Unfortunately I wasn’t at the open-air theatre on Rügen last week to take photos of the new production, that has been delayed since 2020, but for a dose of Ralswiek the theatre company have released a “behind the scenes” video that they shot in 2019:
Störtebeker 2019: Oath of the Righteous
June 20, 2019 By Leave a Comment
The middle of June and a trip to Rügen can only mean one thing: it’s time for a new production of the Störtebeker Festspiele.
Having returned to the beginning of the story last year, we fast forward to the year 1393 and the siege of Stockholm. Margarete, Queen of Denmark and Norway, has occupied most of Sweden and is hoping to add a third crown to her collection. However Stockholm refusing to surrender, with the pirates provided a supply route back to Mecklenburg. Similar to the division of Berlin many hundred years later, the siege has torn families appart, in some case with members of the same family forced to fight each other.
Störtebeker 2018: The Call of Freedom
June 21, 2018 By Leave a Comment
June sees the start of a new cycle of the Störtebeker Festspiele auf Rügen, with two new actors in the lead roles. During the winter months, both Klaus Störtebeker and Goedeke Michels were re-cast, to the surprise of many fans.
Alexander Koll from Eschweiler near Aachen and Alexander Hanfland from Cologne have joined the cast in Ralswiek and will be giving their first performances in their new roles on Saturday evening at the premiere.
The story returns to the beginning with Klaus, not yet a pirate, being simply “Klaus von Alkun”. But the play is not just a repeat of the one five years ago, for a start it takes place four years later in 1395. There are some similarities, such as Klaus’ father (Norbert Braun) being in debt and losing his land to a unscrupulous family, but other elements are new.
Alexander Koll as Klaus Störtebeker