What Rupert is up to…

Rupert is:

• oh my god appearing as Jonathan Jay in the new musical Flyby at the Southwark Playhouse Borough, London from 3 April to 16 May 2026. Click here for more info and tickets direct from the Playhouse. ETA: Click here for “a first listen” thanks to WhatsOnStage!
• um… getting fitter and developing abs as a Powerful Performer!!!

We used to have a Twitter account for this site, but no longer use it. I am thinking of setting up an alternate account on BlueSky. All thoughts welcome!

The following entries have been created or updated:

• 1 November 2025: Apologies for the delay! New pages for MagicCon 8 in Bonn, with lovely details from fellow fan bunnysworld and delightful photos from Dirk Stiller. Also, new pages for the East European Comic Con (few details at present) and Lazarus – and Rupert’s powerful performance! More new pages for Act One Cinema and “representing for Tomiwa“, too!
• 16 May 2025: Birthday wishes for 2025!
• 10 April 2025: New page for film By the Throat.
• 9 April 2025: New page for Rupert’s guest appearance in Death in Paradise.
• 28 August: A new page for the 15th David Holmes Charity Cricket Cup 2024, including a link to the live stream still available on YouTube.
• 16 May: Birthday wishes shared!
• 26 April: Rupert is promoting a debut novel by his friend Mark McAvaney – so of course we have a new page to support this worthy cause. A new Instagram post from Rupert’s DEH family added to the gallery. Also, a new page for Rupert attending the premiere of the David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived documentary. And lastly, the Bridgerton family have kindly shared a number of images with us “from the vault”; hence another new gallery page, with Rupert looking magnificent!
• 15 March: A new page for The New Look! No images of Rupert, alas.
• 13 February 2024: I was lucky enough to attend Wales Comic Con in Telford last November. Here’s a brief post and some photos!

• 23 October: And a new post for a photo from Eoin Macken’s 40th birthday party! Looks like a fun time was had by all.
• 22 October: A new post for an old music video, that I found thanks to Angie!
• 21 October: We have new posts for: Celebrity Cutouts of Rupert available now thanks to the prompting of Angie; an old photo that Alex Vlahos found of him and Rupert; a photo of Rupert celebrating with his Bridgerton castmates; new photo added to the Olivier Awards 2020 post.
• 27 January 2023: Oops, it’s been too long since I updated the site! We now have a page for his appearance at the Rainbow Trust’s charity gig; also for Rupert’s friend Ian McNeice seeing him in Dear Evan Hansen, back in 2020; for a new (to me) shot of the Cicero cast from 2018; for a smiley photo of the Dracula cast from 2016; for a delightful DEH backstage photo from Lucy Anderson (I miss her already); and some other DEH backstage images shared in farewell as the show closed.
• 29 May: We had the news that Dear Evan Hansen (West End) will be closing on 22 October 2022. Also, another delightful interview, from the rather intriguingly named Fucking Young! magazine. Plus sundry lovely updates: the photoshoot with Mark Cant; Alex Vlahos attends DEH; a beautiful shot of Rupert with Sir Leon hair; and Tom Hopper meets up with his brother.
• 24 May: Another interview, this time with Far Out Magazine.
• 21 May: More catching up… We’ve been blessed by some wonderful interviews in response to Bridgerton s2! Interviews with 1883 Magazine; Tatler; Viewties; Bridgerton cast questionnaire by shondaland.
• 19 May: Belated update with birthday wishes for 16 May.
• 12 April: Rupert shared a story on Instagram about his and his lady’s preparations for the Bridgerton 2 premiere. If you missed the story, you can catch up with it here!
• 11 April: More behind the scenes photos from Dear Evan Hansen (what would we do without the lovely, talented Lucy Anderson…?) and Bridgerton.
• 1 April: It’s no joke, there’s an awesome new interview with Rupert, thanks to shondaland.com. Also, new behind-the-scenes photos thanks to cast and crew on Instagram.
• 26 March: Having stayed up until 4am to binge season 2, and then slept in until midday, here’s my brief post for Rupert’s role in Bridgerton!
• 25 March: Updating with a lovely Instagram post from Lucy Anderson; a stage door encounter with a fellow LAMDA graduate; Rupert looking fiiine at the Bridgerton s2 premiere; and our first glimpse of him in the Bridgerton s2 trailer! Rupert’s brother Justin Young is also exec-producing and writing for Sanditon’s second season.
