THINKING THEATRE
PUTTING UNHEARD VOICES CENTRE STAGE
ABOUT US
Lakhon Komnit Organization (LKO) is a Battambang-based grassroots Lakhon Niyeay (Spoken Theatre) group and Cambodia’s leading practitioner of Theatre of the Oppressed.
Lakhon Komnit means “Thinking Theatre” in Khmer: LKO creates performances, projects and workshops which develop relational safety and critical understanding of personal and social reality, revealing choice and enabling change.
LKO works with marginalised and excluded community members to create powerful performances telling unheard stories. Specialised in Forum Theatre and Theatre of the Oppressed, we bring together diverse audience members and facilitate constructive dialogue across social hierarchies.
Functional as an informal arts group since 2017, LKO received registration as a local NGO from the Royal Cambodian Government Ministry of Interior on 7 October 2019.
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WE STAND FOR
OUR BELIEF
People who understand their own realities can change them. Theatre helps them do both.
OUR MISSION
To expand opportunities to create, perform, witness and participate in theatre that explores
personal stories and experiences from Cambodian society.
OUR VISION
An unheard voice at the centre of every theatre performance in Cambodia.
OUR GOALS
INCREASE INCLUSION
Co-create and perform plays which centre marginalised people’s experiences and address urgent social challenges, performing to inclusive audiences for free in accessible places.​
DEVELOP CRITICAL THINKING
Use Theatre of the Oppressed methodologies to engage people in critical reflection and dialogue, revealing choice and enabling change.
EXPAND THEATRE FOR SOCIAL EQUITY
Provide high quality training in Theatre of the Oppressed methodologies for key people: youth, marginalised people, and community-facing practitioners.
