Clarkston

Heartstopper star Joe Locke made his UK stage debut in low-key fashion a few years ago, with an excellent turn as an embittered teen in the Donmar’s dystopian drama The Trials. He’s subsequently been to Broadway in a revival of Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd, but finally here’s his West End debut. Clarkston is a work by the US playwright Samuel D Hunter – best known for writing the screenplay of The Whale – that sees Locke star as Jake, a young man on a journey into rural America with echoes of Lewis and Clark’s great expedition. He’ll be joined by Ruaridh Mollica and Sophie Melville in US director Jack Serio’s production.