• 21 January: New gallery for Bridgerton professional photos! Only one so far, but what a long tall drink of cool water our man is… ♥
• 19 January: New page for Amy’s We Love Rupert sign!
• 14 January 2022: Finally updating the site! Apologies for my tardiness.
  New pages: West End LIVE 2021; Always smiling (thanks to Lucy); Christmas with the Stars 2021; “You Will Be Found” in Rehearsals; All Star Musicals 2021; Black Out Tuesday 2020; Wild Dolphin Feeding 2014; The Power of Live Theatre 2021; Cicero The Crossroads 2021.
  Other updates: added Rupert’s Instagram account to the Biography page;  added a link to an article by Anna Jordan to the That Dark Place page; DEH backstage photos in a new gallery page.
• 16 May: Celebrating Rupert’s birthday with good wishes to our favourite guy!
• 14 May: New post for Alex Vlahos’s declaration of love…
• 7 April 2021: Following the Bridgerton news, posted about an article explaining where we’ve all seen “Jack” before.
• 27 December: Added a buy link for The Secret Garden on DVD, etc. A new page for the online Christmas concert All I Want for Christmas is Theatre, featuring Rupert and the DEH cast. Two screen captures added to the Secret Garden page.
• 26 December: New page for a video of “You Will Be Found” performed by the three DEH companies. The Olivier Awards 2020 page has been updated with the results for Rupert and Dear Evan Hansen.
• 11 October: New post for Rupert’s appearance in the film The Secret Garden, finally released in September 2020.
• 20 June: New post for the open letter asking the government to support the theatre industry during the pandemic. Rupert has signed the letter, along with his fellow Olivier Awards nominees.
• 13 June: New post for Noodle Snake’s podcast that all begins with the purchase of a Showmasters poster…
• 16 May: New post to celebrate Rupert’s 42nd birthday! Is this the year in which he finds the meaning of life…? I’ve also added a new post for his part in a DEH video promoting Mental Health Awareness Month in the context of the current pandemic.
• 20 April: New page for the lovely behind-the-scenes Merlin photos shared with us by DoP Dale McCready, including many of our Rupert and his heartwarming smile!
• 19 April: New page for the wonderful Quiz Night with Bradley James, which we can now view online!
• 4 March: What an exciting day! New pages for Rupert’s Olivier Awards nomination, and for his appearance at London Comic Con Spring including some lovely photos from Karen.
• 9 January: Thanks to bunnysworld, I have some more fan photos taken at the DEH stage door. And now I think I’m up to date again!
• 8 January 2020: new post for the Doctor Who (Seventh Doctor) audio plays, and updated the Buy Links page as well. Updated the DEH pro photos post with two new photos. A new random entry: a New Year’s message for Rupert generated thanks to DEH! And a page for the DEH cast’s visit to the Microsoft store on Oxford Circus.
• 17 December: trailer embedded from YouTube for the Noel Coward plays Tonight at 8:30, thanks to the ETT and to Tracy for finding it for me!
• 30 November: new page for the DEH London appearance on The One Show, with a YouTube video of them performing “You Will Be Found”.
• 23 November: updated the DEH London page with excerpts of reviews, and added a few new photos to the pro photo page.
• New page for another old production! Uncle Bobby’s Croft (2008), written by Justin Young.
• 13 November: new page for a 2004 production of Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris.
• New pages for “10 Questions” asked for the DEH London Tumblr and for fan photos relating to DEH London. Please feel free to send any photos you’d like included in the latter!
• New page for Rupert being mischievous.
• 29 October: new page for Dear Evan Hansen.
• 27 October: two new photos of Rupert shared on Twitter by his DEH “stage wife” Lauren Ward.
• 13 October: new page for the DEH cast helping to launch The Museum of Lost and Found Potential in London.
• 8 October: another cast photo added to the Dear Evan Hansen gallery. Is it just me, or does your eye go right to him…?
• 19 September: new page for a Dear Evan Hansen gallery, in honour of a cast photo taken on the first day of rehearsals.
• 8 September: I’ve finally watched Will – at least up to the end of the fourth episode! – and I’ve included some screenshots on the relevant page.
• 30 August: new pages for Rupert’s appearance at the German Castle Con, and a gallery of lovely photos thanks to bunnysworld!
• 17 June: new pages for the play Plenty and a few related photos.
• 16 May: birthday wishes, as always!
