★★★★★

‘CLARKSTON IS THE COOLEST SHOW IN THE WEST END AT THE MOMENT’

City AM
★★★★

‘JOE LOCKE HAS NAILED THIS COMING OF AGE PART’

Daily Mail
★★★★

‘JOE LOCKE AND RUARIDH MOLLICA ARE ENCHANTING IN THIS SOULFUL EXPLORATION OF YOUNG ADULTHOOD.’

Radio Times
★★★★★

‘THIS IS THE WEST END EVENT OF RIGHT NOW’

Queerly

‘MOLLICA EFFORTLESSLY BREATHES LIFE INTO THIS HARD-SHELLED CHARACTER’

Guardian

‘JOE LOCKE, RUARIDH MOLLICA AND SOPHIE MELVILLE ARE FANTASTIC’

Daily Express

‘GORGEOUS WRITING. JOE LOCKE SHINES. CLARKSTON IS LOVELY, IT REALLY IS’

The Times

‘BRIMMING WITH HEART’

WhatsOnStage

FEAST DEVELOPMENT SITE

Strictly limited 9 week run

17 September — 22 November

Trafalgar Theatre

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FEAST DEVELOPMENT SITE

Strictly limited 9 week run

17 September — 22 November

Trafalgar Theatre

★★★★★

‘CLARKSTON IS THE COOLEST SHOW IN THE WEST END AT THE MOMENT’

City AM
★★★★

‘JOE LOCKE HAS NAILED THIS COMING OF AGE PART’

Daily Mail
★★★★

‘JOE LOCKE AND RUARIDH MOLLICA ARE ENCHANTING IN THIS SOULFUL EXPLORATION OF YOUNG ADULTHOOD.’

Radio Times
★★★★★

‘THIS IS THE WEST END EVENT OF RIGHT NOW’

Queerly

‘MOLLICA EFFORTLESSLY BREATHES LIFE INTO THIS HARD-SHELLED CHARACTER’

Guardian

‘JOE LOCKE, RUARIDH MOLLICA AND SOPHIE MELVILLE ARE FANTASTIC’

Daily Express

‘GORGEOUS WRITING. JOE LOCKE SHINES. CLARKSTON IS LOVELY, IT REALLY IS’

The Times

‘BRIMMING WITH HEART’

WhatsOnStage

“You have this idea in your head of the person you could be”

Opening at Trafalgar Theatre for a strictly limited 9 week run from
17 September – 22 November

Joe Locke (Heartstopper, Agatha All Along) stars in a stunning new production of CLARKSTON - an emotionally intimate play by critically acclaimed writer Samuel D. Hunter (The Whale), directed by Drama Desk and Obie Award-winner, Jack Serio.

Joining the cast is rising star and BIFA nominee Ruaridh Mollica and Evening Standard Theatre Award nominee Sophie Melville.

“Maybe we’re like the last American pioneers”

On a journey West to rediscover himself, Jake unexpectedly meets Chris – a kindred soul hiding in 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.

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Wednesday & Saturday at 3:00pm

Access Performances

Audio Described: 14th October 2025 7.30pm
Captioned: 15th October 2025 7.30pm

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TRAFALGAR THEATRE
14 Whitehall, London SW1A 2DY


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