WonderIfTheatre stages ‘MOJO’ - Jez Butterworth’s original slick, violent black comedy. Set in the heart of Manchester’s early 1990’s club scene, gangland bosses jostle for power and the worlds of petty crooks – high on speed, slimming pills and anything else they can get their mitts on – collide and culminate in a night of disaster.
Come and meet Potts, Sweets, Skinny, Mickey and Baby and watch their world turn upside down as they try to locate Silver Johnny and figure out exactly what has happened to notorious gang leader, Ezra.
Edrine Spencer
Leigh Manning
Paul Jennings
Scott Harrison
Oliver Baines
Miles Mooney
“Growing up in Madchester, ‘Sankey’s’ and ‘Academy’ flyers graced my walls and the Hacienda was at its peak of popularity, in many ways it was a rite of passage for my friends and me. But even as naive teenagers, we were always aware of a seedier side. As the 90s unfolded, there was a growing presence of ever angrier bouncers on doors. Clubs full of ravers, high on life and anything else they could their mitts on and corners always crowded by gangs of blokes in bomber jackets, sideways glancing, the runt sent on surveillance missions to monitor the presence of rivals gangs. This seemed the perfect parallel world to the 1950s Soho gangland Butterworth chose to set Mojo in. It’s certainly immediately relevant to my Northern cast and most definitely has something to say to my Mancunian audience.”
Jennie Fairclough
Production Credits
Director.....................................................Jennie Fairclough
Set Design................................................Jeni Holt-Wright
Sound Design...........................................Tom Ratcliffe
Lighting Design........................................Lee Andrew Davies
Choreography...........................................Charlotte North
Social Media & Content Creation...........TrueGoldenGeek
Photography..............................................Paul Wright