• 8 May: new page covering Rupert’s school days at Pangbourne College, excerpted from the College magazine.
• 6 April: new page for the lovely portrait shot taken by Dan Burgess at MCM Comic Con, Birmingham.
• 28 March: new page for Rupert’s appearance at MCM Comic Con, Birmingham. Also a new page for his work in the London workshop of Emma, A New Musical; I was holding my breath while I left this in “current news” which ultimately was taking a toll on my health.
• 24 March: new page for a photo shared by Alex Vlahos, of Rupert in a fetching cardi-and-blanky combination.
• 19 January 2019: new page for a photo shared by Tom Hopper, of Bradley James and the Knights from Merlin.
• 25 October: updated the Twelfth Night page with my response to the production. And added a new page for The Bisexual.
• 14 October: new page for an interview by Chris Daniel for Kapow! marking the tenth anniversary of Merlin. Production photos added to the Twelfth Night media page. And a new page, with links to reviews, for the Twelfth Night production itself!
• 21 September: new page for photos relating to Twelfth Night. New page for the tenth anniversary of Merlin, including two images that Bradley James shared to celebrate.
• 8 September: belatedly tidied up the Writers Retreat page. Also, a new page for Will, and I am so looking forward to catching up with this series when I visit London in October!
• 7 September: new page listing buy links for Rupert’s work available on CD, DVD, Prime Video or download. I’d be very happy to hear of anything I’ve missed!
• 6 September: new page for Rupert’s work in the audio play Cicero.
• 5 September: Matisse from the Tate Modern page updated to link to Exhibitions on Screen, through which the program can now be purchased as a DVD or download.
• 4 September: new page for Rupert’s chivalrous appearances at the David Holmes Cricket Cup matches in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2018.
• 11 April: new page for Rupert’s appearance at EM-Con Worcester.
• 26 March: new page for Rupert’s appearance at the Medway Comic and Screen Festival.
• 13 March: new page for Rupert’s participation in a table read of sitcom Unicorn for Sky Drama. {fingers crossed}
• 27 January: belated new page for Rupert’s work in the Dracula audio play, released in 2016.
• 5 January 2018: I demoted The Tutor from ‘current news’ to ‘false positives’, given that Rupert thought it wasn’t going to happen.
• 9 December: new page for Rupert’s work in the TV show Judge Rinder’s Crown Court.
• 7 December: new page for Rupert’s reading at the Rainbow Trust Carol Concert.
• 17 November: new page for Rupert’s appearance at the London Carol Concert for the Rainbow Trust in 2016.
• 31 October: new page for Rupert’s appearance at MCM London Comic Con. Stay tuned for the interview I did with him!
• 24 September: new pages for Rupert’s new showreel courtesy of Curtis Brown, and Tom Hopper’s acknowledgement of Merlin’s 9th anniversary.
• 24 June: new post about the Celebrity Charity Cricket Fun Day with a photo courtesy of Jenny!
• 26 May: The awesome RedScharlach has made her lovely Sir Leon available on all kinds of goodies!
• 16 May: A bit of birthday indulgence, with best wishes from all of us and a look at Pantone’s Color of the Day.
• 13 April: New (brief) post on Wales Comic Con – which links to a much longer post on the Merlin Locations site. If you have a few minutes, please do drop by to read!
• 26 March: Now I have his CV to back up the details, I’ve created new pages for his earliest work: The Comedy of Errors (2004); The Fix (2004); Today (2003); The Wonderful World of Dissocia (2002); and The Rose and the Ring (2001).
• 25 March: New post which breaks down the showreel, and looks at the sources of each clip – some of them unknown! Also, a new page for the Wii Music ads, with thanks to Sandra for pointing it out to me a long while ago!
• 19 March: New posts for Rupert’s new showreel and headshot (a photo from 2015 by the awesome Ian Philips-McLaren).
• 19 March: Another production photo added to the Gaslight gallery.
• 21 February: Indulged myself with a little graphical work inspired by The Good Karma Hospital.
• 19 February: New post for Rupert’s lovely work with Clive Russell and Amanda Redman in The Good Karma Hospital. OK, and I had some fun with a post looking into the name ‘Rupert’.
• 30 January: Busy days, hurrah! Rupert tweeted his support for a Kickstarter campaign run by Forward Motion Pictures, so I have created a new page for that, under the category ’causes’.
