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News

Stay up to date with the latest happenings in the live events and technical production industry. From product launches and training sessions to behind-the-scenes stories and project highlights, our news section is where you’ll find it all.

Get the scoop on what’s new at DWR, follow our journey with industry partners, and discover the people and moments that make our community so unique. Whether you’re looking for inspiration, information, or innovation — this is the place to be.

MagiCo decide on Absen

  While MagiCo SA was only established three years ago, the rental company, based in Vereeniging in the Vaal, is taking confident strides to invest in professional gear, the latest being a PL3.9W Absen LED panel indoor/outdoor screen purchased from

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The Heroes of Aardklop 2019

  Sometimes superheroes don’t wear capes and the technical crew at this year’s Aardklop festival in Potchefstroom rose to the occasion, albeit in jeans and black t-shirts! Held from 22 to 27 September and attended by 10,000 visitors, they worked

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DWR’s service on Absen LED panels

  South African based DWR Distribution is one of the few companies that can repair Absen LED panels locally, right down to component level. “Derrick Kruger, our workshop manager, changes out LEDs and repairs the boards,” explains Bruce Riley of

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DWR welcomes Nicole Barnes

  DWR Distribution is delighted to announce the appointment of Nicole Barnes to the marketing team. Nicole is no stranger to the entertainment industry, previously employed as the Editor at ETECH Magazine, and well known in South Africa for going

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Robe ESPRITES for CMT Artists of The Year Event

  Robe’s brand new ESPRITE moving lights – a powerful, refined 650W luminaire with transferrable white LED engine – made their US live TV debut on the 2019 CMT Artists of the Year event, staged at the impressive Schermerhorn Symphony

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Two DiGiCo SD5s for the Mosaïek Teatro

  The Mosaïek Teatro, a large-capacity venue that forms part of the Mosaïek Church in Fairland, Johannesburg, can accommodate 2 800 people and has become a home to various productions such as Idols South Africa, The Voice finale and international performances

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Hippotizer in command at Cairo’s Panorama Museum

  Cairo, Egypt – Green Hippo, specialist creator of tools for the real-time manipulation of video for the AV industries, has announced that its Hippotizer Media Servers are driving a range of custom high-resolution displays at the newly renovated Panorama

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Astera Titans for Tense Lord of the Flies Production

  Lighting designer Alex Berlage used 36 x Astera Titan Tube battery-powered wireless LED fixtures, each rigged on two individual winches, to produce a range of lighting, location effects, architecture and scenic elements for a compelling and edgy new production

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L-Acoustics demo in Durban

DWR Distribution is pleased to invite companies based in Durban and anyone interested, to attend an L-Acoustics demo to be held at the Glenridge Church in Standford Hill on Tuesday, 29 October. This will an open day, and you are

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Drummer Dale Schnettler on Audix

Established in the mining town of Witbank, Mpumalanga, South Africa’s most celebrated rock band, Prime Circle, signed its first independent local label in 2002 with their successful debut album “Hello Crazy World” topping the national charts for 28 weeks. To

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Robe MegaPointes Get Vertical for KVIFF Opening Ceremony

  Those lucky enough to attend the Opening Ceremony (OC) of the 2019 – and 54th– Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) were treated to a gravity-defying vertical dance performance featuring large-format projection and eight aerialists from Jednotka Rychlého Nasazení

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Robe Fixtures site-wide at Lollapalooza Berlin

  The European summer music festival season wound up with a few notable events including Lollapalooza Berlin, which returned to the Olympiastadion site for the second year with another dazzling lineup including the Swedish House Mafia, UFO361, Kings of Leon,

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Freelancer Josh Ireland on MA E-learning

Freelancer Josh Ireland is a young lighting operator who spent seven months at the Gearhouse Learnership Academy, has worked as an operator and tech for one of South Africa’s special music bands, The Parlotones, and is currently doing animation and

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Classics is Groot

Classic is Groot is a vibrant and spectacular annual production created by Coleske Artists with a glittering line up of South African stars showcasing a series of global classic pop and rock songs presented in an orchestral style. It has

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Nature One Festival dazzles with Hippotizer

  Hasselbach, Germany – More than 50,000 EDM fans descended on a former NATO missile base in August to experience the massive Nature One Festival, known for world-class DJs, multi-stage spectaculars and immersive visuals. Germany-based GERDON Design specified two Green

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DiGiCo SD consoles at Pori Jazz

  Finland’s Pori Jazz Festival is one of the oldest music festivals in the world. Technical provider for the event, leading Finnish rental company Aku’s Factory Oy, provided audio support which included multiple DiGiCo consoles for this iconic event’s main

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New gear for Magnetic Storm Cape Town

  The Magnetic Storm brand was established 38 years ago.  Magnetic Storm, an audio visual and events company, must be doing it right! Creating connected experiences for clients and audiences is their mission. Step into their Cape Town office, headed

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Robe Finds Its Voice in South Africa

The 2019 season of The Voice South Africa saw technical supplier Multi-Media and production manager Chris de Lancey ask lighting designer Joshua Cutts of Visual Frontier onboard to help the team deliver another amazing-looking show … which Josh accomplished with

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Eventech use Absen Polaris for great looking shows

  Eventech, a well-respected technical supply company based in Centurion, Pretoria, are turning heads with their latest Absen Polaris 3.9 indoor / outdoor LED screens which they have inventively incorporated into some really fantastic looking productions. “Our decision to go

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SOS supports National Children’s Theatre

   The SOS, a charity by DWR Distribution, was pleased to bring a smile to the National Children’s Theatre with the donation of two Longman LED RGB Parcans to be used on the upcoming Roald Dahl’s The Witches, staged this

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Gearhouse South Africa Invests in Astera

  Gearhouse South Africa (GHSA) became the latest rental company in the country to invest in Astera wireless LED products since leading sales company DWR Distribution was announced as the distributor in June, with the purchase of 48 x Astera

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The industry and SOS say goodbye to Lebogang

A soldier in the frontline of the South African technical industry, it’s with a sad heart that the industry bid farewell to Lebogang Sediane, a lighting technician and freelancer, regularly working for companies like MGG, Gearhouse, AV Unlimited, Stage Effects

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Audix microphones key to audio makeover of Mythics proportions

Mythics is an award-winning Oracle systems integrator, consulting firm, and managed services provider. Based in Virginia Beach, Virginia, they deliver technology solutions to the federal government, state and local governments, as well as commercial, higher education and research, utilities, and healthcare

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L-Acoustics and DiGiCo, the answer for North-West University

  With its demanding stage playing host to exhibitions, theatre productions, film screenings, dance and musical performances, lectures and ceremonial gatherings, the Sanlam Auditorium at the North-West University Potchefstroom campus, a 957-seater venue, has invested in an L-Acoustics ARCS WiFo

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Rigging Basics Course in JHB & DBN

   Durban and Johannesburg, you asked for it! DWR is pleased to announce a Rigging Basics Training course presented by Robert Izzett. The two-day practical course will be hosted at DWR Johannesburg on 14 and 15 October. For those living

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Apocalypse WOW!

Spanish performance phenomenon Circo de los Horrores (Circus of Horrors) present “Apocalipsis – A Day After”, their fourth epic circus rock opera production combining the drama of theatre, the pumping rhythm of rock ‘n’ roll and the adrenaline buzz of

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Miss South Africa

Courtesy TPMEA (The issue is available online now, so see: https://issuu.com/mondiale/docs/tpmea20_digitallr) One of the most hotly anticipated annual events in the country and a potentially life-changing moment for the participants, there’s a lot riding on a Miss South Africa show.

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New toys for Carnival City

  Carnival City Casino and Entertainment World, a popular entertainment destination in the East Rand of Johannesburg South Africa, recently upgraded their entertainment facilities with a dot2 XL-F, StageDex and power distribution equipment, all purchased from DWR Distribution. Three venues

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Claypaky has a new CEO

  Claypaky is pleased to announce that Marcus Graser is, with immediate effect, the new CEO of the Company. Marcus takes the place of Pio Nahum who, starting from 1 October 2019, will retire after spending 30 years in the

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Titan Tubes Have a Voice in South Africa

Leading South African lighting designer Joshua Cutts from Visual Frontier used Astera Titan Tubes to light various segments of the final of The Voice South Africa 2019, which was staged at the Mosaïek Teatro in Fairlands, Johannesburg, and broadcast on

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grandMA3 for Little Theatre

  The Little Theatre, based at the University of South Africa in Pretoria, has upgraded to a grandMA3 light console as the theatre moves into its dance season, hosting various performances from ballet to contemporary. “Although our previous console served

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dB Audio promotes diversity

Sarah Rushton-Read visited Mediatech 2019 . She met up with the team at dB Audio, and we are very grateful for this wonderful story,  as featured on LSi on Line. Thanks Sarah! Save As PDF

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Quantum Synergy with DiGiCo and Autograph

  July saw well over 100 delegates assembled at the Jerwood Vanbrugh Theatre, (one of three theatres within the central London campus of RADA, The Royal Academy Of Dramatic Art), for a review of DiGiCo’s new Quantum Engine and designed-for-theatre

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Prolific JMT enjoys success with Green Hippo 

  Haines City FL, USA – Jorge Toro’s company, JMT Show Concepts, is a specialist in media playback systems, providing rental and operation of solutions for concert touring, corporate events and various one-off special shows. For the past year or

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CRC Johannesburg the place to be

  Having congregated in the Barnyard Theatre in Rivonia, and filing the venue to its maximum capacity, the CRC Church took a massive undertaking, a ten-month project, to build a brand new 6 000-seater church in Fourways with the aim to

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The industry joins forces at SOS charity dinner

On 18 July, an impressive contingent of industry leaders gathered at The Venue in Melrose Arch to participate in the second SOS Dinner, a fundraising event hosted by DWR Distribution to assist people and families in the theatre and live

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Astera at PLASA 2019

Innovative German LED manufacturer Astera – integrated into the Ambersphere booth – showed its complete rangeof way-cool battery-powered wirelessly-operated LED products at PLASA 2019 in London, including the entire Titan family! This comprised the award-winning and hugely popular standard 1-meter

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Vari-Lite’s VL2600 Spot luminaires shine for RTL’s Télévie

Belgium – Filipe Dos Santos, director of photography at RTL Belgium, called on the high-performance features of the VL2600 Spotluminaire from Vari-Lite,aSignify(Euronext: LIGHT) entertainment lighting brand,in his design for Belgium’s annual charity television broadcast, Télévie. Produced by RTL-TVI, Télévieraises funds

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Robe Returns to The Future at PLASA 2019

Inspired by the launch of its new PLASA Innovation Award-winning ESPRITE moving light with fully replaceable LED engine and a host of other ground-breaking features and the iconic Back to The Futuremovie franchise … Robe presented the first in a

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Behind South Africa’s Innibos Festival

Power to the people An enormous thanks to Ledetta Asfa-Wossen and Simon Luckhurst from Pro AVL MEA  for covering the Innibos event. Beautiful photos thanks to Anriette van Wyk of Kief Kreativ. Story below. Ready for the stage Extensive preparations

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Audix review with Fanie Pieterse

    While some people use products, others live products and freelancer Fanie Pieterse of CPS Audio could very well be a brand ambassador for Audix. He recently acquired an Audix Studio Elite set of microphones which he has used

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Robe for Sziget 2019 Main Stage

“The power of our diversity unites us” screamed the headers emblazoning the Main Stage at Budapest’s fabulous Sziget Festival, which saw another amazing lineup including Martin Garrix, The 1975, Florence + The Machine, Foo Fighters and Ed Sheeran amongst many

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Roodepoort Theatre upgrade to L-Acoustics

  The Roodepoort Theatre has seen various transformations since opening her doors in 1981, but one of the most recent has been the investment of an L-Acoustics ARCS WiFo system supplied and installed by DWR Distribution earlier this year. Initially

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Thank you for helping

    Hi to our amazing industry I wanted to thank everyone for their love and support at the SOS Charity evening held in July. Because of you, we have been able to reach out and help people in our

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Hippotizer tools up for battleROYAL

Buenos Aires, Argentina – Berlin-based creative studio battleROYAL recently drew on the power of Green Hippo’s Hippotizer Media Servers to provide a dazzling ‘product experience’ at a corporate event devised for a leading financial services provider. The new Platinum Corporate

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Shu could do with a helping hand!

Christopher Smith (40), better known by his friends as Shu, is a production rigger based in Kwazulu Natal. A knee injury has kept him from working, and while he has finally been given a date for an operation to take

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Beauty from ashes

  It was devastating to hear that the home of Aaron McIlroy and his wife, Lisa Bobbert, burnt down in Durban while the couple were at the Grahamstown National Arts Festival in July, performing in the hilarious comedy shows Bloopers

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Robe at PLASA London 2019

  Robe embraces the spirit and dynamics of multiculturalism and the unmistakable joie de vivrethat marks London as an entertainment hub and PLASA 2019 as a key exhibition and meeting point for the worlds of theatre, performance, rental and staging

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SOS! Baby Uriah needs help

  Jonathan Linley, an audio engineer, musician, worship leader and now pastor at Relentless Love Church, and his wife Carina, are raising funds for their son Uriah. Sixteen-month-old Uriah has just undergone surgery for a cochlear implant to develop his

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SOS at the Hilton Arts Festival

DWR Distribution’s SOS Charity Fund is proud to once again support the Hilton Arts Festival to be held from the 13 – 15 September at the Hilton College in Hilton, KwaZulu Natal. The sponsorship includes bussing thirty children from the

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Robe launches new ESPRITE LED moving light

Moving light manufacturer Robe launches its new ESPRITE™ LED moving light today at : https://vimeo.com/357499120/a0d2b344f0 ESPRITE pioneers a new era in LED engines! This very bright and precise moving light is the first to use Robe’s ground-breaking new generation 650W

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Robert Juliat at PLASA 2019

  Robert Juliat will be exhibiting at PLASA 2019 on Stand K40dwith exclusive UK distributor, Ambersphere Solutions, where it will demonstrate SpotMe, its award-winning, bespoke 3D position-tracking system for followspots, which earned Robert Juliat a PLASA Award for Innovation in

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Rigging Basics Course in Cape Town

Join Robert Izzett from DWR Distribution in Cape Town as he presents a Rigging Basics training course. The course will be held on 11 and 12 September from 9am to 5pm, at DWR Cape Town, Unit 74D, Platinum Junction Business

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Resounding YES at L-ISA demo experience

DWR Distribution presented an exclusive L-ISA technology demo experience at the Mosaïek Teatro in Fairlands, Johannesburg, home to The Voice South Africa, which was attended by over one hundred innovation-seeking industry leaders from rental companies and television studios, as well

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Rocking the Castle with Robe

Lighting designer Jiri Roucek is enjoying a busy summer as the LD for leading Czech pop-rock band Krystof and has also created the production design for the main stage of the 2019 Ceske Hrady Festival tour, a two-day event with

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Green Hippo Training

  You are invited to a Green Hippo training session, designed to show you how to operate, configure and get the most of your Hippotizer media server, presented by DWR’s Dylan Jones from 19 to 20 September. The hands-on course

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Vectorworks Training

  Basic, Intermediate and Advanced Vectorworks Training, presented by Dylan Jones, will be hosted from 23 to 27 September at DWR Distribution in Johannesburg. The Course will be split up into Basic Training (23 September) at R850 per person, Intermediate

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Training on Networking and Lighting Protocols 

  You are invited to attend a Networking and Lighting Protocols Workshop presented by Jannie De Jager on 29 October at DWR Distribution. A reliable and powerful network is important and crucial in today’s projects. You can compare a network

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Waves Training

    The South African audio industry is invited to attend Waves Training, presented by Kyle Robson, on the 1st October at DWR Distribution, Johannesburg. Get familiar with Waves Live, Sound Grid Network, Multi-Rack, eMotion LVI and discover a range of

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MA Fixture Builder Training

The MA Fixture Building training session, presented by DWR Distribution’s Jannie de Jager, will be hosted on 21 October in Johannesburg and will be well worth attending. The MA Fixture Builder is a tool to create fixture types. It has

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grandMA2 Advanced Training

  The grandMA2 Advanced User Training Course will take you through the refined features of the console, teaching you complex techniques and allowing you to take programming to the next level. Join Jannie de Jager on 9 and 10 September

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DiGiCo Training JHB

DiGiCo users are invited to join Kyle Robson from DWR Distribution for training that covers the SD Series, Racks and Solutions, Klang, Recording and Waves and a list of tips and tricks that make working on this audio platform so

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Braceworks for MGG

  MGG is the first rental technical company in South Africa to invest in Braceworks, an add-on module for Vectorworks Spotlight, which helps ensure safety and compliance and is an easy way to assess a temporary structure under load. Gone

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dot2 training coming up in Joburg!

You are invited to join DWR’s Ole Boinamo for dot2 training to be hosted on 2ndand 3rdSeptember from 9am to 5pm. The dot2 is a powerful and easy to operate console. Ole will cover topics including patching, groups, presets, executors,

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Astera is a Match for the Titans

Titan Fitness is an independently owned fitness studio in Coogee, a coastal suburb of NSW, Australia, that prides itself on being a unique experience with a dedicated team of instructors and experts plus state-of-the-art facilities focussed on offering the highest

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New lighting and audio for the Joburg Theatre

  Joburg Theatre’s longstanding technical crew, headed by Enos Ramoroko, were jubilant to receive new equipment to complement their very busy and well looked-after theatre situated on Braamfontein hill.  DWR Distribution delivered twenty Vari-Lite VL2600 Spots and four Robert Juliat

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Robin 600+ LEDWash paves the way for Stage Effects

  South African based technical equipment supplier, Stage Effects, has acquired 24 Robin 600+ LEDWash fixtures from DWR Distribution. Theo Papenfus, the owner of Stage Effects, explains that when he was awarded as a contractor for two long-running events it

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Robe Jazzes it Up in Ghent

Mainstage artists at the 2019 Ghent Jazz Festival were illuminated by 86 Robe moving lights–including 35 brand-new T1s – in a slick production lighting design created by Bart Weyts of L&L Stage Services, the company providing technical production – lightning,

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Astera at the Heart of Mark Ronson Festival Look

Festival season is here, and with it the fine art of performers touring their own distinctive-but-practical visual ‘specials’ packages, carefully imagined to ensure that their show has the edge! Mark Ronson’s stunning “Broken Heart” visual and lighting design is among

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Robe iPointes Beat the Elements

Robe’s new IP65 rated iPointe moving lights were prominent among lighting fixtures on the main stage at this year’s Elements Festival, a 2-day showcase of great vibes and fabulous house music – techno and tech house to future house, hardstyle

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Prolyte Stands Strong at Mediatech Africa 2019

Mediatech Africa 2019 saw Dutch truss experts Prolyte exhibit and inform. Prolyte were displaying their best selling and newest products whilst making connections with prospective clients and keeping in touch with existing ones. The newest addition to the Prolyte products

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Robe shine at Mediatech Africa

Robe has been celebrating its 25th year and some of the team – led CEO Josef Valchar and international sales director Harry von den Stemmen – helped bring their party to Mediatech Africa 2019. The Robe stand was home to

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ClayPaky Celebrates a Successful Mediatech Africa 2019

The Italian lighting leader, ClayPaky enjoyed a crowed filled Mediatech Africa 2019. Mediatech housed a ClayPaky stand that displayed some their best-selling products and their new fixture, the Xtylos. Massimo Bolandrina, sales manager at ClayPaky, extends his praise to the

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Vectorworks is key to South Africa’s biggest shows

Vectorworks is an American company that offers industry-leading CAD product that aids designers in their drawings. Designing industry-specific products Vectorworks offers Spotlight, a CAD solution dedicated to the entertainment industry with the intent to be the ultimate cross-platform CAD solution

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DiGiCo makes Quantum leap at Montreux jazz festival

  For 11 years, top British console manufacturer, DiGiCo, has proudly supported the iconic Montreux Jazz festival. At this year’s event, the company introduced its latest ground-breaking product development, the new SD7 Quantum console, plus the 32-bit ‘Ultimate Stadius’ Microphone

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MGG invest in Scenius Unicos

  Rental company MGG, the largest Claypaky stockists in South Africa, have purchased6 Scenius Unicos from DWR Distribution. “We initially received the Scenius Unicos as demo units and it was love at first light,” said Denzil Smith from MGG. “In

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L-Acoustics A15 Demo

DWR Distribution welcomes you to join us for a demo of the new L-Acoustics A15 Loudspeakers. Those attending will be treated to listening to the French loudspeaker Manufacturer’s latest output with DWR audio experts in attendance to answer your questions.

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Lighting upgrade at Cliffview Primary

  With a strive for excellence by teachers and parents alike, Cliffview Primary have acquired a lighting system from DWR Distribution comprising of a Strand 200 Plus and LED Parcans. Situated in Northcliff, Johannesburg, Cliffview Primary is a government school

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Emphasis on safety as Ron StageMaster visit South Africa

As live production stages get bigger, heavier and more complicated with equipment suspended above the audience, safety is imperative. Ilan Bahar from Eilon Ron StageMaster recently visited South Africa, and in conjunction with local distributor DWR Distribution, presented load cell

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All Cool T1s for Les Mis Production in Warsaw

The mercury hit record highs as Warsaw sizzled in the European summer heatwave, whilst theatregoers visiting the Stanisław Witkiewicz STUDIO Theatre were treated to an equally hot performance of Cameron Mackintosh’s blockbusting musical ‘Les Misérables’ (school edition) staged by the  Śródmiejski Teatr

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Vari-Lite and Strand deliver state-of-the-art performance for Houston’s new $88m Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts

Advanced performance lighting systems Vari-Lite and Strand,Signify (Euronext: LIGHT) entertainment lighting brands, are meeting the demand for state-of-the-art technology at the new $88m Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (HSPVA) in Houston, Texas. The flagship education and arts facility features more than 600

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T1s A Top Choice for Wilminktheater & Muziekcentrum

Live music, dance and performance are popular entertainment and pastimes in the Netherlands and the Wilminktheater & Muziekcentrum concert hall in Enschede are two fully spec’d and busy venues located just across the road from one another, hosting a diversity

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See you soon Jordan from Robe!

Jordan Tinniswood is a lighting and media technician at Robe Lighting. We look forward to welcoming him to South Africa! When are you happiest? I’m most happy when I’m spending quality time with my family, even though I love my

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Rigging Safety by Robert Izzett @ Mediatech

Robert Izzett from DWR Distribution will cover some of the basics that are often overlooked when calculating loads on trussing in a practical way. The consequences of getting these calculations wrong can be costly in both material and sadly sometimes

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The Who Moves on with Astera

    Lighting designer Tom Kenny specified 42 Astera Titan Tubes to be an integral part of the lighting rig for legendary rockers The Who. Their critically acclaimed Moving On!tour has just finished the first leg and will play 31

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Mikel-Jes Kicks Off MTC Premiership Awards

The MTC Namibia Premier League is the official football association of Namibia and their MTC Premiership Awards that took place on the 16th of June is an end-of-season awards ceremony that celebrates the football season and its top players. The

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Peter Rieck presents engaging studio lighting workshop

– Courtesy David Cornwell from ETECH magazine   DWR Distribution hosted an informative studio lighting workshop at the company’s offices in Roodepoort, Johannesburg. This well-attended full-day session was run by Peter Rieck of Rieck’s lighting, who provided an overview of

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Robe – Rock in the Budapest Park with Vad Fruttik

Hungarian alt-rock band Vad Fruttik (Wild Fruits) headlined a special concert to celebrate the 8th season opening of Budapest Park, one of the largest outdoor venues in Europe. Lighting designer Peter Pálocska from rental company Lajter Light – also based

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Welcome to Alex from Fenix

Our international visitors have been absolutely wonderful in sharing fun photos and some interesting information about themselves and Alex Bryan, director of sales and marketing at Fenix, was no different! We love this photo, taken at the Huacachina oasis desert

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Can’t wait to see Qincy from MA

Qincy, officially known as Michael Strathmann, will be in South Africa to attend Mediatech 2019. Having visited South Africa on numerous occasions, he has left his mark in our hearts and we really can’t wait to see him again. Qincy

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See you soon Grant Bales-Smith!

Representing the Vari-Lite and Strand brands, the lovely Grant Bales-Smith, Sales Manager Entertainment EMEA from Signify, will be back in South Africa and it will be wonderful to catch up with him again. Would you rather go thirty days without

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Josef from Robe at Mediatech Africa

DWR is continually amazed by Josef Valchar, CEO at Robe Lighting. It’s refreshing to see someone who has risen to fame, always have time to listen to what people have to say. He treats each person that crosses his path

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See you soon Ricky from Absen!

Ricky Qiu, sales manager from Absen, is a regular visitor to South Africa and we look forward to welcoming him to the country once again. Absen will have their own stand at Mediatech Africa, so be sure to pop by.

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Simon from Pro AVL MEA to visit SA!

Simon Luckhurst is the Editor of Pro AVL MEA and we have to give him an enormous thanks for all the media coverage the magazine affords to the South African industry. Simon will be attending Mediatech Africa 2019. What did

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Welcome to SA, Radim from Robe!

Radim Žlebek is a Product Manager at Robe, and will be manning the Robe stand at this year’s Mediatech Africa. We loved his answers. What things do you do every day that you wish could be automated? That would require

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See you soon Suzy from Green Hippo!

Suzy Stenning is a product specialist at Green Hippo, and has presented training at DWR before. We can’t wait to see her again   If you were a pair of shoes, what kind would you be? Who would want to

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Justin of Mondiale to visit South Africa

If you want to have a chat with someone who loves his family, loves the industry and has a delightful sense of humour, make sure you get to chat to Justin Gawne, CEO of Mondiale Media, during Mediatech Africa 2019.

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Welcome to Iveta from Visual Productions BV

Clearly, a dreamer at heart, meet Iveta Cevorova, Art Director at Visual Productions BV, a fashion photographer and marketing manager. We look forward to meeting you at Mediatech Africa.     If you could ask advice from any historical figure,

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Ahoy Maarten from Visual Productions!

  Maarten Engels is the Managing Director at Visual Productions BV. He speaks of his adventure out at sea. What event in your life would make a good movie? I try to keep my life calm and boring, without too

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Breakthru Life Church Illuminates its Congregants

With the construction of their new auditorium Breakthru Life Church wanted a new lighting solution to suit their needs. Their lighting needs were met by DWR Distribution, a leading distributor of lighting and audio equipment in South Africa, who provided

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Welcome Jim from Vectorworks

We look forward to meeting Jim Woodward, Sr. Entertainment Product Specialist at Vectorworks, who will be attending Mediatech Africa.   The worst advice you were ever given? Get a real job, there’s no future in the concert industry.   The

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Hello 007!

