Christian Slater in Cuckoo's Nest Flies Back to the West End

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest with Christian Slater was so successful during its 2004 run at the Gielgud Theatre that it is returning to the West End. The production, directed by Terry Johnson, is set to begin performances at the Garrick Theatre on March 21.

Dale Wasserman's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, based on the novel by Ken Kesey, tells the story of a mental hospital and its inhabitants. When brash new inmate Randle P. McMurphy Slater arrives, the rigid program of the ward, headed by the tyrannical Nurse Ratched, is thrown up for grabs.

Slater first starred in the play at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in summer 2004. That production then transferred to the Gielgud Theatre, where it played from September 3, 2004 through January 22, 2005.

The Garrick Theatre is currently home to George Bernard Shaw's You Never Can Tell, which is scheduled to close on March 11.