death, illness, strong language and sudden loud noises. It hasn't published an age guide for this show, and anyone under 15 has to come with an adult.

Dogstar News and Reviews

Dogstar is a world premiere, and Hampstead announced its full cast on 23 September 2026. Previews begin on 30 October.

Cast and Creative Team

Justin Edwards plays Babben, Abdul Jalloh plays Sam and Adam Rojko Vega plays Gorey.

Written by Daisy Hall and directed by Lucy Morrison, who directed Personal Values at Hampstead in 2025 and has worked often at the Royal Court. Design by Hannah Schmidt, lighting by Holly Ellis, sound by Anna Short and fights by Bret Yount.

Getting to Hampstead Theatre

Hampstead Theatre is on Eton Avenue, Swiss Cottage, NW3 3EU, about 3 minutes' walk from Swiss Cottage station on the Jubilee line. Finchley Road (Jubilee and Metropolitan lines) is about 8 minutes away.

The buses around Swiss Cottage station stop two or three minutes from the theatre: the 13 and 113 run to Baker Street, the 31 links Camden Town and Notting Hill Gate, the 46 comes from Paddington and King's Cross, and the 187, 268, C11 and 603 also stop here. Street parking is limited; the car park beside the Odeon is about 4 minutes' walk. More in our Hampstead Theatre guide.

Accessible Performances

Wednesday 2 December at 7:45pm and Thursday 3 December at 2:45pm are captioned, with the captions on a handheld screen or your own phone. The theatre is fully accessible, and the Downstairs studio has wheelchair spaces. Access bookings are handled by Hampstead Theatre's own team, not by us.

Accessible performances

• Captioned performances: Wed 2 Dec 2026, 7:45pm; Thu 3 Dec 2026, 2:45pm

Access bookings are handled by the venue's own access team, not by us.

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