Playwright Fin Kennedy: If we’re serious about theatre’s diversity, we must fund young producers by Fin Kennedy

Playwright Fin Kennedy says for the arts sector to survive and thrive, it is time to leave it less up to fate,

How should British theatre engage with the new government? by Fin Kennedy

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 politicalAt the start of 2013, I unexpect…

Playwrights should learn the benefits of staying in education by Fin Kennedy

Are local councils the unsung heroes of the arts? by Fin Kennedy

Councils are caught in an austerity trap. But the enlightened ones have a defiant, nay patriotic, faith in the value of the artsMy girlfriend and I are expecting our first child. We’re del…

Local produce: how to make theatre essential to communities by 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…

How Much Cost, How Much Value by Fin Kennedy

(These remarks were originally given at the Westminster Media Forum on June 5, 2014, and are here reprinted with Fin Kennedy’s permission. This post is part of the 2014 TCG National …

How do you measure theatre's value? by Fin Kennedy

In the run-up to the next round of arts funding, we must look beyond notions of profit and loss, writes Fin KennedyIn 2013 I wrote a research-led report, In Battalions, about the effect of g…

We’re all in the same boat: gatekeepers and fragile ecologies by Fin Kennedy

(This post is a part of the Artistic Innovation blog salon curated by Caridad Svich for the 2013 TCG National Conference: Learn Do Teach in Dallas). [The following essay is an edited ver…

Analysis & Opinion: Is new writing ripe for politicisation? by Fin Kennedy

The theatre world is fighting back against cuts from the government and local authorities, not only through campaigns but via the medium of new, political writing, argues playwright Fin Kenn…

Analysis & Opinion: Commercial theatre sector will suffer if grassroots are cut by Fin Kennedy

Fin Kennedy looks at the forthcoming Offies awards which give the theatre industry a chance to celebrate both funded and unfunded theatres, and explain to policymakers how interconnected - a…

Can video games can help theatre reach the next level? | Fin Kennedy by Fin Kennedy

From digital characters to plays set on Facebook ... playwrights could do with young people's technical supportFor the past week, I've been captivated by Rockstar Games' latest release LA No…

Playwrights should learn the benefits of staying in education by 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 yesThere's something of a…