A foolish young man in search of easy success, Peer Gynt is always on the run from everything and everyone, a sort of Pinocchio from Norwegian folklore: banned from his village, the young man agrees to marry the daughter of Old Brose, king of the trolls, so as to inherit his kingdom. Wearing a troll's robe, headdress and tail, Peer has therefore renounced his human nature. But before the responsibilities and codes of his troll life, the boy backs down, unleashing the ire of King Brose and his subjects. Once again he must flee. After witnessing his dying mother, the young man leaves his beloved Solveig to set out on a journey. From adventure to adventure, he becomes a businessman, prophet and gold digger, but his every venture is doomed to failure. Now old and poor, he sets sail to return to Norway, but the ship is shipwrecked. Having reached dry land, Peer Gynt discovers that he is not worthy of Heaven or Hell: he has renounced both his humanity and his Trollity. He never knew how to choose in his life and, therefore, he was never 'himself'! Having escaped the clutches of the mysterious Button Moulder, who wants to merge his soul with other equally flawed ones, Peer Gynt finds refuge with his beloved Solveig, who has been waiting for him all those years. He falls asleep in her arms, while in the distance you can hear the voice of the Button Moulder, who is waiting for him at the gate. In the theatrical masterpiece by Henrik Ibsen and Edvard Grieg, the ending remains pending. In the rhyming version of Luigi Maio, on the other hand, young spectators will have the opportunity to choose between three different endings. In reality, there is only one possible ending: Peer Gynt must go back to school!
Only then can he finally learn to be himself.