When Maverick Newman came out as gay to his family two years ago, his AFL player brother Nic Newman shrugged and said it didn't bother him.

As far as he was concerned, nothing had changed between them.

Cabaret meets football: Maverick Newman, brother of Swans player Nic Newman, is staging a one-man show at the Butterfly Club about growing up in a football-mad family. Credit:Luis Enrique Ascui

"He's my brother and still the same person," said Nic, who said his main concern was that "Mav" felt supported.

Nic, a Sydney Swans midfielder, says he is "rapt" that on Tuesday Maverick opens his first one-man cabaret show in Melbourne, at the Butterfly Club.