pat kane

PAT KANE, 41, is director of The Play Ethic, a cultural consultancy based in Glasgow, Scotland. Since its founding in October 2000, Pat Kane's clients have included Bartle Bogle Hegarty, Lowe Lintas, St.Luke's, Demos, Forum for the Future, the Design Council, Poiesis, The Strategic Futures Unit @ The Cabinet Office, International Futures Forum/BP, Scottish Executive/ADSW, and the International Society for the Performing Arts (ISPA).

He is developing a comprehensive "play audit" for organisations, institutions and enterprises, based on his cutting-edge research into the past, present and future of ludic culture.

Pat Kane is also writing a book for Macmillan about the ideas and practice of the modern player, titled "The Play Ethic: Living Creatively in the New Century", due out in June 2004. He is a regular commentator for UK publications like the Independent and the Sunday Times.

In the 90's he was a political activist for Scottish self-government (now achieved!). In 1990, Pat was elected Lord Rector of Glasgow University (defeating veteran radical MP Tony Benn) for three years.

Also during the 90's he established a reputation as an arts journalist in a range of media - presenting several live discussion shows for Channel Four and BBC2, and winning a Sony Award for his Radio Scotland series, "Kane Over America". In 1999, Pat was one of the founding editors of the Sunday Herald.

In the 80's and 90's, Pat was also one half of the jazz-pop group Hue & Cry (performing with James Brown, Ray Charles, Madonna, Simply Red, The Brecker Brothers, among many others), and is still writing, playing and recording today.