ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST

The original stage play – known to many through the acclaimed film

By Dale Wasserman

Adapted from the novel by Ken Kesey

Directed by Maurice Thorogood

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This modern classic remains one of the most unsettling parables of institutional control.

Randle P. McMurphy arrives in a psychiatric ward expecting an easy alternative to prison. What he finds instead is a regime of quiet, smiling coercion — ruled by the chillingly composed Nurse Ratched.

What follows is a battle of wills: one man’s insistence on laughter, freedom and humanity against a system that prizes obedience above all else. It is sometimes darkly funny, sometimes desperately moving, always uncomfortably recognisable.

A story about the price of being fully alive — and the cost of allowing others to live half-asleep.

Produced by the Grove’s in-house company, the team behind Talking Heads, The Shawshank Redemption, The Mirror Crack’d, and others.

Tickets: £15 | £13 | £10 + booking fee