One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

1 Apr–23 May 2026

Michelle Gomez Aaron Pierre Giles Terera  
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 
A play by Dale Wasserman   
Based on the novel by Ken Kesey   
The Old Vic

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Old Vic
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Old Vic

Inside a psychiatric facility, Chief Bromden has been silent for years — confined and maligned by a system that labels, divides and forgets. But he has a story to tell. He’s just been waiting for someone to listen.

Enter Randle P. McMurphy, a gambler and provocateur whose defiance unsettles the ward — and sparks something long dormant in Bromden and his fellow patients. Under the iron rule of Nurse Ratched, they have been stripped of their humanity. Now, McMurphy’s rebellion reminds the patients of their voices — and what it means to be free.

Based on Ken Kesey’s countercultural masterpiece, Clint Dyer directs a bold new staging of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest that reignites the spirit of the original novel. A searing exploration of colonialism and the social structures built to silence dissent, this production invites audiences to experience the story in a powerful new light.

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