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May 9th
Showtime: 8pm
Tickets: €14 - €12
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Prisoner Randle Patrick McMurphy declares himself insane so he'll be transferred to a mental institution, which he believes will be more comfortable than the jailhouse. McMurphy soon finds that his ward in the asylum is run with an iron fist by the domineering Nurse Ratched. McMurphy quickly flexes his individualist muscle in the ward, making a name for himself and causing trouble for the staff. During his stay he attempts to breathe life, masculinity, and individuality back into the submissive and emasculated patients, including the Chief, a tall, deaf-mute Native American. Near the end of the play, McMurphy attacks Nurse Ratched after her tyrannical rule drives one of the patients to suicide. McMurphy undergoes a lobotomy, and when his vegetative body is brought back to the ward, Chief smothers him to end his pain, then escapes the hospital.