Location: Garrick Theatre

Type of production: Play

Opened: 21 March 2006

Booking until: 03 June 2006

Running time: 2hrs 30mins

Author/Playwright: Ken Kesey

Director: Terry Johnson

Cast: Christian Slater , Alex Kingston , Brendan Dempsey

Synopsis:

Play by Dale Wasserman, based on the book by Ken Kesey. Directed by Terry Johnson and Tamara Harvey with designs by Katy Tuxford, lighting by Chris Davey, costumes by Dagmar Morrell and music and sound by Matt Clifford.

Starring Christian Slater as 'Randle. P. McMurphy' and Alex Kingston as 'Nurse Ratched'.

Spotless clean, shining white, the ward is run with clinical precision by the Big Nurse. The clock in the control room ticks down the days, and the 'acutes' and the 'chronics' know the schedule in and out.

Into this apparent elysium bursts Randall P. McMurphy, a convicted phychotic drifter, accustomed to ruling the roost, calling the shots, and doing his will and he upsets the proverbial apple cart...

As Big Nurse struggles to maintain her control and authority, the inmates' lives are turned upside down and around while she and McMurphy lock horns in battle for their hearts and minds.

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest is a powerful, poignant, disturbing and ultimately liberating theatrical experience.

This production, in a recast version, was originally seen at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2004 before it transferred to London's West End Gielgud Theatre (previewed 3 September, opened 16 September 2004, closed 22 January 2005) when the production featured Christian Slater, Frances Barber and Mackenzie Crook.