This production is recommended for ages 14+.
Performance dates
1 April - 23 May 2026
Run time: TBC
No interval
Based on Ken Kesey’s countercultural masterpiece, Clint Dyer directs a bold new staging of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, starring Aaron Pierre and Giles Terera. Playing a strictly limited run at the Old Vic, book your official tickets today.
Chief Bromden, long confined and overlooked in a psychiatric ward, finally finds a story worth telling, if only someone will listen.
Enter Randle P. McMurphy, a charismatic gambler whose defiance challenges the iron grip of Nurse Ratched. As McMurphy sparks rebellion, Bromden and the other patients begin to reclaim their voices and rediscover their humanity.
This electrifying stage adaptation explores power, control, and resistance, offering a fresh lens on a classic story of freedom, defiance, and the courage to speak out. Don’t miss this bold, unforgettable production at the Old Vic.
The big opening of the week is One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest at the Old Vic. Ken Kesey’s iconic story of how the arrival of chancer Randle P. McMurphy on a psychiatric ward sparks rebellion gets a major revival from director Clint Dyer. His casting and approach may offer a slightly different spin on the famous tale, offering an edge, exploring America’s colonial legacy through the lens of Black men’s mental health, cultural difference, and forced subjugation. Aaron Pierce plays McMurphy, Giles Terera is Dale Harding, and Olivia Williams is replacing Michelle Gomez as the hated Nurse Ratched, a woman intent on exerting authority in a predominantly male world.
30 Mar, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner