Einer flog über das Kuckucksnest

In the organizer's words:

By Dale Wasserman based on the novel by Ken Kesey
Director: Leander Haußmann

We would probably never have met outside. If we had, we would have passed each other by and thought we were completely normal. Whatever that is, the normal. You probably won't find it in here. This is the cuckoo's nest, ruled by the head nurse, ruler of this closed-off world. Here we all hang out together, a huge tired heap. Every day is the same: pills, food, therapy, pills.

Your head is already spinning. You don't even put up a fight anymore. You don't say anything. And so nobody disturbs your delirium. But then the new guy, McMurphy, arrives and questions the reign. "Who's mad here?" he shouts over and over again in the silent room. The ruler pulls out the syringe. And you know for sure: this is not going to end well.

"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" is Leander Haußmann's first production at the RZt. He has worked at the Thalia Theater Hamburg, the Burgtheater Vienna, the Berliner Ensemble and the Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, among others. From 1995-2000, Leander Haußmann was director of the Schauspielhaus Bochum. This year saw the release of his feature film Leander Haußmann's Stasi Comedy, which follows Sonnenallee (2000) and NVA (2005) as the conclusion of his Stasi trilogy.

The role of the doctor is played alternately by guests Matthias Mosbach and Norbert Stöß.

Please note that strobe lighting will be used in the production.