Articles by Gemma Ware
has written 11 articles for Nouse
Summer Comedy on Campus, “The Importance of Being Earnest’ & ‘A Midsummer Nights Dream’
By Gemma Ware — June 22, 2004
Summer is a time for laughter and fun, soGemma Ware looks at the influx of dramatic comedy coming to campus and the city
Gemma Ware went to the Chequerboard Theatre’s premiere of ‘The Gift of the Magi’
By Gemma Ware — May 17, 2004
Christmas came round again four months late to the Jack Lyons Concert Hall this year with the performance of ‘The Gift of the Magi’ at the beginning of the summer term. Following on from the fervour surrounding Aga Serugo Lugo’s musical ‘Celebrity’ in March, another York student has again showcased the considerable talent that is [...]
The Man in My Basement by Walter Mosley
By Gemma Ware — May 17, 2004
Why would a white man want to be imprisoned in a cell in a black man’s basement for a summer? This is essentially the question that Walter Mosley, author of the acclaimed Easy Rawlins crime fiction series, asks in his new novel ‘The Man in the Basement’. We meet Charles, an unemployed alcoholic, as he [...]
Inspired to Compose
By Gemma Ware — March 19, 2004
Gemma Ware listens in at the premieres of campus compositions
In the drama barn
By Gemma Ware — March 19, 2004
Whe the drama barn went celebrity crazy, Gemma Ware had a look in
Mark Haddon, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time
By Gemma Ware — February 16, 2004
Don’t be put off by the length of the title. Mark Haddon’s novel which has thrilled adults and children alike is a worthy winner of the Whitbread Book of the Year; and yes, it has pictures. The story is narrated by Christopher, a fifteen year old boy with Asperger’s Syndrome, and describes his attempts to [...]
Lose the pomp, keep the circumstance
By Gemma Ware — February 16, 2004
After the announcement of the Whitbread Book of the Year, Gemma Ware asks whether the literary award ceremonies are nothing but an incredibly expensive waste of time
York Amateur Writers
By Gemma Ware — January 27, 2004
Amateur writers can be inspired by the local literary scene, says Gemma Ware
Philharmonic Storms Campus
By Gemma Ware — December 2, 2003
Central Hall played host to one of Britain’s premier orchestras. Gemma Ware listened in…
The Indomitable Villain
By Gemma Ware — June 10, 2003
It was a sultry evening in Week 6 and walking into the Drama Barn was almost like intruding on a picnic on a summer’s day in Messina. A string quartet lulled quietly in the corner and a gentle murmur came from the happy picnickers, sipping wine and sharing gossip. In reality, it was DramaSoc’s performance [...]
Holy Smoke!
By Gemma Ware — May 13, 2003
No, the title of this book is not merely an obscure reference to Greek mythology – the Minotaur really does take a cigarette break. He works as a chef in a roadside steak-house called ‘Grub’s Rib’ in North Carolina (oh, and he prefers to smoke menthols rather than tobacco.) The Minotaur, half-man, half-bull, whose more [...]
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