The Opening Weekend of FynArts 2025 not only features four major performances but also four thought-provoking discussions on the future of the arts. Key festival participants will be introduced, offering audiences an opportunity to engage with those who shape the arts and cultural landscape.
Minister Gayton McKenzie in Conversation with Dr Ismail Mahomed Date: Sat 7 June Time: 9:30 Venue: Dutch Reformed Church, Hermanus BOOK NOW
Gayton McKenzie Ismail Mahomed
The Strauss & Co Series of Presentations and Discussions opens with an interview with Minister Gayton McKenzie, conducted by Dr. Ismail Mahomed, Director of the Centre for Creative Arts at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. The discussion will cover the Minister’s vision of 'Business Unusual’ at the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture, his five-year target, and the challenges faced.
FynArts Legacy Award Presentation
Date: Sat 7 June
Time: 11:30
Venue: Municipal Auditorium BOOK NOW
Janice Honeyman Mandie van der Spuy
Janice Honeyman will receive the 2025 Legacy Award for her remarkable 55-year career spanning drama, comedy, indigenous stories, classics, opera, musicals, and her beloved annual Pantomime. After receiving the award from Mandie van der Spuy, a member of the FynArts Advisory Board, Janice will engage the audience in an informal, entertaining discussion about her life, called Bio-Natter.
Meet the Festival Artist Date: Sun 8 June
Time: 10:00 Venue: Municipal Auditorium BOOK NOW
Mary Sibande Ngkopoleng Moloi
Mary Sibande, the 2025 Festival Artist, is a key figure in contemporary African art. Ngkopoleng Moloi, editor of ArtThrob, will talk to Mary about her life, inspiration, and her thought-provoking exhibition, I GOT UP AT..., which will be on display in the FynArts Gallery.
Meet the Artists on the Cliffs
Date: Sun 8 June
Time: 11:30
Venue: Windsor Hotel (Whale Room) BOOK NOW
Cecelia Wilmot Ballam Sandra Hanekom
This year ten women artists have created artworks for the Sculpture on the Cliffs exhibition which will remain on the cliffs for the next year. Join Sandra Hanekom, artist and curator, for insights into the artists’ inspiration, creative vision and their interpretation of this year’s theme, Echoes from the Edge.
Warm regards
Mary, Chantel and the FynArts team
HOW TO BOOK
Tickets are available on webtickets, hermanusfynarts.co.za or at Hermanus Tourism, the FynArts Gallery or by e-mail on admin@hermanusfynarts.co.za.
PROGRAMME BOOKLETS Click here for your electronic programme booklet.
We are delivering booklets to regular drop-off points. Click here to collect your copy.
Please let us know if you would like us to send you a few booklets to book clubs, music clubs, U3A, Rotary, or any other organisation whose members would be interested in attending FynArts 2025.
