Ken was trained at Motley at the Riverside Studios. He has designed productions at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast; Druid Theatre, Galway; Palace Theatre, Watford; York Theatre Royal; New Vic, Stoke-on-Trent; Bristol New Vic; Mercury Theatre, Colchester (as Head of Design); Dundee Rep; Riverside Studios; King's Theatre, Glasgow, New Byre, St Andrews and extensively at the Pitlochry Festival Theatre.