An international platform for South African thrillers has never been introduced to a more imaginative and exciting show than Koek, where ‘everyone wants a stukkie’, thanks to its talented cast and creative team.
 
As housewife Christelle Smit of Cape Town uncovers proof that her husband is involved with a stripper called Candi Floss, her quest for answers leads her to a realm that is diametrically opposed to the suburban paradise she is familiar with. 
 
In the first episode, this comedic-noir series, which draws inspiration from David Lynch’s work as well as films like, Saw and Fargo, expertly establishes the wicked predicament that a distraught suburban housewife faces when her naive plan to kidnap her husband’s alleged mistress goes catastrophically wrong.  
 
Filmmaker Johannes Pieter Nel (Magda Louw) and writer Christiaan Olwagen (Kanarie, Recipes for Love & Murder) collaborate on this crime comedy. Olwagen has won both the SAFTA and the Silwerskerm awards for his work as a show-runner, his previous series, Recipes for Love and Murder, has now sold to more than 90 countries, and whose film Kanarie, was nominated for a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Film – Limited Release.
 
Christelle, played by Cindy Swanepoel (who won SAFTA and Silwerskerm awards last year for her role as Annelize in Binnelanders), is soon in debt to the brandy-drinking, cigar-smoking, leopard-print-loving, kidney-stealing mob boss played by Sandra Prinsloo, a cinematic legend. 
 
Koek lands on Showmax on 29 February 2024, with new episodes every Thursday until 2 May 2024.
 
-Dirk Lombard Fourie