Theatre: 'Transitions', starring Datuk Faridah Merican, is a poignant play about human resilience

'Transitions' is a new play by Tan (seated, right), with Faridah (seated, left), Na’a (brown jacket) and Shamaine (white top) in the leading roles. Omar (left) and Joe (right) are the co-directors. Photo: The Actors Studio Teater Seni Rakyat

Datuk Faridah Merican was barely 20 years old when she started working at the national radio station in the late 1950s.

She didn’t know it back then, but this would become one of the loves of her life. There was just something about radio broadcasting and the power of the voice that fascinated her. But it wasn’t easy being a part-timer at Radio Malaya in Penang.