{"id":3489,"date":"2025-05-05T17:01:45","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T17:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hds-online.co.uk\/?page_id=3489"},"modified":"2026-03-04T09:06:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T09:06:30","slug":"one-flew-over-the-cuckoos-nest","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hds-online.co.uk\/?page_id=3489","title":{"rendered":"One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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  • Playwright – Dale Wasserman (based on the novel by Ken Kesey)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Venue – Harrogate Studio Theatre<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Director – Rachel Conyers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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    Cast<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • Randal P McMurphy – Matt Melenas<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Chief Bromden – Matt Weilding<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Nurse Ratched – Paula Boyle<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Dale Harding – Michael Cook<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Billy Bibbit – Gary Skipper<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Frank Scanlon – Bob Mallow<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Anthony Martini – Chris Cowling<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Cheswick – Dermot Hill<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Ruckley – Michael Garside<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Dr Spivey – Chris Rawson<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Candy – Susannah Todd<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Sandra – Katie Andrew<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Aide Warren – Dylan Powell<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Aide Williams – Matt Snowden<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Aide Turkle – Bryan Bounds<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Nurse Flinn – Kate Button<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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      Randal Patrick McMurphy is transferred from the prison farm to a mental institution for evaluation. He imagines it will be a breeze, but he does not factor in Nurse Ratched who runs the ward. She keeps her patients cowed through medication, electroconvulsive therapy and abuse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      There follows a battle of wills between the rebellious McMurphy and the inflexible Ratched which is by degrees hilarious, heroic and tragic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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