Pirate open air

The entrance ship "Hispaniola" with parking lot of the Pirate Open Air Theater Grevesmühlen

The Pirate Open Air has been taking place in Grevesmühlen since 2005 from the end of June to the end of August or the beginning of September . In 2019 the theater celebrated its 15th anniversary. It is one of the most successful open-air theaters in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . The grandstand has a capacity of 1,600 seats and the stage has a playing area of 9,000 m².

history

For more than 13 years, the mobile pirate open-air theater was on the move in Germany, Europe and overseas, before it first stopped in 2005 with a permanent venue in Grevesmühlen. After the success, they settled down here and first settled on the Ploggensee with a permanent theater, before building a new and larger open-air theater in 2007 directly on Schweriner Landstrasse on an area of seven hectares.

In Grevesmühlen, too, it is a tradition to strengthen the ensemble with well-known stars. Among others, Martin Semmelrogge , Dustin Semmelrogge , Joanna Semmelrogge , Rocco Stark , Peter Bond , Katy Karrenbauer , Tanja Schumann , Felix von Jascheroff and Klaus Tilsner have already been seen on the open-air stage of the Pirate Open Air.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany and the associated resolutions with regard to major events, the theater management decided on April 16, 2020 that the upcoming season, which originally started on June 19, 2020, would be postponed by one year.

Peter Venzmer has been director of the theater since 2005.

Contributors (selection)

actor	role	In the years
Benjamin Kernen	diverse, Israel Hands, Captain Joshua Flint	2006–2019, 2021
Dustin Semmelrogge	Israel Hands	2012–2016, 2018–2019, 2021
Stefanie Darnesa	Angelina de Loreal, Anne Bonny	2018, 2021
Anouschka Renzi	Mary Read, Wakki Bakki	2015, 2021
Rocco Strong	Don Alonso Emeraldo Serano, Captain Jack Rackham	2012, 2014, 2021
Michael Heuel	Captain Charles Hunter, Long John Silver	2013–2016, 2018–2019, 2021
Gero Bergmann	Captain Flint, Professore Geronimus, Mancha Negra, Captain Blacky Adams	2005–2010, 2017–2019, 2021
Jens Haack	Spike, Pew	2013–2019, 2021
Tim Forssman	Capitano Quallos, Billy Bones	2017–2019, 2021
Ray Kupper	Loco, Hulligan, Captain Edward England	2013, 2021
Monic Thiele	diverse, Consuela, Lola van de Meerkatz, Doña Isidora, Felicitas	2007-2010, 2012-2019, 2021
Ron Kochanski	diverse, Scully, William Glasspool	2007–2017, 2021
Mario Eichendorf	diverse, Don Calvados, Don Aleta Caudal, Major Sir Henry Knatter, Captain Charles Vane	2009–2019, 2021
Marc Zabinski	diverse, Chevalier de Camembert, Don Cravallo, Don Cerda, Nim van den Andere	2012–2016, 2018–2019, 2021
Melanie Volosciuk	diverse, Gerlinde Smörbred, Captain CC Roberts	2014–2019, 2021
Alexander Zacharias	diverse, Quadro, James, Toussant	2017–2019, 2021
Heiko Spieker	diverse, Captain Bartholomew Roberts	2019, 2021
Martin Semmelrogge	Israel Hands, Sir Stede Bonnet, Dr. Sargo-Tan	2010-2013
Joanna Semmelrogge	Doña Anna-Dolores of Castile	2012
Matthias Schlueter	Don Caspar de la Cerda, Don Pedro de Culo, Lord Archibald Donald Ochsfrogg	2017-2019
Nina Witt	Margarethe II., Anne Bonny	2017-2019
Peter Bond	Woodes Rogers, Captain Benjamin Hornigold	2013, 2015
Katy Karrenbauer	Captain CC Roberts	2014
Falk-Willy Wild	Piet van Stuyvesant	2014
Tanja Schumann	Dolores Taff, Crispy Chicken	2015-2016
Felix von Jascheroff	Israel Hands, Billy Bones	2015 (substitute for Dustin Semmelrogge), 2016
Jörg Kleinau	Captain Benjamin Hornigold	2015 (substitute for Peter Bond)
Ilian Simeonow	various	2009-2011
Arne Nobel	Ben Gunn	2012-2016
Jerry Gerom	diverse, Sargento Pepino, Sargento Pablo Conejo, Ned Low	2012-2018
Michael Kegel	Capitano de Mercilla, Don Hernández Bolsa de Dinero, Sir Robert Circle	2016, 2018–2019
Marc Clear	Loco, Don Alfredo de Cervezas, Don Matthäo Grosso de Cravallo	2014, 2016–2017
Lilli Pennig	diverse, Doña Carla Ramira, Maria Culo	2013, 2017–2018

content

The Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson is one of the most famous adventure novels and was the inspiration for the plot of the theater. Stevenson made each of his heroes immortal in his book, but each of these characters has a prehistory and so the fateful encounters of the pirate Joshua Flint are told in ten episodes up to the discovery of the treasure .

Overview of the seasons

Performances since 2005
Playtime	cycle	Beginning	The End	title	main actor	Director	spectator
1.	I.	June 17, 2005	August 31, 2005	The pirates' treasure		Alfons Kujat	approx. 21,000 visitors
2.		June 23, 2006	September 10, 2006	Pirates, privateers and corsairs	Gero Bergmann		?
3.		June 22, 2007	September 9, 2007	The trap of the Spaniards			?
4th		June 20, 2008	September 7, 2008	The lords of the coast			37 132 visitors
5.		June 19, 2009	September 6, 2009	On behalf of the Crown			?
6th	II.	June 18, 2010	September 5, 2010	Pirates off Cartagena			approx. 50,000 visitors
7th		June 24, 2011	September 10, 2011	Hell in front of Maracaibo	Benjamin Kernen		approx. 50,000 visitors
8th.		June 22, 2012	September 8, 2012	A life for the sea		Benjamin Kernen	51 600 visitors
9.		June 21th 2013	September 7, 2013	The old privateer			55 180 visitors
10.		20th June 2014	September 6, 2014	Bone Island - Treasure Island			approx. 60,000 visitors
11.	III.	19th June 2015	5th September 2015	Storm over the Caymans			approx. 60,000 visitors
12.		June 24, 2016	3rd September 2016	The ghost ship			63 366 visitors
13.		23rd June 2017	2nd September 2017	Execution in Cartagena			approx. 60,000 visitors
14th		June 22, 2018	September 8, 2018	Spanish Cuba			approx. 61,000 visitors
15th		June 21, 2019	August 31, 2019	Under a false flag			approx. 60,000 visitors
16.	IV.	June 18, 2021	September 4, 2021	A kingdom before the wind			follows
17th		2022	2022	The secret of the galleon			follows
18th		2023	2023	Stormy Caribbean			follows
19th		2024	2024	With fire, sword and crucifix			follows
20th		2025	2025	Captain Joshua Flint			follows