Peer Gynt

Young Peer is self-absorbed, a dreamer and a liar - so much so that even his own mother dislikes him. When he crashes a wedding and kidnaps the bride, it's the last straw - he must leave.

Out in the world, he's given the advice to simply "be yourself". But how does one do that? He seeks answers from trolls, a sphinx, a gang of capitalists, and a small ape. He finds love in the kind-hearted Solveig, but she must wait while he pursues self-realization. Throughout his entire life, he experiences remarkable adventures, always closest to himself - until old Peer finally returns home and the question arises: is he worthy of forgiveness?

Peer Gynt is a dreamlike wandering drama about responsibility, identity, and the boundary between fantasy and reality. It is choreographer and director Örjan Andersson's third work on Folkteatern's main stage, based on Henrik Ibsen's Norwegian national epic. Andersson brings together dancers and actors on stage, a technique that has previously been praised in Hamlet and A Dream Play.