Blake Appelqvist

Appelqvist is of Swedish and Māori (Ngāti Porou) heritage. They graduated in 2015 from the Victorian College of the Arts^[3] with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Music Theatre).

Appelqvist portrayed Paul Owen in the Australian premiere of American Psycho at the Hayes Theatre,^[1] from 10 May to 9 June 2019.^[4]

The following year, they returned to the Hayes Theatre as Tommy Albright in Brigadoon,^[5] from 27 April to 1 May, produced by Neglected Musicals,^[6] before later playing Oaken in Frozen at the Capitol Theatre.^[7]

It was announced that Appelqvist would appear in a limited presentation of If/Then from 22 to 26 November 2023 at the Hayes Theatre as Josh Barton.^[8]

In late 2024, Appelqvist vocally workshopped an original musical titled The Zoo.^[9] The following year, in July 2025, they workshopped The Zoo again as part of Antipodes Theatre Company's 2025 Winter Lab in South Melbourne; the cast featured Jandruze, Charlyi Jaz, Ames May Nunn, and Teo Vergara.^[10] Later the same month, they appeared as Cayden in the play threadbare at St Martins Youth Arts Centre from 15 to 19 July 2025. The original work was written by Tomas Parrish-Chynoweth and directed by Manali Datar.^[11][12]