ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST
A comedy-drama by Dale Wasserman, based on Ken Kesey’s 1962 novel
30th August 2019 – 19th October 2019
McMurphy, fun-loving trickster with several assault convictions to her name, has once again gotten herself into trouble and is sentenced by the court. To escape labor duties in prison, she pleads insanity and is sent to a mental institution, assuming it will be a less restrictive environment. But tyrannical Head Nurse Ratched rules his psychiatric ward with an iron fist, keeping his patients cowed through abuse, medication and the threat of electric shock therapy. Her arrival disrupts his regime, especially after she decides to oppose his rules on behalf of her fellow inmates. The battle of wills between the rebellious McMurphy and the inflexible Ratched soon turns into an exuberant, ribald and devastatingly honest portrayal of the boundaries between sanity and madness.
McMurphy ist ein Schlitzohr aus Leidenschaft. Mehrfach wegen Körperverletzung vorbestraft und nun erneut mit dem Gesetz in Konflikt geraten, plädiert sie auf unzurechnungsfähig. Lieber ein leicht verrücktes Leben in der psychiatrischen Anstalt absitzen als die rohen Sitten im Knast ertragen. Die psychiatrische Abteilung wird vom Oberpfleger Ratched streng geführt: Patienten werden systematisch eingeschüchtert, misshandelt und durch Medikamente und Elektroschocktherapie gefügig gemacht. „Die Neue“ untergräbt mit ihrem Widerstand seine Autorität und stellt sich schützend vor ihre Mitinsassen. Der rabiate Kampf zwischen der Querulantin McMurphy und dem repressiven Ratched ist ein erschütterndes Portrait der Grenze von Vernunft und Wahnsinn.
Warning!
CUCKOO’S contains strong language and adult subject matter, references to drugs, pyro effects, loud sound effects, smoke effects, strobe lighting, violence and smoking on stage (herbals).
“Scarifying and powerful.”The New York Times
“Funny, touching, and exciting.”New York Daily News.
“Cuckoo is captivating.”New York Post
Winner of the 2001 Tony Award for Outstanding Revival of a Play. The film adaptation won all five major Academy Awards (Best Picture, Actor in Lead Role, Actress in Lead Role, Director and Screenplay).
