BBC Merlin Filming Locations

BFI London Film Festival | 14, 16, 17 October | whatson.bfi.org.uk/lff

Colin Morgan's film Testament of Youth will premiere at the festival, and he is listed as a guest. I don't have any further details, but I assume he would only attend the first of the three screenings. Tickets on sale to BFI Champions on 10 September, Members on 11 September, and the public on 18 September. Will post more details as/when available. (Thanks to Shell for the heads up!)

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Also, Rupert Young to 'appear' in Half My Age Plus Seven | BBC Radio Scotland, radio pilot, comedy ?, ? release | source

Apparently Rupert is starring, along with Geraldine James and Belinda Stewart Wilson. Steven Canny, Exec Producer of Comedy in Scotland, tweeted about it, and it's written by Wendy Wason.

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update: Colin Morgan to 'appear' as Newton Pulsifer in Good Omens based on the book by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett | Radio 4, radio play, comedy apocalypse, December 2014 release, with six episodes broadcast across a week | bbc.co.uk, Twitter

The awesome Shell attended WizardCon in Madrid last weekend, and has written up a report for the website. I'm sure you'll enjoy reading it, and seeing the photos! It looks like the Knights were in fine form. ♥

Click here for the report.

Richard is currently appearing in Krapp's Last Tape at the Crucible Theatre. They kindly hosted a Q&A with him today. And here's how it went!

@crucibletheatre: We're here with Richard and ready to take your questions! #askrichard



@MerlinFanWorld: Hey Richard, do you plan to guest on any conventions?

Richard: No plans at the moment.

@suspectsnargles: What was the best part about working on Merlin?

Richard: The best part about Merlin was getting to know Paris really well & of course working with Colin Morgan was great fun.

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Screening on Sky Arts 1 in the UK on Thursday 5 June, and repeated on Wednesday 11 June at 10:30pm: Richard Wilson to appear as John in an episode of Playhouse Presents titled Space Age along with Simon Callow | TV one-off episode, comedy, June 2014 release | sky.com, imdb.com

Sorry for the short notice. I missed this episode when it was first screened last week, but it's repeated tonight. It sounds rather wonderful! And it's nigh on impossible to complain about the cast. :-)

Blurb: Eager to escape the indignity and hopelessness of their nursing homes, John (Richard) and Dudley (Simon) volunteer for a space mission that aims to seek out and prepare new planets for human settlement. Working alternate solo shifts, they battle isolation and loneliness as they spend months travelling the galaxy, with their only company being Iris, the starship's temperamental computer (voiced by Richard Vaughn).

And news of something a little further off:

Supanova, Australia | Adelaide 21-23 November, Brisbane 28-30 November | supanova.com.au

These conventions include guests Eoin Macken and Alexander Vlahos.

Myself and Mr Mod were lucky enough to see all nine plays in Tonight at 8:30 on Saturday, featuring our splendiferous Rupert. I blogged about it here on my Rupert site. I'd very much recommend you going if you like a singing-dancing swoonsome Rupert... and who doesn't? If you can only go to one of the three shows, make it Trio 1 or Trio 3!

Meanwhile, the news is that Rupert is somehow involved with the cinema event Matisse Live from the Tate Modern, which is broadcasting into UK cinemas on Tuesday 3 June. You can see the Tweet confirming his involvement here, and the webpage about the show here.

Apologies for not posting here as often as I used to... LJ is driving me a little crazy, so I tend to keep things up to date on the website instead - and that include the Merlin cast at events page, which has a shiny new edition for 2014. Recent updates include:

events

Cardiff Film & Comic Con | 2 March | cardiffcomiccon.com

Rupert Young is attending this convention on the Sunday. Autographs and a photo shoot are available for £10 a pop.

Wizard Con, Madrid | 11-13 July | klzevents.com/WizardCon

This convention focuses on a number of shows including Merlin. Alexander Vlahos, Eoin Macken and Rupert Young have been confirmed as guests.

theatre

Good People, London | 27 February - 5 April | hampsteadtheatre.com

Angel Coulby is featuring in this play as the character Katie.

Macbeth, New York | 31 May - 22 June | armoryonpark.org

This production was first seen in Manchester in 2013, with Alexander Vlahos as Malcolm. It is transferring to New York in June 2014, at the Park Avenue Armory Drill Hall. The only casting officially confirmed for now is Kenneth Branagh and Alex Kingston, but I have it from Alex himself that he will be reprising his role - and he features in the banner on the website!

Krapp's Last Tape, Sheffield | 25 June - 19 July | sheffieldtheatres.co.uk

Richard Wilson will star in this one-man play by Samuel Beckett. Tickets go on sale to the general public on 8 February.