Most recently Blake starred as Raoul in The Phantom of the Opera for Opera Australia at the
Sydney Opera House and State Theatre, Melbourne. Other Theatre credits include Elder Price in
the Australian production of The Book of Mormon (GFO), for which in 2019 he was nominated for a
Helpmann Award for Best Male Actor in a Musical, Dr Mark Bruckner in On a Clear Day You Can
See Forever (Squabbalogic), Perchik in Fiddler on the Roof (TML), Anthony Hope in Sweeney
Todd (Victorian Opera), Edward Lyons in Blood Brothers (Enda Markey Presents), Anthony
Pemberton in Beyond Desire (Neil Rutherford Productions), Lt. Joseph Cable in South Pacific
(Opera Australia/GFO), Tony in Masterclass (LeftBauer Prods), Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s
Dream (Belvoir), Pat Matthews in Moonshadow (Cat Stevens/Sue Farrelly Productions), Snowboy
in West Side Story (ATG), The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber (R.U.G), Jekyll and Hyde (TML),
The Boy From Oz Arena Spectacular with Hugh Jackman (Gannon/Fox) and Dirty Dancing
(Jacobsen Entertainment).
In 2018 Blake released his Debut EP Blake Bowden: Straight From The Hart. In 2014/16, Blake
alongside Phil Scott starred in the cabaret MARIO (Adelaide Cabaret Festival/Hayes
Theatre/Canberra Theatre/Noosa Alive!).
Screen roles include Young Jack in the film The Dam, Brusco in Home and Away, Mr & Mrs
Murder, The Chaser and as the Young Boy Pirate in The Wiggles Movie. In 2011 Blake was the
winner of The Rob Guest Endowment Award and in 2013 Blake received the Gertrude Johnson
Fellowship at The Opera Studio Melbourne.
