One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest at Brisbane Arts Theatre

One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest is a boisterous, ribald and ultimately devastating story of a psychiatric clinic and its residents.

When Randle Patrick McMurphy is transferred for evaluation from a prison farm to a mental institution, he assumes it will be a less restrictive environment. However, the battle of wills between the rebellious McMurphy and the inflexible Nurse Ratched soon affects all the ward's patients.

In a world where sanity means conformity and following the rules is the only way to survive, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is a powerful exploration of the beauty and the danger of being an original.

Authors

• Dale Wasserman

Tony Awards and Nominations for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest