Eat Play Drink Cape Town - with Bianca Lee Coleman

WIDELY regarded as the funniest British sitcom ever made, Blackadder IIis now on BritBox as Lord Blackadder, Baldrick and company celebrate their 40th anniversary with a diabolically scheming cackle. It's comedy gold, courtesy of Rowan Atkinson, Ben Elton and Richard Curtis. Bit newer, and coming on 21 September is season one of long-running (six seasons, 37 episodes) BAFTA-nominated sitcom…

REHEARSALS are in full swing and the countdown is on to the world premiere of the stage adaptation of Damon Galgut’s Booker Prize-winning novel, The Promise.   Club Dezza Productions and The Market Theatre present The Promise – On Stage which will have its world premiere from 16 September to 6 October at The Star Theatre at the Homecoming Centre in Cape Town (formerly The Fugard Theatre). The…

AS an introvert (and other sensitive personality types) living in an extrovert's world, things can get really noisy and overwhelming; advice, often unwelcome, is freely given as to how to be more outgoing and to function "better" in the mayhem. No one suggests how the loud people can learn to be quieter. And that's why Temenos Retreat in McGregor is so important. Its ethos, which you will find…

THE Durbanville Wine Valley is flying its colours ahead of the Rugby World Cup in September with special rugby – braai, biltong and red wine gift boxes.  Inside are two bottles of Durbanville red wine that represent the best of the region's winemaking talents. There are Versus Custom socks with #drinkDurbanville design that set a stylish tone; the all-important biltong, handpicked from the…

STEENBERG Farm's highlight of its Women's Month festivities is the Creator's Dinner on August 30th at 6.30pm, in Bistro1682's main dining area. Hosted by executive chef Kerry Kilpin and Steenberg’s cellar master Elunda Basson, the intimate food and wine pairing, at R750 per person, assures an opulent symphony of the senses. Guests will indulge in a menu featuring canapés and a three-course…

THE 11th kykNET Silwerskerm Film Festival takes place from 23 to 26 August at the Bay Hotel and Theatre on The Bay in Camps Bay. After three days at these venues, the festive glitz moves to the Cape Town International Convention Centre on the Saturday evening, where Silwerskerm statuettes will be presented to this year’s top achievers in film and television. The glamorous new awards ceremony is…

EQUALIZER 3: The Final Chapteropens in all cinemas across the country on September 1, inviting audiences to an exhilarating cinematic experience. Since giving up his life as a government assassin, Robert McCall (Denzel Washington) has struggled to reconcile the horrific things he’s done in the past and finds a strange solace in serving justice on behalf of the oppressed. Finding himself…

JOIN Miles Morales for the next thrilling chapter of the Oscar-winning Spider-Verse saga when the acclaimed Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse arrives on DStv Box Office from 25 August 2023. Packed with all the action, humour and fun audiences have come to expect from this much-loved Marvel character, this animated film picks up where 2018’s Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse(which won Best…

DAY three in Stellenbosch culminated in the Gentleman's Tea at Lanzerac. I generally take issue with unnecessary and arbitrary gendering. Festive season gifts for him and gifts for her make me mad. Braai accessories for men and bubble bath for women - please. Certain clothing, yes, is necessarily tailored to suit different body shapes (which may or may not have anything to do with actual gender),…

THE marathon of drinking wine and eating on day three in Stellenbosch continued with a visit to L'Avenir. We were to have the carpaccio pairing but our good friend Ryan Bredenkamp - one of the jolliest, most fun people I've had the pleasure of wine tasting with over the years - decided that was quite simply not enough, and we had to have the canapés as well. That, along with an…