One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
Date: May 2006
Director: Isobella Coleman
Venue: Priory Centre
Upon arrival at a mental institution, a brash rebel rallies the patients together to take on the oppressive Nurse Ratched, a woman more a dictator than a nurse.
In 1959 the author of Cuckoo’s Nest, Ken Kesey volunteered to be a subject in experiments with hallucinogenic drugs. Near the end of the experiments, he began working the night shift in a mental ward and started to feel that the patients were not really crazy after all, just more individualised than society was willing to accept. Parts of his novel were written while he was under the influence of LSD and peyote.
In 1975 the movie won 5 Academy Awards, including Best Actor (Jack Nicholson) and Best Picture.
Cast
Randle P McMurphy
Don McKay
Nurse Ratched
Maxine Evans
Chief Bromden
George Kelly
Harding
Simon Ockenden
Scanlon
Lol Smith
Cheswick
Ian Francis
Martini
Keith Popely
Billy Bibbett
Jason Chamberlain
Nurse Flynn
Sylvie Townsend
Dr Spivey
Brendan Sheppard
Candy Starr
Gayle Dabney
Sandi
Lucy Knight
Warren
Matt Rivers
Williams
Mike Delaney
Ruckley
Richard Fitt
Creative Team
Director
Isobella Coleman
Production Manager
Don McKay
Lighting
Chris Glenton
Sound
Scott Andrews
Publicity
Richard Fitt Christine Suggars
Programme
Isobella Coleman
Logo & Poster Design
Simon Webb
Front Of House
Members of VAMPS & The St Neots Players
Box Office
St Neots Priory Centre
Gallery
