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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 29 Jun 1994, p. 15

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Theatre Company, (which presents The Berlin Show *CHtzens were literally being beaten up on King _ While The Berlin Story deals with serious subject this week) holds no punches in telling it like it was. Street â€" women, as well, being roughed up by solâ€" â€" matter, Chadwick has had ftun with it â€" set it to *Those votes (to change Berlin‘s name) were . diers, getting their heads beaten in," Chadwick . music of the period, added song and dance, as totally unfair, fotally undemocratic, and there‘s no . says. "The Concordla Club was totally wrecked â€" . well as elements of humor. doubt in my mind that the citizens of Berlin did not planos went through windows, glass everywhere _ "I don‘t think you can get too serious with this," want to change their name," Chadwick says. â€"G total mess. . Chadwick says. "I could have written something "They were coerced, cheated and scared into "And the Rev. Tappert became very unpopular, . quite angry and quite heavity satirical. But why? changing their name." P 4 because he was of German origin and didn‘t . The only approach to take is to have fun." The idea for a play about Bertin‘s name change believe. all the propaganda. You‘ve got to _ The Berlin Show will be staged at the Button Facâ€" to Kittchenet came to Chadwick more than 10 remember that at the time, it was war hysteria â€" If . tory Community Arts Centre, tonight (June 29) years ago while he was reséaurching material for a . anybody thought ‘Germans aren‘t like that â€" . through July 3 and July 6 through July 10. For ticket play about a local turnâ€"qfâ€"theâ€"century murder. they‘re pretty decent people‘, then those people information, call the box office at 885â€"4280. e o o o 0 0 0 0.0 0 0. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o o o o o o o o 0 0 0 0o o o 0o 0o o By Deborah Crandalil ‘The Berlin Show‘â€"looks at a turbulent period in local history (*2 M l C SPECL (¢;y @ \*A' *em-_xgx_:;;dâ€"_â€"_:-:_fi . Th a PRICE WA <((C_â€"_»,)Ibnpsinenge : + ~" PULH ‘\\a‘& A *ui;“.},”a,uh"; \@ .A LRA d nsl â€" Smunosconnncisor ~â€" ~ [ * % * CoBJ â€" anp AMitY PLAYGRC ND + + A "é ' < 1 CV 1380 vicioria St. N. Kitchener °_ _ CS copiemmmmnnss "I was cracking microfiim and reading old newsâ€" papers, and I came across the old name change events," Chadwick says. "I was amazed at how dramatic they were. Another thing that interested me was that, as far I knew, nobody really knew what had happened." in local history books, Chadwick found nothing that documented the volatile series of events which he traced through newspapers of the time. *Citizens were literally being beaten up on King Street â€" women, as well, being roughed up by solâ€" diers, getting their heads beaten in," Chadwick says. "The Concordia Club was totally wrecked â€" planos went through windows, glass everywhere â€" a total mess. , *And the Rev. Tappert became very unpopular, because he was of German origin and didn‘t believe all the propaganda. You‘ve got to remember that at the time, it was war hysteria â€" if anybody thought ‘Germans aren‘t like that â€" they‘re pretty decent people‘, then those people h S ies en "___ . Ell?Jer‘Fo fiwirREnGplA{l:i\(R Dace | INCLUDES: PRICE WATERPARK PASS BUY THE SECOND FOR m » $1.27 Aa. MAZ were better to keep quiet. But (Tappert) didn‘t. The soldiers broke into his parsonage and beat him up, and his wife and kids got mucked around quite a bit. They paraded him through the streets with blood streaming down his face. " Chadwick compiled so many details through his research that he decided first to put the material into a book (The Battie of Berlin, published in 1992), but the play was always in the back of his mind. While The Berlin Story deals with serious subject matter, Chadwick has had fun with it â€" set it to music of the period, added song and dance, as well as elements of humor. "I don‘t think you can get too serious with this," Chadwick says. "I could have written something quite angry and quite heavily satirical. But why? The only approach to take is to have ftun." The Berlin Show will be staged at the Button Facâ€" tory Community Arts Centre, tonight (June 29) through July 3 and July 6 through Juty 10. For ticket information, call the box office at 885â€"4280. Call 744â€"1555 for info WAVEPOOL WATERSLIDES REGULAR POOL &

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