Rupert and Doug Colling play father and son, Larry and Connor Murphy, in Dear Evan Hansen West End. They talk in this short video about the emotion involved in at last returning to the stage, after a 587-day break due to the pandemic. The video was shared on Twitter by the official @DEHWestEnd account.
There’s obviously a lot of love there!
The full Dear Evan Hansen West End cast rehearsing on 9 October 2021 or thereabouts, in anticipation of at last returning to the stage on 26 October.
They totally nail the song “You Will Be Found”, of course – but this is also worth watching for Rupert (a) totally rocking his Bridgerton sideburns and (b) still taking this mask stuff seriously. (God I love this man… ♥)
West End LIVE was an event held in Trafalgar Square, London on 19 September 2021. Rupert participated as part of the Dear Evan Hansen West End cast, singing “You Will Be Found”.
Rupert posted to Instagram: “So emotional to be back with these guys this afternoon. Thank you WestEndLive.”
The song “You Will Be Found” is performed in this video by the Dear Evan Hansen Broadway, North American Tour and West End companies – including some lovely glimpses of our Rupert. It is available on YouTube.
This holiday season, we may not be together, but YOU ARE NOT ALONE
The Dear Evan Hansen West End cast – including our beloved Rupert – is part of this socially distanced concert on thespie.com. Global digital tickets are available to buy online, which give you access for 7 days.
There is a brief clip of Rupert talking with castmate Jack Loxton, saying he’s looking forward to seeing people again without it being… strange. Then the DEH cast sing “Merry Christmas, Everyone”.
Thanks to Bunnysworld for the heads-up! ♥
Screen captures shared with the greatest respect but without permission.
Rupert, along with other members of the Dear Evan Hansen family, took part in this video supporting Mental Health Awareness Month.
There is also a link to an open letter you can sign, which asks world leaders to “protect and scale up mental health support in all COVID-19 responses”.
This #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth the three companies representing the global #DearEvanHansen family join over 200 notables from 40+ counties in supporting @gospeakyourmind in the fight for better mental health support. Let your voice be heard by signing: https://t.co/msg596MV6J pic.twitter.com/MAFPuSVFyq
— Dear Evan Hansen – West End (@DEHWestEnd) May 14, 2020
Rupert’s part in the script is: “Our world is not equipped to respond to this global mental health crisis. It wasn’t before the pandemic, and it isn’t now.”
You will be found.
Our awesome King Arthur, Bradley James, hosted an online Merlin quiz – partly to help entertain us during the COVID-19 quarantine and partly to help raise money for a noble cause. He invited the Knights of the Round Table to participate, so we ended up blessed with a mini online convention, with special guests Rupert (Sir Leon), Tom Hopper (Sir Percival), Tomiwa Edun (Sir Elyan) and Eoin Macken (Sir Gwaine).
The chosen charity was Redemption Paws @RedemptionPaws, a Toronto-based non-profit organisation focused on helping dogs in disaster situations. We raised over $15,000 (Canadian) for them, which is utterly awesome!
Bradley kindly uploaded a recording of the quiz to his YouTube channel, which was such a relief to people like me who regretted missing out on the fun! (I live in Australia, and I unwisely let the 4 a.m. start time dissuade me from participating.) Here’s the link:
Rupert was, of course, his usual funny and charming self, and proved himself delightfully human to boot! I mean to say… drinking what appeared to be a beer, saying “fuck”, and announcing he was off to have a wee. You’d be forgiven for thinking he isn’t a minor deity after all! I love the quarantine beard, but his lovely hair is still short, as contractually required by Dear Evan Hansen.
It was a joy to see all the knights gathered together once more, and to see them enjoying not only their own company but also ours. Tomiwa used a few Merlin and location photos as his background. Rupert changed his shirt a few times, as did Bradley – and Eoin gradually stripped away layers to reveal something pink and sultry… Oh my. The Merlin Family Rules!
The quiz had some easy questions, but also some harder ones. I think I would have got all but 2 or 3 – but who knows what silly choices I might have made at that time of the morning! Most people did very well, with only a handful of questions attracting a number of “alternate” choices.
I’ve included some screen captures below, but of course please do yourself the proverbial favour and watch the video itself.
Thank you, everyone, for taking part!
Rupert appeared in the 20th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards Concert on Sunday 1 March 2020, along with the rest of the DEH West End cast, performing the song “You Will Be Found”. More info: article with link to ticket sales
Rupert was a guest at London Comic Con Spring on Sunday 1 March, along with Tom Hopper (Percival in Merlin) who was there on both days.
My awesome friend Karen shared these photos from Rupert and Tom’s panel. You can see more via her Flickr account.
