Axel Starviking

19/02/2026

Such wonderful news 😍 Changeling is going to be so much fun!

https://www.facebook.com/share/1FzkrY5jqr/

✨ FROM GOSFORD WITH LOVE — ROUND 1 ANNOUNCED! ✨

We’re thrilled to reveal the six incredible Central Coast artists selected for Round 1 of From Gosford With Love — a professional development program supporting local creatives to develop tour-ready work and take their art beyond the region.

Delivered by FunHaus Factory and supported by Central Coast Council, the program is helping artists build sustainable creative careers right here on the Coast.

🚨 Round 2 applications are NOW OPEN
Are you a Central Coast artist ready to take your work to the next level?

👉 Apply now: funhausfactory.org.au/opportunities/
🗓 Applications close 9 April 2026

Read the full story in the .news above & get your application in!

15/02/2026

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14/02/2026

I am SO thankful for my friends (this video went further than I thought it would! 😂)

But, the underlying philosophy is so great. Rising tides lift all ships! Celebrate your friends successes, celebrate other's wins!

14/02/2026

This is the room I stayed in! Utopia is such a relaxing and restful place. On top of a mountain overlooking the sea. I'll go back one day! ❤️ ✨

14/02/2026

Almost time for our CREDO performance this evening! Narara Ecovillage has the most beautiful hall with incredible acoustics. Looking forward to making some musical Magick with Yantra de Vilder and the Ephemera Choir ❤️ ✨

13/02/2026

So excited for tomorrow! Our last performance of Yantra de Vilder's CREDO... before we take it to Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August! ✨ 👑

Narara Eco Village hall has the most beautiful reverb / acoustics, it reminds me of the cathedrals that I performed in when I toured Europe 😍 similar also to St Georges Cathedral in the shadow of Table Mountain in Cape Town. I'll be wearing Valkyrie Crown, and a beautiful sparkling white outfit. I adore the Ephemera Choir so much - at our recent rehearsal there was this incredible cohesion and a feeling of really locking into each other vocally. That's the gift of communal singing - it's really magical ✨ ❤️ 👑

12/02/2026

✨ 27th June 2026 ✨

🎭 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 - 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 🏳️‍⚧️
✨ Intergalactic Transgender Music Theatre Work 🎶

Across the galaxy, where myth and truth intertwine, the ancient transgender legend of the Changeling is reimagined. A being living between two worlds — left in place of another — shaped by magic, yet never quite belonging.

Axel transforms this myth into an intergalactic musical reflecting his own late-in-life transition from female to male. The work centres on the relationship between the Before and the After: historical mezzo vocals parrying with a newly formed baritone, creating a moving dialogue across time and space.

Audiences are invited aboard Star Ship, with Axel as both Captain and In-Flight Entertainment Officer. Together, we journey from the outer Heliosheath back toward Earth. Expect comedic turbulence — including disruptions from Star Ship’s Tim Curresque unrequited romantic advances — alongside moments of reflection, wonder and connection.

Through soaring harmonies, rhythmic soundscapes and playful theatricality, Changeling explores universal themes of love, inclusion, self-acceptance and hope.

Changeling is a cosmic, pop-operatic anthem of LGBTQIA+ identity and the power of becoming.

Changeling is a one-of-a-kind music theatre work blending original composition, storytelling, humour and immersive sound design. Performed live by Axel Starviking, the work explores identity, gender transition and emotional healing across time and space — heartwarming, humorous and deeply human.

At its core is a rare live dialogue between the artist and his former self, alongside other virtual characters, creating a powerful conversation across memory, voice and becoming.

“The music took me on a journey of discovery.”
— Vincenzo Pandolfi, Finalist, ABC The Piano (NSW)

“The transformative sound spoke to my soul. There is heart, strength and inspiration in this.”
— Larissa Dean, STAR 104.5 Radio (NSW)

“I felt emotional and swept away — like floating with the harmonies.”
— Jacky Foxhall, Top Cat Entertainment (NSW)

𝗪𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 & 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁

⭐ 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆:
• Dr Yantra De Vilder
• Paul Capsis
• Mel Halliday
• Nina Angelo OAM
• Wilfred Roach

"From Gosford with Love" is Proudly supported by the Central Coast Council community development grants program & delivered to you by the FunHaus Factory

💵 𝗖𝗢𝗦𝗧: $25 for General Admission | $20 for Concession Card Holders | $20 for Group Booking Discount (5+ Minimum)

🚪 𝗗𝗢𝗢𝗥𝗦 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗡: 6PM for $15 cocktail happy hour from + Delicious burgers and street food from Beau’s Burgers

🚗 If you're driving, street parking and public parking is available in Baker St car park (enter via Erina St near Gosford hotel and ground floor parking is free)

❗ 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝟭𝟴+ 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁

12/02/2026

AYLIE
This is ✨🎶
Aylie is one of my Valkyrie Crowns used in my performances. He is an intergalactic war trophy - where you get to wear the head of the last enemy you dispatched.

Aylie weighs in at 1.3kg and is very comfortable to wear, sitting in a crocheted helmet. I make performance crowns for my staged stories.
For theatre, film, music, ritual, and festivals...

For anyone who knows transformation doesn’t happen all at once.

11/02/2026

VALKYRIE
✨This is a repost so that I can add this to my Wearable Art Album🙏

This is he took me 9 years to finish... Multiple versions of him, worn and then broken down and rebuilt - better each time - more comfortable to perform in.
Thousands of hand placed rhinestones, pearls, feathers, found objects and reflected light...
Built slowly, around pain, healing, transition, and learning how to stay.
I make performance crowns for my staged stories.
For theatre, film, music, ritual, and people who feel deeply.
For anyone who knows transformation doesn’t happen all at once.
This one holds a lot of me.

11/02/2026

HELIOS
This is my next for performances. Inspired by the outer Heliosheath at the edge of our galaxy. Partnered with a gorgeous gold, green, blue and black outfit. Thousands of and a touch of magic - Helios took me 10 years to complete. Super comfortable ❤️

11/02/2026

11/02/2026

VALKYRIE
This is he took me 9 years to finish... Multiple versions of him, worn and then broken down and rebuilt - better each time - more comfortable to perform in.

There are thousands of hand placed rhinestones, pearls, feathers, found objects and reflected light in all of my wearable pieces...

Built slowly, around pain, healing, transition, and learning how to stay. Valkyrie is the crown that I use in the CREDO concerts (the last Credo is this Saturday at Narara Eco Village, and then we are performing outside of Australia later this year), and in the 2025 Piano installation tour with Yantra de Vilder and the ABC.

I make performance crowns for my staged stories. Never for sale. For my theatre, film, music, ritual, and shared Magick.

For anyone who knows transformation doesn’t happen all at once.

This one holds a lot of me.