![]() When I was a kid I really just followed everything she did. So it really is Sarah who lead the way for all of us. He does a lot of weddings and he’s also a high school teacher. We have a younger brother who is also a musician. “To be honest, it’s all my sister! She started doing ballet, like many little girls do, when she was 2 or 3 and I followed in her footsteps. We had a family business growing up and my dad was a roof plumber, so definitely not from our parents! They were musical, but definitely didn’t have any connections to the arts,” explained Bowden.īlake Bowden credits his own success to his sister’s influence. “All my uncles used to play instruments and my mum used to play piano, but for them it was a hobby, definitely not a career. I asked where the musical talent came from in his family. “For my sister and I to both end up working in musicals it obviously had a very big impact on us.” Sarah Bowden is also a musical theatre performer, who has worked extensively internationally. I think it’s one of my earliest theatre experiences,” shared Bowden. So the music is what I remember the most from those early memories and this overarching feeling that the show gave me. Mum bought the soundtrack and we used to play that CD over and over and over again. I can’t remember the specifics of the show, but I do remember this feeling it left me – kind of this grandeur – and it was just really new to me as a kid. “She took us to see the production in the 90’s when I was a little kid. So many of us grew up watching Phantom and to actually be playing this role in the show, it’s a bit of a dream come true to be honest,” said Bowden.īowden’s earliest memory of Phantom was when his mum took him and his older sister, Sarah, to see the musical. “It’s kind of a dream come true in so many ways. After a successful and history-making season at the Sydney Opera House, Phantom is now playing in the State Theatre at Arts Centre, Melbourne. His latest role is playing Raoul in the Opera Australia production of The Phantom Of The Opera. It earned him a Helpmann Award nomination for Best Male Actor in a Musical. It’s a role Bowden acknowledges he worked really hard to get. More recently, he played Elder Price in the Australian production of The Book of Mormon. In 2011, Blake Bowden won the Rob Guest Endowment Award. I’m almost at that 20 year mark so time does go really quickly!” reflected Bowden. I was just 19 and, not giving away my age, but I am, I’m going into my 19th year in theatre. “My first show was in my second year out of high school. ![]() ![]() Blake Bowden has enjoyed an enviable theatre career.
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