COMPANY TESTIMONIALS
NANCYE HAYES O.A.M
LIVING LEGEND
Over a relatively short time, Showtune Productions has established presence in the entertainment scene through vision, commitment and passion. It has plans to extend its interests with some exciting new projects and they will no doubt be fuelled with the same dedication. With David Hawkins at the helm, I look forward to its growth and deserved success.
DEAN CAREY
BEST SELLING AUTHOR &
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF THE ACTORS CENTRE
"I have witnessed the enormous contribution SHOWTUNE has made and is making to not only audiences, but performers and indeed the industry itself. Sydney is desperate, as we all know, for a performance platform to showcase our talented artists and to offer top rate professional performers that speak to and emotionally impact their audience. Here is a company dedicated to the creation of performances that reflect the passion, imagination, exuberance, power and sheer beauty of our art form. I wish it long and continued success..."
BOB TASMAN-SMITH
INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED VOCAL TUTOR
Showtune Productions has/have proved to be a great vehicle for providing inexpensive, great entertainment and showcasing new and aspiring cabaret performers/singers etc. My pals and I always enjoy ourselves enormously. I have been attached to the entertainment industry for over sixty years, as a performer and teacher. Your company performs a great service to the industry and the general public. The best shows for the cheapest price in Sydney. Hope you keep going for a long long time. I am a grateful patron.
PAUL CAPSIS
ENTERTAINER
As a professional performer in the entertainment industry, I fully support the role of Showtune Productions as it supports the role of the Entertainer/artist in our society. Showtunes endeavours to bring us together, to laugh, to cry, to discover new talent and see great legends up close through performance and music. To me there is nothing more important?
MARY LOPEZ O.A.M
PRODUCER
David Hawkins has made a wonderful contribution to the entertainment industry. Through his remarkable energy and entrepreneurial skills David has enriched the theatrical life of Sydney and provided unique venues and work opportunities for performers
PETER BEST
AFI AWARD WINNING COMPOSER
"David Hawkins and Showtune Productions are a powerhouse of energy in the Sydney cabaret and music theatre scene. Taking every opportunity to get talented people on stage in front of an audience, Hawkins has turned unlikely venues into terrific success stories. Nobody has worked harder or more unselfishly: almost uniquely in the music scene Showtunes is powered by love and enthusiasm rather than by ego or greed. Hawkins overcame council opposition and a spectacularly difficult landlord to turn The Kirk in Surry Hills into a magnet for lovers of good songs and exciting, often little-known, artists, then took on a challenging venue above the mall in Bondi Junction - a dead zone at night! - and made it into one of the town's hot performance rooms. The only question appropriate to ask of Showtunes is: what next?
WILL CONYERS
MUSICAL DIRECTOR,
TEACHER AND PERFORMER
In a self-dismantling musical theatre world, it is the work of organisations like David Hawkins SHOWTUNES that provide a powerful galvanising force, instilling a sense of permanence and resilience to the musical theatre and cabaret communities while educating the broader public to trust again a night in the theatre
KAYE TUCKERMAN
ACTOR, SINGER, DIRECTOR
'I have been associated with David Hawkins since winning the New York Award at the 2003 Sydney Cabaret Convention. In this time I have witnessed many artists thrive under the Showtune/Kabarett Voltaire banner. Whether they are established professionals, or recent graduates, Hawkins allows artists to present original work and/or self devised cabarets. Styles vary markedly from satire to avantgard to music theatre to golden age - the point is, that anything goes, and so as long as Showtune exists an artist has a place to develop skills and have a voice that can be shared with the theatre going public.'
