Emilia Clarke makes West End debut, and more Game of Thrones alum news

What are Game of Thrones stars up to as we approach the end of the decade? Let’s have a look

Emilia Clarke made headlines a couple months back for headlining the holiday-themed romcom Last Christmas. Now, Playbill reports that she’ll be making her West End debut in a new production of  Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull, a theater classic. She’ll play the ingenue Nina, one of four main characters, during a limited run that will open in March and close in May of 2020.

“I am over the moon to be playing Nina in Jamie Lloyd’s interpretation of The Seagull,” Clarke said. “I’ve long been a fan of the singular vision he brings to each of his masterful productions and the way he approaches classical texts. We are so lucky to be working with [Anya Reiss’] brilliant adaptation, as she brings a light touch of modernity to this beautifully crafted play. I cannot wait to get stuck in with these two visionaries.”

Between Daenerys Targaryen on Game of Thrones, Last Christmas, and now this, Clarke is conquering the small screen, the big screen, and the stage. The Seagull will run at The Playhouse Theater in London. You can get tickets here.

Speaking of theater, Brenock O’Connor (Olly) is getting great notices for his performance in the stage adaptation of Sing Street, a musical about a high schooler who starts a New Wave band in the economically depressed Ireland of the 1980s. The musical comes from John Carney, who scored a hit with his 2007 musical romance Once.

“Brenock O’Connor, a 19-year-old Game of Thrones alum whose Olly famously stabbed Jon Snow in the heart in Season 5,  gives an appealing performance as Conor — whose ability to feign confidence is as striking as his dimpled chin and unruly mop of brown hair,” writes Thom Geier for The Wrap.

Seriously, every picture I found had him making that kind of face.

Sing Street is playing at the New York Theater Workshop, off Broadway. You can get tickets here.

Finally, Welshman Iwan Rheon (Ramsay Bolton) — who is not a psychopath but played one very convincingly on Game of Thrones — has written a letter to Sophie Howe, the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales, urging her to prioritize the natural beauty of the country in her upcoming report of recommendations for the Welsh government. “[W]hen I come home to Wales now, I no longer hear the symphony of bird song and numbers of animals that I remember,” Rheon wrote. “[I]t is imperative that we preserve the wealth of beauty held in our small nation.”

"As Commissioner, you have a unique opportunity with the future generations report to make sure that nature is restored and protected."

That’s admirable of Rheon. And I’d do whatever he says, cause I can’t get Ramsay out of my head.

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