CROONERS Tim ‘Mac’ McCallum and Tony ‘Dee’ Doevendans will have the audience in a spin when they launch into cabaret classics at Butterbox Theatre Friday night.
The talented duo, both wheelchair users, will perform the works of Frank Sinatra, Michael Bublé and Nat King Cole as they ‘swing’ across the stage.
Swinging & Spinning, which premiered to a near sold-out crowd at the 2021 Undercover Artists Festival in Brisbane, will appear at Butterbox
during National Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Week.
Mac, who is also the show’s writer and director, said the performance would take audiences on a nostalgic journey through their favourite tunes and share an important inclusion message.
His personal highlight is performing the Sammy Davis Jr. hit, I’ve Gotta Be Me.
“The lyrics of that song typify the motivating attitudes that those of us with disabilities find within ourselves,” Mac said.
“I get a lot of strength from performing a song like that and hope that the message it sends to the audience is the same.”
He said the Swinging & Spinning cast, which includes ballroom dancers Sue Gillingham and Dane Berry and Auslan interpreter Steve Waddell, was excited to perform at the Butterbox.
Tickets to Swinging & Spinning are available on the Logan Arts website. The show begins at 7pm.
Photo by Stewart Ross Photography.
