Mojo (play)

Mojo
Written by	Jez Butterworth
Date premiered	14 July 1995
Place premiered	Jerwood Theatre Downstairs, Royal Court Theatre London
Original language	English
Genre	Black comedy

Mojo is a 1995 play, then subsequent 1997 feature film written by English playwright Jez Butterworth that premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in London, directed by Ian Rickson.

It is a black comedy set in Soho, a fast-paced gangster plot that tells the story of a particular nightclub's culture. Would-be rock 'n' roll star 'Silver Johnny' is on the road to fame and fortune during the summer of 1958 but encounters problems with his jealous manager Ezra, The owner of the Atlantic Club who is hell-bent on protecting him from the amorous advances of creepy local gangster/entrepreneur Sam Ross. Skinny, a member of Johnny's group and one of the club's pill-popping employees discovers Ezra sawn in half in separate dustbins and Ezra's ambitious associate Mickey announces that Ross intends to take over the Atlantic Club.

The original cast was Hans Matheson (Silver Johnny), Tom Hollander (Baby), Aidan Gillen (Skinny), Matt Bardock (Sweets), David Westhead (Mickey) and Andy Serkis (Potts).^[1]

In 2013, the play was revived at the Harold Pinter Theatre in London's West End, again directed by Ian Rickson. The cast included Colin Morgan as Skinny, Rupert Grint, making his stage debut as Sweets, Ben Whishaw as Baby, Daniel Mays as Potts, Brendan Coyle as Mickey and Tom Rhys Harries as Silver Johnny.^[2]