What’s On: DAM S2 Premieres February 16 Exclusive To Showmax
Showmax has just released the freaky first trailer for S2 of DAM, which premieres on the homegrown African streaming service on 16 February 2023, with new episodes on Thursdays.
Created by four-time SAFTA winner Alex Yazbek, the small town psychological thriller was one of the 10 most-watched titles of 2021 on Showmax and the most nominated drama series at the 2022 SAFTAs, earning rave reviews for breaking the mould of South African TV.
Season 2 is set three months after the Spring Festival. The cult’s ritual sacrifice seems to have worked: rain has come and transformed the land. Yola has no memory of anything since her return for her father’s funeral. Can she put the missing pieces together as diamonds are discovered, a mass grave uncovered and a monster surfaces in the dam?
Lea Vivier and Pallance Dladla return in their SAFTA-nominated roles as Yola and Themba, with Natasha Loring reprising her SAFTA-winning role as Yola’s sister, Sienna. Made in partnership with Picture Tree, the Showmax Original also won Best Art Direction for Sue Steele at the 2022 SAFTAs.
The trailer gives us first glimpses of the impressive returning cast, which includes SAFTA winners Antoinette Louw and Tarryn Wyngaard; Fleur du Cap winner and Africa Movie Academy Award nominee Faniswa Yisa; and Laudo Liebenberg as Rudy and Francis Chouler as Dirk, whose love triangle with Sienna gets even more complicated this season.
DAM S1 is available to stream on Showmax here; S2 launches on 16 February 2023, with new episodes on Thursdays.
