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mehlo-maya (eye-to-the-sun) is a theatre company founded and directed by Bobby Rodwell

The company has produced a number of theatre pieces based on personal narratives over the years, including The Story I Am About to Tell (based on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) hearings), flipping the script (2007) and Theatre on Trains (2011), Frontières (2021),

The company collaborated with the Market Theatre to curate and present the

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 [[mehlo-maya (eye-to-the-sun)]] is a theatre company founded and directed by [[Bobby Rodwell]]
- is the Founder and Director of pioneering theatre company, mehlo-maya (eye-to-the-sun) through which she has produced several acclaimed theatre pieces based on personal narratives. Her work includes The Story I Am About to Tell based on the Bishop Desmond Tutu-led Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) hearings where victims and perpetrators shared personal stories of atrocities under Apartheid. Other works include flipping the script (2007) and Theatre on Trains (2011), which both focused on gender-based violence in the home, public spaces and on trains. In Frontières (2021), Rodwell shone a light on personal stories of migration with African migrants taking centre stage in a well-received production which took place at the Market Theatre.
+The company has produced a number of theatre pieces based on personal narratives over the years, including ''[[The Story I Am About to Tell]]'' (based on the [[Truth and Reconciliation Commission]] ([[TRC]]) hearings), ''[[flipping the script]]'' (2007) and ''[[Theatre on Trains]]'' (2011), ''[[Frontières]]'' (2021),
+The company collaborated with the [[Market Theatre]] to curate and present the