• 29 January: New pages for a Q+A at the Richmond Theatre, with a lovely photo of Rupert, and for an interview by Phil Hewitt for the West Sussex County Times. ETA: Also added a photo taken by Laura Hopper of herself, Tom Hopper and Rupert.
• 12 January: I’m updating the Gaslight page with reviews as I see them. We also have a great new photo of Rupert and Kara in character!
• 6 January 2017: New page for Gaslight rehearsal photos – though there have only been a few ‘casual’ ones so far. … And a new page for the show itself, which I attended tonight in Birmingham!
• 6 December: New pages for Rupert’s seasonal readings at the Carols in the City event for Marie Curie, and for the rehearsed reading of The Norwegians. I’ve also updated the biography page to reflect his move to the Curtis Brown talent agency. And I gave up waiting on more info, and created a page for Writers Retreat.
• 17 September: New page for People Just Do Nothing.
• 29 July: I found some photos of Rupert behind the scenes of Much Ado about Nothing in 2010, and created a gallery page here.
• 28 July: New page for the post-show talk for While the Sun Shines.
• 19 July: Lovely photo tweeted by director Christopher Luscombe added to the random category!
• 15 July: I’ve added production photos to the gallery page for While the Sun Shines.
• 13 July: New page on While the Sun Shines.
• 6 July: New gallery page with lovely photos by Tristram Kenton of Rupert, Alexandra and Tamla rehearsing for While the Sun Shines.
• 1 June: New page reporting on the post-show talk for The Philanderer.
• 16 May: New production photos of The Philanderer added to the gallery page.
• 12 May: New page on The Philanderer, and I’ve included more photos on the gallery page, too.
• 4 May: New page linking to an interview by the Surrey Comet re The Philanderer.
• 27 April: New gallery page featuring rehearsal photos from The Philanderer, kindly provided by the Orange Tree Theatre!
• 27 March: New (old!) photos discovered from the Cymbeline production of 2005. I’ve also added new photos to the High Society gallery, and created a page for a 2013 interview at Collectormania by The Jitty.
• 27 January 2016: New page about the Componere interview here.
• 13 December: My mate Shell found Rupert in a Bet Victor ad, and I’ve posted about it here.
• 10 December: Unfortunately Rupert couldn’t attend Carols in the City, but I went anyway and posted about it here.
• 29 November: I just had a bit of fun with one of Ian Philips-McLaren’s gorgeous photos!
• 19 August: Photographer Ian Philips-McLaren has recently done a lovely photo shoot with Rupert. I’ve copied one here, but do visit his blog and show him some love! Thanks to Manuela for the heads-up!
• 9 August: Rupert’s nephews are obviously huge fans, too.
• 13 June: Bradley James (Arthur in BBC Merlin) went to see Rupert in High Society, and took a great photo of him afterwards. You can see it here.
• 19 May: I attended the High Society post-show Q+A, and wrote it up here. I also added the photo that my Mr B took at the stage door on 16 May.
• 17 May: I’ve created a gallery page for High Society rehearsal / production photos.
• 16 May: The reviews are out for High Society following Press Night on 14 May. I’ve updated the High Society page with snippets mentioning Rupert. It’s fair to say that reviews of Rupert and the show generally are fairly mixed.
• 3 May: I’ve finally added some photos to the Tonight at 8:30 gallery, that were available via the Oxford Playhouse site. Thanks to Manuela for the heads-up.
• 1 May: New page on High Society!
• 13 February 2015: I’ve included Rupert’s headshot, now that the Old Vic has shared a lovely large version of it. No idea when this was taken, or by whom, but it’s the shot seen most often in theatre programs and so on.
• 16 December: Rupert shared some great photos of himself at Australia Zoo on the Sunshine Coast, taken during his recent trip to attend the Supanova conventions. I’ve posted them here, here and here. Click on each image to go to his original Tweet. I’ve also updated the Wizard Con post to include a new photo of Rupert.
• 6 December: A new post about an interesting quote Rupert has ‘printed on my wall’! Also, a new interview with Soot Magazine, and a post for the Supanova conventions.
• 25 November: A follow-up interview with The Iris.
• 19 November: A new interview with The Iris. Thank you to Bess for the link!
• 7 November: A new page for the Old Library Arts Centre Acton project, to which Rupert has lent his support.
• 15 October: A new page for Half My Age Plus Seven.
• 23 July: A new page for Wizard Con.
• 16 June: I updated the Merlin page with some thoughts on the chivalrous Sir Leon.
