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Mojo

By Jez Butterworth

The cult hit first seen at the Royal Court, a slick and violent black comedy set in the Soho clubland of the 1950s.

Olivier Award for Best New Comedy
George Devine Award for Most Promising Playwright
Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Playwright

In the seedy gangster underworld of the rock'n'roll scene, club owners fight for control of Johnny Silver, the latest young sensation.

'superbly captures the atmosphere of the infant British rock and roll scene' Daily Telegraph

'The Royal Court's most dazzling main-stage debut in years' Guardian

Combines 'the verbal menace of Harold Pinter and the physical violence of Quentin Tarantino' Sunday Times

'This is Beckett on speed, savagely funny, in fast forward, with no time to wait for Godot' Observer

First Staged: Royal Court 1995; West End 1996
Cast: 6m

£ 8.999781854593665 - PB