6 October 2022 | White House Theatre
As part of the Plett Arts Festival, the Plett Food & Film has provided many nights of flavor and laughter with their delightful food and film pairings. This year's festival performance, "A Night of Kalahari Enchantment," at the White House Theatre, is billed as a treat for the senses that shouldn't be missed.
The film, called The Great Dance, a Hunter’s Story. A profound and beautiful documentation of the spiritual synergy and symbiosis of natural beings, as lived out by the San in the Kalahari, was created by Craig Foster and his brother David, twenty years before he won an Academy Award for My Octopus Teacher.
The cooks, performers, and magic makers this year are the Nguni girls, who conjure a simply delicious meal inspired by the Kalahari and flavoured with wild edibles; Dizu Plaatjies—of Amampondo fame, an exceptional instrumentalist on Kora and traditional percussion and string instruments; Was Lemeul reading evocative /Xam poetry of Dia!kwain, Kweiten-ta-//ken, /A!kunta,, /Hanzkass’o and //Kabbo, adapted by Antjie Krog; and, rounding off this feast for the senses, Vanessa Brewer who leads a guided tasting of urban-foraged edible roots, leaves and unexpected delectables.
“On the night of Kalahari enchantment, a hint of mpepu smudges the air. The stick on the string of the bow beats an ancient rhythm and you track back along the annals of time to rituals of respect and spirituality and simple survival – all senses nourished by food, music, poetry and film.” Plett Tourism
