Rupert Grint is to make his first stage appearance in an all-star West End revival of Jez Butterworth's hit debut, Mojo.

Ben Whishaw, Daniel Mays and Brendan Coyle, best known for playing Mr Bates in Downton Abbey, will join the Harry Potter star in Butterworth's play about rival gangs in 1950s Soho and its nascent rock'n'roll scene.

The play has almost as much draw as the cast. When it premiered in 1995, Mojo was the first main-stage debut at the Royal Court for 40 years, the last being John Osbourne's Look Back in Anger. It subsequently transferred to the West End, before being made into a feature film two years later. Butterworth's commercial clout has only grown with his 2009 global success Jerusalem.

Former Royal Court boss Ian Rickson, who directed the premiere, will return to the play alongside original designer Ultz, with performances set to begin at the Harold Pinter theatre in late October. Sonia Friedman is producing.

The play shows a gang attempting to recover and take revenge for a kidnapped teenage pop star, Silver Johnny. Characters wield vintage weaponry including derringer pistols and cutlasses. One victim is sawn in half and dumped in a bin.

Grint follows his Potter co-star Daniel Radcliffe by stepping onstage in a role far removed from Hogwarts. He'll play Sweets, a junior gangster with an amphetamine addiction.

Rickson told the Daily Mail, "I'd seen the Potter films with my daughter and always thought Rupert was truthful as Ron Weasley. There's something ordinary and centred about him, and in this world of Mojo you want that grittiness."

He added: "A whole lot of people who might not see Mojo will come and see it."

Whishaw will make his second West End appearance of the year as Baby, the most psychotic of the gangsters – a role originally played by Tom Hollander. Mays will play Potts and Coyle the ambitious Mickey. Further casting and full dates will be announced in September.