Director

Hayley Horton

Performance Dates

8:00 pm Fri 12, Sat 13, Fri 18, Sat 19, Fri 26, Sat 27 March 2010.
2:00 pm Sun 14, Sun 21 March 2010

March 2010 - One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest

Written by Dale Wasserman, based on the original novel by Ken Kesey

Details
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is the unforgettable story of a mental ward and its inhabitants in early 1960’s America including the tyrannical Big Nurse Ratched and Randle Patrick McMurphy, the brawling, funloving new inmate who resolves to oppose her. Quickly, he takes over the ward and accomplishes what the medical profession has been unable to do for twelve years; he makes a presumed deaf and dumb Indian talk. He leads others out of introversion, stages a revolt so that they can see the World Series on television, and arranges a rollicking midnight party with liquor and chippies. For one offense, Nurse Ratched has him submit to shock treatment. The party is too horrid for her and she forces him to submit to a final correction a frontal lobotomy.

Adapted from Ken Kesey’s novel the play premiered in 1963 on Broadway starring Kirk Douglas as McMurphy, Gene Wilder as Billy Bibbit and Ed Ames as Chief Bromden. The story was adapted for film in 1975 starring Jack Nicholson as McMurphy and won all five major Academy Awards (Best Picture, Actor in Lead Role, Actress in Lead Role, Director and Screenplay).

Cast The Patients

	R P McMurphy	Steve Parker		Chief Bromden	Dr Stefan Neszpor
	Dale Harding	Lindsay Dunn		Billy Bibbit	Todd Clappis
	Charles Cheswick	Tim Williams		Fredericks	Sam Inveradi
	Frank Scanlon	Tim Edhouse		Anthony Martini	Steve Mellington
	Jim Sefelt	Kevin Burrett		Col Mattherson	Peter Bleby
	Ruckly	James Whitrow

The Staff

	Nurse Ratched	Tracey Walker		Dr Spivey	Steve Marvanek
	Nurse Nakamura / Sandra	Julie Dickson		Nurse Flinn / Sandra	Alison Scharber
	Aide Warren	Alex Newell		Aide Williams	Jack Newell
	Aide Turkell	Peter Kentish

Production Team

	Director	Hayley Horton
	Production Manager	Vee Noble
	Stage Manager	Malcolm Horton