South Africa, please meet Robe’s Secret Agent, Harry von den Stemmen.… but you can call him 007! Harry is an International Sales Director for Robe, and more than that, our friend. Would you rather have Batman’s skills, money, equipment and

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Hello Mark from Quest

Mark Ladewig is from Quest, and we will excuse him from helping out at the braai!   What’s your biggest kitchen fail? Cooking Chicken in a pizza oven   Are you of the naughty or nice variety? Naughty Save As

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Welcome to SA Tomáš from Robe

Robe will be hosting their own exhibition stand at Mediatech Africa, and Tomáš Kohout is the Robe Exhibition Coordinator. He is pictured here with his nephew 😉  (too cute!)     Most adventurous thing you’ve ever done? Don’t know if

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Welcome Juan from Fenix

DWR looks forward to meeting Juan Bautista, Fenix’s Area Sales Manager for Africa. What animal would you choose as your animal sidekick if you were in a movie? I would choose (a) Chewbacca. They know how to drive a spaceship,

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See you soon Andreas

  We look forward to welcoming Andreas Witt, Art Director of the Lightpower Collection, to the country. The Lightpower Collection features Neal Preston’s Rock ‘n Roll photography and includes prints of every major artist in rock history. Would you rather

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Absen to showcase at Mediatech

Absen is excited to promote a range of LED display products at Mediatech Africa, a tradeshow targeted at professionals from the live and entertainment installation sectors in Africa, held at the Ticketpro Dome in Johannesburg from 17 to 19 July.

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DWR to distribute KLOTZ AIS cables in South Africa

  Germany’s KLOTZ AIS, synonymous with cable products of the highest quality since 1979, has appointed DWR Distribution as its new distribution partner for South Africa with immediate effect. As a global leader in design, production and marketing of audio,

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Princess Cruises Welcomes L-ISA Onboard

Two Princess Cruises ships – Diamond Princess and Sun Princess – have undergone a major upgrade to their entertainment offerings with a new approach to live sound, bringing L-ISA Hyperreal Sound and Immersive Hyperreal Sound experiences to their guests. Princess

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Church gets Great Sound for their Sermons

Saint Thomas Church in Linden South Africa sought to upgrade their sound, they were looking for a quality solution that would not detract from the churches looks and not break the bank. They got their solution from DWR Distribution, a

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Final push to help Landy

  DWR Distribution and the SOS are asking you to help Landy Yeatman from Pristine Moods Productions. Landy (44) is a single mom with two daughters. While Landy has been fighting Stage 3B Breast cancer and the medical aid has

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Welcome Daniel from MA Lighting

It has been such fun to get all the responses to our silly questions.  Check out what Daniel Kannenberg, Technical Support at MA Lighting had to say: Would you rather have a third eye or a third arm? Having a

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Hello Paul Hadfield!

Paul Hadfield, Prolyte Group Distributor Manager, will be in South Africa for Mediatech. By reading his feedback, one can’t help wondering if he wouldn’t be as comfortable behind an audio console as he is working with trussing!   Your Biggest

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Louise Stickland to visit Mediatech Africa

A dear friend to so many of us in South Africa, and someone who has promoted our local stories internationally, it is a great pleasure to welcome Louise Stickland to Mediatech Africa 2019. Louise is a talented journalist and is

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Prolyte’s John will be in SA soon!

     You’ll definitely laugh when you read John Postma’s feedback! John, a sales and support representative at Prolyte, is no stranger to South Africa and will be back for Mediatech. He had some pretty cool stories to share!  

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DWR invites you to Mediatech Africa 2019!

DWR Distribution looks forward to meeting friends in the industry at Mediatech Africa, the largest media and entertainment technology trade show in Africa, to be hosted from 17 to 19 July at the Ticketpro Dome in Johannesburg. Visit us at

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Mediatech Africa 2019 will have Quest Engineering

Quest Engineering will exhibit at this year’s Mediatech Africa in Johannesburg hosted at the Ticketpro Dome from the 17th to the 19th July 2019. Audio professionals at the trade show can look forward to meeting with Frank Andrewartha, the product

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Visual Productions Will be at Mediatech Africa 2019

Visual Productions BV will exhibit their range architectural lighting controllers at Mediatech Africa in Johannesburg on July 17-19, 2019. In close cooperation with South African distributor DWR Distribution, we invite lighting professionals from the African region to visit the Ticketpro

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Clay Paky Exhibiting at Mediatech Africa 2019

Claypaky will be making its way to Mediatech Africa 2019, a biennial advanced media and entertainment technology trade show in Johannesburg. Held at the Ticketpro Dome from the 17th to the 19th of July, Claypaky will be at stand number

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See you soon Jessica from Absen!

