Researcher & Arts Journalist

Ken has a long career as an academic writer and arts journalist, writing mainly about acting and directing, physical theatre, mime and Asian theatre.

He has been a theatre critic for The Guardian and a feature writer for The Times, The Sunday Times and a number of international theatre journals.


Academic articles

Diagrams in Actor-training: Theatre, Dance and Performance Training, Vol 7, Issue 2, July 2016.

Explorations in Charisma – Applying experimental actor-training techniques to nurture the outstanding musician. Journal of Arts and Humanities in Higher Education, 2016.

Nurturing the Outstanding Actor - New Theatre Quarterly, No. 119, 2015

What Classical Musicians can Learn from Working with Actors - British Journal of Music Education, 2015

The History of Western Theatre - Encyclopaedia Britannica

Indian Theatre, Old and New- Decay and regeneration in post-imperialist theatre - Theatre Quarterly, No. 30, 31, 32, 34

Drama Training in Britain - Theatre Quarterly, No. 39, 40

Theatre in China - The Drama Review T73, March 1977


Journalistic articles

Kabuki: My Life as a Woman - Sunday Times Magazine

Kabuki: Acting upon feminine charms - The Times Saturday Review

Zen and the Art of Acting - The Times

Chinese Theatre - Drama, Quarterly Theatre Review No. 156

The Real Lindsay Kemp - Drama, Quarterly Theatre Review No. 157

Commedia dell' Arte - Drama, Quarterly Theatre Review No. 159

Welfare State International - Drama Quarterly Theatre Review No. 160

Theatre Technology - Drama Quarterly Theatre Review No. 161

Peter Brook: The Physical Life of the Actor - Drama, Quarterly Theatre Review No. 162

The Theatre of Mike Alfreds - Drama, Quarterly Theatre Review No. 163

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