Ken Kesey's novel Is Brought To The Stage!

Ken Kesey's extraordinary classic novel comes to life on stage in London at The Old Vic, with new staging by Director Clint Dyer, starring Aaron Pierre and Giles Terera! Telling the powerful story of a man fighting against a cruel and careless system in a psychiatric hospital in the 1960s, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest is a certified masterpiece of the 20th century.

What Is The Story?

Randle P McMurphy thinks he has made a brilliant move when he fakes insanity to avoid prison time. But he quickly revises his opinion when he ends up in a psychiatric hospital run by the merciless Nurse Ratched. But McMurphy refuses to be cowed, and sets upon a battle of minds with the authoritarian Ratched, slowly inspiring the other patients to believe more of themselves. Will McMurphy's singular determination lead to salvation, or destruction?