Mojo

Park Theatre

Opens: Thursday, 4 March 2027 -
Booking until: Saturday, 10 April 2027
Running time: 2hr 20min. Incl. Interval.

Mojo description

Mojo is Jez Butterworth's black comedy about gangsters, rock 'n' roll and a fight for power in a 1950s Soho nightclub.

Rock 'n' roll has reached the Atlantic Club in Soho, and its newest attraction is Silver Johnny, a young singer drawing the crowds. When the club's owner is murdered, the men he leaves behind start a ruthless struggle over who will take control. Rivalries sharpen, loyalties break down and the glamour of the music scene starts to give way to fear and violence.

Mojo was Butterworth's first play. It premiered at the Royal Court in 1995 and won the Olivier Award for Best New Comedy, while Butterworth received the George Devine Award and the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Most Promising Playwright. Critics have called it "wickedly funny, incredibly dark" (The Telegraph) and "original, vibrant, gloriously entertaining" (The Arts Desk), and The Stage wrote that it "bristles with masculine energy and menace". With its mix of brutal drama, black comedy and quick-fire dialogue, it marked the arrival of a new, confrontational generation of British playwriting in the mid-1990s.

Butterworth has since written Jerusalem, The Ferryman and The Hills of California. This new production is directed by Max Harrison, Artistic Director of Lidless Theatre, whose previous productions at Park Theatre include Miss Julie and Leaves of Glass. He has also directed The Pitchfork Disney and Tender Napalm at the King's Head Theatre and took part in the National Theatre Director's Course. Design is by Kit Hinchcliffe, co-Artistic Director of Lidless Theatre. It is a Park Theatre and Lidless Theatre production.

Book your tickets for Mojo and spend an evening in a 1950s Soho club where the music is loud, the humour is black and nobody is safe.