The production, based on the novel by Ken Kesey, will run at the theatre from the 1st April until the 23rd May.
The Old Vic Theatre has confirmed the full casting for Dale Wasserman’s adaptation of the novel, directed by Clint Dyer.
This production will star Aaron Pierre as Randle P McMurphy and Giles Terera as Dale Harding, who will be joined by Michelle Gomez (Green Wing, The Flight Attendant) as Nurse Ratched. The full company will also feature performances from Samson Ajewole as Aide Warren, Kazeem Tosin Amore as Aide Turkle, Arthur Boan as Chief Bromden, Adam Bond as Ensemble, Emma Cater as Ensemble, Ene Frost as Ruckley, Jaz Hutchins as Aide Williams, Shaquille Jack as Ensemble, Daisy Lewis as Candy Starr, Amy Newton as Nurse Flinn/Sandra, Jason Pennycooke as Martini, Javone Prince as Cheswick, Mo Sesay as Scanlon, Matthew Steer as Dr Spivey and Kedar Williams-Stirling as Billy Bibbit.
Inside a psychiatric facility, Chief Bromden has been silent for years — confined and maligned by a system that labels, divides and forgets. But he has a story to tell. He’s just been waiting for someone to listen.
Enter Randle P. McMurphy, a gambler and provocateur whose defiance unsettles the ward — and sparks something long dormant in Bromden and his fellow patients. Under the iron rule of Nurse Ratched, they have been stripped of their humanity. Now, McMurphy’s rebellion reminds the patients of their voices — and what it means to be free.
With press night set for the 15th April, the production forms part of Matthew Warchus’s final season as Artistic Director of the theatre.
The creative team includes: set and costume designer Ben Stones, lighting designer Chris Davey, sound designer Benjamin Grant, movement director Lucie Pankhurst, casting director Heather Basten, associate director Jade Hackett, associate wigs, hair and make-up designer Keisha-Paris Banya, costume supervisor Maybelle Laye, and cultural consultant Nathan Woodward.
To book tickets visit: https://www.oldvictheatre.com/stage/cuckoos-nest/