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current news…

4 April 2026 Julie 4 Comments

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! ETA2: And click here for an interview with London Theatre Reviews. ETA3: Rehearsal photos by Alex Brenner are now posted to the Southwark Playhouse site!

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:

4 April 2026: New page for the brand new musical Flyby!
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!

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David Holmes Cricket Cup, London (2024)

26 August 2024 Julie Leave a comment

Rupert has again participated in the David Holmes Cricket Cup, helping to raise awareness and donations for the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH) and Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) charities. You can read about earlier appearances in this post.

The wonderful news is that this year’s match was streamed live, and is available to watch on YouTube!

Also, I was delighted to see Rupert and Bradley James (Arthur in Merlin) promoting the live stream on Instagram. Check out Rupert’s video here. (His longer hair is looking mighty fiiine, I have to say! Bradley seems to agree.)

If you would like to contribute to these marvellous causes, check out the GoFundMe page!

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Birthday Wishes (2024)

16 May 2024 Julie Leave a comment

Bridgerton photo used with the greatest respect but without permission.

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“For Everything a Time” novel by Mark McAvaney

24 April 2024 Julie Leave a comment

Rupert’s friend Mark McAvaney is publishing his debut novel, For Everything a Time, via Ultimo Press in Australia with a release date of 1 May 2024.

Rupert was quick to claim an autographed copy! He also took to Instagram to promote the work and ask his friends to buy a copy. (I duly did, of course.)

You can find all the details of the novel on Goodreads and care of Ultimo Press.

Thanks to Anja for the heads-up!

Book promo post on Instagram

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Bridgerton “From the Vault” (2024)

Gallery 19 March 2024 Julie Leave a comment

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The New Look (2024)

21 February 2024 Julie Leave a comment

Rupert appears as journalist Malcolm Muggeridge in What a Difference, the fourth episode of this series. The New Look focusses on the designers Christian Dior and Coco Chanel, working in Paris during and after the Second World War.

Muggeridge is played as suave and charming – but he has a complex agenda of which Chanel is unaware. Coco Chanel is portrayed by the wonderful Juliette Binoche, so at least it was a real pleasure to see her and Rupert working together!

The episode was directed by Helen Shaver, and released on 21 February 2024.

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Premiere of “David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived”

17 November 2023 Julie Leave a comment

Rupert, along with Bradley James (Arthur in Merlin), attended the premiere of David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived on 17 November 2024. This is a documentary made by Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe about David Holmes, his stunt-double in the Harry Potter films, who suffered a tragic accident while filming that paralysed him from the neck down.

You can read more about the documentary, and the circumstances in which it was made, in this Variety article.

Rupert has often participated in the annual David Holmes Cricket Cup (more information here) which raises money for the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital. Though, you know… who needs a reason or excuse to invite Rupert to anything?

The following photo was kindly shared by Bradley on Instagram.