Want to dine with the Mother of Dragons?
Emilia Clarke is auctioning off a virtual dinner with her in exchange for donations to the Same You COVID-19 relief fund.
The “Game of Thrones” star took to Instagram to ask fans to help her raise £250,000 ($309,358) for the cause.
“How would you feel about having dinner with me virtually?” the 33-year-old actress said in a post on Monday. “When you donate … 12 lucky people will join me virtually and we’re going to put together a storecupboard dinner Together. We’ll cook it and then we’ll eat it together.”
She continued, “We’ll discuss lots of things. Isolation and fear and also funny videos and you know, the fact that I can’t really cook. So it’s going to be fun. It’s going to be interesting.”
Money raised will help provide stroke and brain injury patients with “essential support: as well as help free up hospital beds needed during the pandemic.
“100% of your generosity will fund virtual rehab clinic support in the coming weeks,” the captioned the post. “A very big task and a very big ask but you are all very big hearted souls so I know you’ll want to help me help them! ❤️🏆❤️.”
The donation link can be found here. [Source]
Emilia Clarke and her dog are the latest celebs to take part in the “Save with Stories” campaign.
The “Game of Thrones” star took to Instagram Live where she tried to read “Bear’s Loose Tooth” by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman but her puppy, Ted, was more occupied on licking Clarke’s face.
Once things calmed down, Clarke was able to read the four-minute story to help entertain children at home during self-isolation and raise money for the Save With Stories Fund organized by No Kid Hungry and Save the Children.
“THIRTY MILLION CHILDREN rely on school for food. Responding to the needs of kids during these school closures, @savethechildren and @nokidhungry have a new fund @SAVEWITHSTORIES to support food banks, and mobile meal trucks, and community feeding programs with funds to do what they do best—and also—with educational toys, books, and worksheets to make sure brains are full, as well as bellies,” Clarke wrote next to her video.
She then asked fans to help out with a $10 donation by texting SAVE to 20222. [Source]
The scheme will encourage audiences to be ready for theatre’s return
Theatre company ATG has announced a national advertising campaign to prepare people for theatre’s eventual return.
Adam Speers, executive producer (ATG) said: “As with many arts organisations we pre-purchase outdoor space to advertise our portfolio of shows. We wanted to use this collateral we already have in place to do something positive for the industry as a whole, and encourage audiences to support theatres when they are up and running again.”
ATG has a number of venues operating in the West End and across the UK, with current productions currently being housed in ATG venues including Back to the Future the Musical, The Seagull with Emilia Clarke and Uncle Vanya with Toby Jones, as well as long-running shows including Wicked.
It is currently unknown when theatres will re-open, with a lack of a specific time-date within Government advice forcing SOLT and UK Theatres members to suspend shows “until further notice”. [Source]
Performances of Emilia Clarke’s play The Seagull have been suspended as London theatres shut their doors in a bid to help slow the spread of coronavirus.
Following advice from Prime Minister Boris Johnson about mass gatherings, the West End has decided to postpone their performances.
The Game Of Thrones star made her West End debut in the play on 11 March, with performances scheduled to run until 30 May.
As theatre-goers arrived at the venue, a sign on the doors of The Playhouse read: ‘Due to the ongoing public health crisis with COVID-19, Today’s performance of The Seagull at the Playhouse Theatre has been cancelled. Please contact your point of sale from 10am tomorrow to enquire about refunds and exchanges, none will be issued at this time.
‘We thank you for your support and understanding at this challenging time. Playhouse Theatre Management.’
A statement on the official Twitter page announced that no further performances will take place for the foreseeable future.
The message from Mark Cornell, Group CEO at Ambassador Theatre Group read: ‘We understand that this decision comes as a disappointment, and a massive inconvenience for those of you already on the way to a venue this evening, but ultimately we all want the same thing: the health and safety of our communities, and we believe this is the correct decision to make.’
He added that they are ‘consulting with industry bodies’ as to what will happen ‘in the immediate future’.
The Society of London, which represents the West End, and UK Theatre also followed suit.
Their statement read: ‘We regret to announce that from this evening (including tonight’s performances) SOLT and UK Theatre venues have closed in light of official government advice.
‘They will remain closed until further notice and will re-open when possible, following government recommendations.
‘Your box office/retailer from whom you bought your tickets will be in contact with regards to refunds and exchanges. Please bear with us in these unprecedented times.’ [Source]
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