7 June 2025

Minister of Sport, Arts & Culture, Mr Gayton McKenzie in Conversation with Ismail
Mahomed.

Ismail will engage Minister Gayton McKenzie to reflect on the successes of his first year in
office in a portfolio that is considered both vitally important for promoting social cohesion and for contributing to the cultural and creative economy. He will take audiences down a track that reflects on some of the immediate praise that Minister McKenzie received for his swift interventions to support the National School of the Arts and his openness to engage with diverse groups of representatives from the Cultural and Creative Industries.

Mandie van der Spuy, a FynArts Advisory Board member, will present the Award to Janice. The presentation will be followed by Bio-Natter, an informal discussion between
Janice and the audience.

Janice’s remarkable national and international 55-year career spans drama, comedy, indigenous stories, Classics,Shakespeare, Opera, Musicals, and her cherished annual
tradition of Pantomime. She is celebrated for transforming classic fairy tales like Beauty and the Beast into her unique South African Panto style.

SALT is essential for life, an intrinsic part of each of our beings, a preservative; a healing, cleansing, invigorating mineral; a sacred covenant. A unifying symbol, of common use across societies, of significant potency, metaphorically symbolising new beginnings.

Presented in this programme is the work of three esteemed South African choreographers, Kirsten Isenberg, Mthuthuzeli November, and Michelle Reid, all with their distinctive voices.

Silwood Cordon Bleu chef Lindi will catapult your taste buds to the coast featuring a responsibly sourced
Seafood Supper. Served at a communal table, partake in a three-course celebration of the sea’s bounty with a feast for the senses and a symphony of flavours. Welcome aperitif served with an amuse bouche, followed by Mussels in a Saffron bath, locally farmed Salmon Trout with Spud-tacular Rosti, classic Crème Caramel with Brandy Snap Wafer.

Celebrating 200 years of Johann Strauss, from the Blue Danube to Die Fledermaus and lots in between!

Come and listen to the spectacular Festival Orchestra and the outstanding soprano Brittany Smith, conducted by Maestro Richard Cock. Viennese concerts of this type are an annual tradition worldwide reflecting the rich cultural and festive traditions of that city.... now coming to Hermanus. Music from the Strauss family is typically featured in these concerts, so the programme is filled with waltzes, marches and polkas!

This is a feel-good concert of note.