Joe Locke will star in Clarkston, the gay themed play written by Samuel D. Hunter (Oscar-winning and BAFTA-nominated for The Whale ), and directed by Jack Serio (Grangeville). Clarkston will run at the Trafalgar Theatre for 9 weeks only, from 17 September to 22 November 2025.
Tickets (including on-stage seating) are on sale now from £25 at www.clarkstonplay.co.uk.
Joe Locke shot to fame with his breakthrough performance in Netflix’s chart-topping and Emmy Award-nominated LGBTQ+ teen drama series, Heartstopper, for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2022.
He went on to star in all three seasons of the popular show and is currently in production for the new Heartstopper feature film, where he will reprise his role and, alongside co-star Kit Connor, serve as an executive producer.
Last year, Joe had a leading role in Disney+/Marvel’s WandaVision spinoff series Agatha All Along alongside Kathryn Hahn, Aubrey Plaza and Patti LuPone. The series was released to critical acclaim, becoming one of Marvel Television’s most successful shows. Joe received a nomination for a Film Independent Spirit Award for his performance.
On stage, Joe won the Best Professional Debut Award at the WhatsOnStage Awards in 2023 for his performance in The Trials at Donmar Warehouse.
Joe made his Broadway debut last year in the Tony Award-nominated Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, performing alongside Aaron Tveit and Sutton Foster.
“You have this idea in your head of the person you could be”
On a journey West to rediscover himself, Jake unexpectedly meets Chris – a kindred soul hiding on a night shift at a Costco in a rural American town. As their bond deepens, so does their sense of adventure. Maybe they could finally give life new meaning by chasing something more – like the intrepid explorers Lewis and Clark before them.
Clarkston is a modern frontier story that blazes a trail through friendship, acceptance, love and the hope of new discoveries.
Joe Locke will star alongside Ruaridh Mollica (Sebastian, The Franchise) with Sophie Melville (The Way, Iphigenia in Splott).
Photos by Marc Brenner are of Joe Locke, Ruaridh Mollica and Sophie Melville in rehearsal for Clarkston
