Pirates!
at Gloucester Docks
A
huge success with around
15,000 people enjoying swashbuckling multi-era living history and entertainments
including replica ship The Mathew as an C18th pirate ship, pirates, Nelsonian Royal Navy launch,
redcoat soldiers, 2 Viking long ships with crews on board and on the dockside,
dark age combat, musket and cannon firing, sword fights on ship decks, storytelling, children's entertainments
and much more!
The highlights of the weekend included Viking ship to ship
battles and - with many thousands of onlookers cheering and clapping - the climactic pirate battle with The Matthew trading
broadsides with a pirate cannon battery as the latter was stormed in style
by Jack Sparrow and Will Turner stunt lookalikes, a Royal Navy landing party
and redcoat soldiers (rescuing the Mayor and Miss Gloucester from the
clutches of the villainous pirates!). There was a huge variety of other
entertainment including dressing up and pirate have a go activities for
children, an interactive display of Nelson's great Victory at the Battle of
the Nile with model ships, musical entertainments on a nautical theme,
treasure trail, screening of
3 Pirates of the Caribbean films,
and much more. Staged for and in
association with
Gloucester City
Council.
A stupendously successful show
and a great ending to EventPlan's 2008 season. click for photos of
Saturday's displays and activities taken by
Red Zebra
or for
some of the excellent
visitor comments
about the show.
Re-enactment groups and other performers interested in taking part in our events are invited to contact us for further details and click the link for our Standard terms and conditions for participation.
Admission
Admission was free!
Visiting Gloucester's historic docks
he Docks are situated to the West of the city centre, follow the brown signs to the car parks (parking fees payable).
A brief history of re-enactment
Interested in how and why re-enactment has become so popular in recent years? Click on the link to read a history of re-enactment.
Events 2008
Click here for details of the historical events organised by EventPlan for 2008.
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Updated 27 November 2008
Updated 27 November 2008