Störtebeker

Klaus Störtebeker’s crew is striking terror across the North and Baltic Seas, much to the chagrin of the Hanseatic League. Their business is suffering while ordinary folk lionise the pirate Störtebeker as a hero. The League craft a plan to exploit the pirates financially and politically to neutralise the threat they pose ...

Peter Jordan’s inventive play recasts the legendary Störtebeker as a rock star whose career is ended by capitalism. «Studded with political-satirical innuendo, Jordan’s story focuses on the fight between a conglomerate and a lone entrepreneur. A stirringly outlandish work.» (Hamburger Morgenpost) «A spectacular, highly entertaining musical.» (Die Welt)