Fasten your theatrical seat belt and take a ticket to ride with the Everyman’s emotional, electrifying and exciting Peer Gynt.

This is an astonishing re-imagining by writer Robert Farquhar of the Ibsen classic.

I re-read the original recently and have now put it back on the shelf.

I want to savour this vibrant version and I will do for some time.

It’s what the Everyman is all about – throwing away the rule book and applying their unique BIG E stamp.

This production reminded me of when I first enjoyed theatre in-the-round.

Here director Nick Bagnall uses it to maximum effect.

There are so many nods to various genres.

Imagine Monty Python meets One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and Look Back In Anger.

Then think of Terry Gilliam re-working a Pilgrim’s Progress and add in Coronation Street/Eastenders earthy-styled dialogue.

There’s some wonderful nostalgic music from Helen Shapiro to Nat King Cole and even Elvis.

Farquhar and Bagnall lovingly put together a visual jigsaw - creating piece-by-piece a wonderfully wacky yet thought-stimulating, accessible modern day fairy story in the process.

From the Liverpool Blitz to money-soaked, morally bankrupt Dubai this is a play rich in allegory.

Three formidable actors take on the role of Peer Gynt and each succeeds in peeling the layers beneath the Walter Mitty/Billy Liar character.

Nathan McMullen is an articulate Lennonesque PG 1; Liam Tobin as PG 2 displays ego personified and Richard Bremner is the world-weary PG 3.

Keddy Sutton displays her versatility as Peer’s mum.

The death scene is beautifully conveyed between mother and son.

This is an anarchic, sensitive and superbly striking last play in the four-strong season.

It encompasses everything that is great about the Everyman.

Peerless!

Five Stars

On until July 14, for tickets call the Everyman box office on 0151 709 4776.