How should British theatre engage with the new government?
We’ve given the government the facts about theatre and the arts. They haven’t listened and just made further cuts. Maybe it’s time to get more political
March 2015
Theatre blog
Are local councils the unsung heroes of the arts?
Fin Kennedy
Councils are caught in an austerity trap. But the enlightened ones have a defiant, nay patriotic, faith in the value of the arts
January 2015
Theatre blog
Local produce: how to make theatre essential to communities
Fin Kennedy: The theatre company I’ve inherited, Tamasha, produces work by and about the UK’s culturally diverse communities. Our focus is on empowering diverse artists to respond to the world around them in imaginative new ways
June 2014
Theatre blog
How do you measure theatre's value?
In the run-up to the next round of arts funding, we must look beyond notions of profit and loss, writes Fin Kennedy
June 2011
Theatre blog
Can video games help theatre reach the next level?
Fin Kennedy: From digital characters to plays set on Facebook ... playwrights could do with young people's technical support
January 2011
Playwrights should learn the benefits of staying in education
Fin Kennedy: Do the combination of arts cuts and the government's changes to schools provide an opportunity for writers? A pilot scheme I'm launching aims to prove the answer is yes
July 2010
Theatre blog
East End meets West End: why we should put community at the heart of theatre
Fin Kennedy: I went out of my comfort zone to collaborate with teachers and pupils at a school in Tower Hamlets – and I'm a better playwright for it
May 2009
Theatre blog
Why adopting playwrights is no laughing matter
Fin Kennedy: If we don't support new voices, all British playwrights might be white, middle-class men from the south-east
July 2008
Theatre blog
Can theatre change immigration law?
My new play is based on accounts of life inside UK detention centres. Will the politicians listen?
March 2006
'We're taking a risk just by writing for the stage'
Theatre directors are calling on young playwrights to be more ambitious. Hang on, says Fin Kennedy - we're not the ones who lack vision.
