One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
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A play by Dale Wasserman
Adapted from the novel by Ken Kesey
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.
Adapted from the novel by Ken Kesey
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.
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Where is it happening?
The Grove Theatre, Eastbourne Library, BN21 4TL Eastbourne, United Kingdom, 6 Grove Road, Eastbourne, BN21 4TJ, United Kingdom
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Host or PublisherThe Grove Theatre Eastbourne
