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