Coronation Street‘s Theo Silverton will be forced to confront his traumatic past with the arrival of a familiar face.

The scaffolder (played by James Cartwright) first appeared on the soap in March, as a new love interest for Todd Grimshaw.

After it was revealed that he was married to a woman named Danielle with two children, Theo explained to Todd that his parents were devoutly religious and pushed him into undergoing conversion therapy when he was young.

When Danielle found out about the affair, Theo tried to cut ties with Todd, but ultimately decided to end his marriage.

In next week’s episodes, Theo tries to remain in contact with his children but is heartbroken when they don’t show up for breakfast as planned.

He sees something on Todd’s phone and is left concerned. What has Todd been up to?

Later in the week, a guy called Noah enters the Rovers and waves to Billy, causing a shocked Theo to rush out of the pub.

He tells an appalled Todd that Noah was present at his conversion therapy. How will the undertaker react to the shocking information?

Speaking to Digital Spy and other media, Cartwright discussed Theo’s traumatic history with conversion therapy.

“It’s like anything in life – things can be explained to you, but understanding [and processing] them is a different thing,” he said. “Because his parents were privy to the conversion therapy, it’s a much bigger thing.

“If you start to unpack that as a thing, fully, you go, ‘Okay, my mom and dad, the Church, all my friends who I grew up with [and] the family friends are complicit’. I think he knows it wasn’t okay, but he also has to process it for himself – he wants to just be happy.”