Oliver Roth and LD Entertainment are delighted to announce that Joe Locke (Emmy Award-nominated Heartstopper; Marvel’s Agatha All Along; Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Broadway)will make his West End debut starring opposite Ruaridh Mollica (BIFA nominated for Sebastian; The Franchise, HBO) withSophie Melville (The Way, BBC; Cowbois, RSC/ Royal Court; Evening Standard Award nominated for Iphigenia in Splott, Lyric Hammersmith)in the UK premiere of Clarkston by critically acclaimed writer Samuel D. Hunter (best known for Oscar-winning and BAFTA nominated film The Whale). This emotionally intimate American play willbe directed by Drama Desk and Obie award-winning director Jack Serio (who won great acclaim for his production of Uncle Vanya performed in aNew Yorkloft and recently directed the world premiere of Samuel D. Hunter’s Grangeville at Signature Theatre).
Clarkston will have a strictly limited run in the West End this Autumn.
“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 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.
Joe Locke said “I’m thrilled to be making my West End debut in ‘Clarkston’. Samuel D. Hunter’s writing is so deeply human and honest that I immediately connected with the play when I read it. I can’t wait to bring this beautiful story to life and share it with audiences in London.”
Further details to be announced soon. Sign up to be the first to hear when tickets go on sale www.ClarkstonPlay.co.uk
