THE JUXTAPLACE - THEATRE PRODUCTION COMPANY IN DURBAN
 

The JuxtaPlace is a Durban based theatre production company founded by entrepreneur and artist Lithakazi Mkombe.
 

ABOUT US - The Echo in Our Craft

"Held in the mold of the Words whose vibrations unfold an Ancient Story"

We are a theatre production company that hosts weekly, 40-minute, light-hearted, avant-garde theatre installations on issues of economic freedom and the effects of migration on the economy.

Founded by Lithakazi Mkombe, a multidisciplinary artist and entrepreneur trained by the Human Sciences Research Council in Poetic Inquiry and Theatre du Soleil in Collaborative Practices in Creating Theatre.

She studied Architectural Technology at the Durban University of Technology and is an award-winning entrepreneur who made second runner-up at the North West University Pitch-Your-Business Competition 2023, and semi-finalist at the GIBS Festival of Ideas 2022.

Turning Research Data & Text to Art

We conduct ethical research on issues of injustice, particularly economic injustices and the effects of migration on the economy and turn that into poetry through a method known as Poetic Inquiry, then turn that poetry through collaborative practices to theatre.

Our Values

Integrity
We maintain ethical behaviour in everything we do.

Equality
We speak out on issues of inequality.

Excellence
Whatever our hands find to do we do with all our might.

Inclusive
To create opportunities for the neurodivergent and differently-abled.

Economic Growth
To create a sustainable business that creates employment for artists and administrative staff

"Poetic inquiry, or poetry as research, is a literary and performance arts-based approach. It combines the arts and humanities with scientific inquiry to enhance social research."

OUR FOUNDER - Lithakazi Mkombe

A qualified Architectural Technologist, trained in Poetic Inquiry by the Human Sciences Research Council and Collaborative Practices in creating Theatre by Theatre du Soleil, Lithakazi Mkombe is a multidisciplinary artist who uses all her training, skills and passions in bringing about effective change in her society. 

She is primarily passionate about economic freedom, migration and its effects on the economy as she, herself, was one who has had to migrate in search for a better life. Bred and fed in Mthatha, Eastern Cape, she currently resides in Durban with her only child whom she is a sole provider for – that alone building a passion within her to see women economically free.

She is an author of more than six books, a playwright, visual artist and performance artist trained in contemporary dance and a yogi. 

She has founded multiple companies which all are intertwined with the United Nation’s sustainable development goals, namely; Printed Honey (Genuine Cork Leather Journals); ON Read App (Reading and Publishing App); 1 Old Note and The JuxtaPlace. 

She has received various recognitions, including making semi-finalist in the GIBS Festival of Ideas in 2022 and second runner-up in the North West University Pitch-Your-Business competition.
 

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