• 14 June: Eoin Macken (Gwaine in Merlin) provides us with another couple of random photos here and here… bless the man!
• 13 June: Following my transfer to a new web host, I have finally got everything up to date, including the galleries. Hurrah!
• 3 June: New post on the Matisse Live event, and new photo added to the Tonight at 8:30 gallery.
• 21 May: Thanks to Nuffield Theatre, Rupert, and a friend who kindly compiled it all, we now have a post featuring a Twitter Q+A with Rupert!
• 15 May: Thanks to Manuela, we now have a post re an ad for Targo Bank.
• 13 May: Nuffield Theatre has very kindly uploaded production photos as well, so they have been added to the Tonight at 8:30 gallery post.
• 11 May: A new post reporting on the series of one-act plays Tonight at 8:30.
• 15 April: A new post featuring the rehearsal photos for Tonight at 8:30. Later, updated the RingCon 2013 post with a video of an interview with Rupert.
• 8 March: A new post has been added for Halo: Reach, and I’ve updated the post for This Love with some goodies. Thanks to Manuela for the help!
• 3 March: New post and gallery added for Cardiff Film & Comic Con!
• 14 February: New affiliates added!
• 6 February 2014: New post for an uncredited appearance in a Doctor Who episode – which I’ve since found out didn’t actually occur! And I finally uploaded a few more fan photos from ColdCon2.
• 5 August: New post for the ColdCon2 convention in London. More photos will be available soon!
• 20 July: New post for the MCM Comic Con convention in Manchester. And I just realised I hadn’t listed this con under ‘current news’ – sorry!
• 8 July: New posts for the Supanova conventions in Australia, and for The White Queen. Video of an interview added to the Collectormania post.
• 11 June: New posts for advertising for Vodafone Deustchland and Philadelphia Simply Stir.
• 11 June: New posts for Merlin-related interviews with Curt Wagner of RedEye Chicago ‘Show Patrol’ here, here and here, and with Noelene Clark of The Los Angeles Times ‘Hero Complex’ here.
• 11 May: New post for an interview with Jenna Busch.
• 8 April: New post for Rupert’s appearance in Much Ado About Nothing.
• 31 March: New ‘random’ image from Rupert Himself of Him and His chick celebrating Easter.
• 17 March: New page for Rupert’s appearance at the MCM Expo, Manchester on 16 March.
• 12 March: Various bits and pieces, including new pages for Merlin publicity work in 2011: Rupert’s TV Blog; an interview on Sam & Mark’s Big Friday Windup; an interview on BBC One’s Breakfast; an interview on Channel 4’s T4; an interview with Gemma Cairney on BBC Radio 1Xtra. Also, an audio of Rupert singing ♥ has been added to the Company page.
• 23 February: New gallery of images from filming Merlin in Pierrefonds in September 2012.
• 23 February: New post for Rupert’s episode of The Confessions of Dorian Gray.
• 23 February: New post for Rupert’s hilarious interview with Bradley James about Sir Leon being the real star of Merlin.
• 23 February: New post for Rupert’s appearance at the National Television Awards.
• 23 February 2013: New post for Rupert’s opening of the Godolphin and Latymer school fayre.
• 12 October: New post for a very sexy photo shoot for Marie Claire!
• 24 August: Julie’s full report on the Sondheim Society Summer School has now been posted, along with some photos of Rupert.
• 13 August: Our second random image comes from Rupert ‘Longshanks’ Young Himself, who is apparently sunning himself somewhere nice… though I don’t know who’s looking at the scenery right now…
• 11 August: New post for the Virgin Atlantic ad.
• 11 August: New post for the short film Helen and Ben.
• 11 August: New post about the crowdfunded short film This Way Out.
• 2 July: New gallery focussing on Rupert filming Merlin at Pierrefonds.
• 25 May: Our first random image comes from Eoin Macken (Sir Gwaine in Merlin) who is obviously also a Rupert fan.
• 20 May: New gallery for Rupert’s appearance at Celebrity Soccer Six.
• 14 May: New post for the short film This Love.
• 14 May: New post for Rupert’s uncredited role in Vital Signs.
• 6 May: Screenshots added to Dirty, Filthy Love. Unfortunately bearing no relation to the film’s title.
• 6 May 2012: We’re proudly adding new links and affiliates! Please comment or email if you’d like a link for a Rupert-related site or page.