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💡 Southeast Asia's first and only festival of ideas
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Meet our Creative Director - Text Curation & Performance: Leow Puay Tin

An acclaimed Malaysian theatre artist known for her innovative approach to writing, and Creative Chief behind our Pentas FM project.

🎧 Listen now: https://t.co/j8h4yBSnPa

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Meet the team behind Tok Perak

Text by the late Datuk Syed Alwi Syed Hassan
Directed by Norzizi Zulkifli
Performed by Hamzah Tahir, Walid Ali, & Nor Fadhilah Bt Mohamad Noor Akae

🔊 Streaming now: https://t.co/x9jptquKcm

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Semangat Tok Perak tidak mudah patah.

Dengar episod sekarang 🎧: https://t.co/x9jptquKcm

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EPISODE DROP: TOK PERAK

Inilah kisah cerita seorang lelaki yang bernama Tok Perak. Dengarlah kehidupan Tok Perak pada suatu zaman yang membawa banyak perubahan kepada dunia yang dia tahu sebelum ini dan yang akan datang.

🔊 Listen: https://t.co/iB1rRgBivd

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Meet the team behind Ang Tau Mui

Text extracted from A Modern Woman Called Ang Tau Mui written by Leow Puay Tin
Directed by Tung Jit Yang
Performed by Takahara Suiko
Music composed & performed by Takahara Suiko

🔊 Streaming now: https://t.co/nVhVO3qKsM

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Ang Tau Mui's mantra consits of green lights, monsoon rain, air bubbles, two rainbows & more.

🔊 Listen: https://t.co/nVhVO3IlRm

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EPISODE DROP: ANG TAU MUI

Failed actress-turned-public-toilet-cleaner Ang Tau Mui spends the last day of her life running about the city desperately looking for “something to buy but she couldn’t find it.”

🔊 Listen: https://t.co/gomeTHY9mn

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Meet the team behind Mat Deris

Text by @_Nam_Ron_
Directed by @LeyshaSenyum
Performed by @AliRoars

🔊 Streaming now: https://t.co/o15K1WwkkR

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A long, long time ago, Mat Deris unknowingly killed a man who turned out to be his father. Will this incident come back to haunt him as he pursues a position of power?

🔊 Listen: https://t.co/o15K1WwkkR

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EPISODE DROP

Here's the story of Mat Deris who turned his life around from childhood poverty in a fishing village in Perlis to becoming a man of influence & power – through criminal activities like extortion, arson, prostitution & killing.

🔊 Listen: https://t.co/o15K1WeJtj

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Meet the team behind Nok

Text by @LeyshaSenyum
Directed by @FaiqSyazwan
Performed by @anakcelup and Sara Hani Khan

🔊 Streaming now: https://t.co/TvN7qBh9is

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The mental health of a mother is not to be ignored and be swept under the rug.

🔊 Listen to what a panic attack of an expectant mother can be like: https://t.co/TvN7qBh9is

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EPISODE DROP: NOK

A mother speaks about her panic attacks & fear of passing down an unnamed sickness, while her daughter wants answers to questions she's been afraid to ask all her life, especially: “Were you planning to abort me?”.

🔊 Listen: https://t.co/TvN7qAZxTS

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Pentas FM is a series of Malaysian stage plays that have been adapted into a dramatised & purely audio performance 🎧

Premiering on Friday, 7 Oct 2022. Stay tuned!

Supported by #CENDANAMalaysia
Thanks to @SunwayU
Cover art by Melinda Wong of Messy Voices

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Learn the art form of sonic branding and why sound is so incredibly powerful with Max De Lucia, Founder of DLMDD - a specialist sonic branding agency based in London.

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Find out how audiology can improve the quality of life for hearing-impaired individuals from Dr Shasa Aziz, Founder and Head Audiologist of Eartistic.

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Discover the benefits of #musictherapy with Dr. Low Ming Yuan - Asst Prof at @berkleecollege and founding member of the Malaysian Music Therapy Association.

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In this CSI meets music session, hear from forensic musicologist Heiko Maus as he shares his journey into the field and his advice for those looking to join him.

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Malaysian sound designers Elmer Ho & Axle Kith Cheeng share their journey breaking into producing music for video games & films and opportunities within the industry.

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