Jessica Xiao is the bubbly African Manager for Absen, who will have their own stand at this year’s Mediatech Africa 2019. We asked her a few questions:     What skill or craft would you like to master? I would love

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Welcome Dave from Robe

Dave Whitehouse, we can’t wait to see you! Dave is a Theatre Products Manager at Robe Lighting s.r.o.Here are some of his thoughts.   What is your earliest memory? Being attacked by seagulls!   If you had 1 million dollars

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Robe at Mediatech Africa 2019

Robe Lighting heads for South Africa to present a selection of its latest moving lights and LED technology on stand – C18 – at Mediatech Africa, Africa’s leading media and entertainment technology tradeshow, hosted at the Ticketpro Dome in Johannesburg,

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Welcome Ian from DiGiCO

  We are all looking forward to meeting Ian Staddon, Vice President of Sales at DiGiCo at Mediatech Africa.   What is your favourite movie? Blues Brothers  The worst advice you were ever given? Eat this fish, it’s really good,

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Welcome to Sarah from The Fifth Estate

It will be absolutely wonderful to meet up with Sarah Rushton-Read from The Fifth Estate once again! Boss Lady Sarah is a journalist, the queen of PR and a great adventure seeker. This is what she had to say:  

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Welcome Frank from Quest!

Quest Engineering will have their own stand at this year’s Mediatech Africa. We asked Frank Andrewartha a few questions – he is clearly an animal lover!   Frank Andrewartha Export Manager   What personality trait has gotten you in the

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Prolyte to exhibit at Mediatech

  Prolyte, the leading manufacturer of trussing, staging, electrical hoists and outdoor stage construction, looks forward to meeting up with existing and new customers at Mediatech, booth C25, to be held at the Ticketpro Dome in Johannesburg from 17 to

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Welcome Tim from L-Acoustics

DWR is super excited to welcome our international guests to South Africa for Mediatech. We have asked each visitor to answer some questions – things you may not know about them! Tim McCall L-Acoustics Sales Manager   If you had

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Norwood Productions Rock the Good Luck Bar

Norwood Productions, a South African Audio and Lighting rental solutions company, used some of the recently purchased lighting gear from DWR Distribution, to treat the audience attending the MEUTE, a German self-described Techno Marching Band, performance at the Good Luck

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Audio Workshop for the Future of Sound Engineering

The Academy of Sound Engineering Cape Town, a tertiary institution for the entertainment industry, and DWR Distributions, a sound and lighting distributor from South Africa, teamed up for an Audio Workshop to give the sound engineering students exposure and practice

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Astera Announces DWR as South African distributor

  Leading battery powered wireless LED manufacturer Astera LED has announced DWR Distribution as its exclusive distributor in South Africa which will include other southern and central African countries. DWR is headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, with bases in Cape

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Rivers Church expand to Kyalami

The Rivers Church in Sandton has a growing number of congregants, which is always great news for a church. It means their message is being well received and people are enjoying the sermons. Not wanting to overcrowd their church in

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Lee Oosthuizen needs your help

  The SOS charity fund has joined hands with the entertainment industry to raise funds for Lee Oosthuizen’s hip replacement. The fundraising target is R300 000 and the donations to date are just under R40 000, so with a bit

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Netflix Gets the Keystone Treatment

Keystone Productions, a South African Audio and lighting rental company, were tasked with handling the sound for the South African Premier of the Netflix Original Homecoming at the University of Johannesburg Arts Centre Theatre, chronicling Beyoncé’s performance at Coachella. The

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Selby’s Invest in L-Acoustics

Selby’s Productions have been servicing the events and conferencing world since 1980 and as they know their way around the industry they had made the decision on upgrading their PA by way of L-Acoustics Kara, making Selby’s the first Durban

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MagiCo Meets DiGiCo

MagiCo SA, an audio and lighting rental company based in Vereeniging South Africa, has invested in two new DiGiCo consoles namely the S21 and the S31. The DiGiCo consoles and training were supplied by DWR Distributions, a leading distributor of

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Anolis Shines in the Sun

  The Suncoast Casino in Durban KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa has a brand new Anolis lighting scheme which was designed and specified by Joao Viegas and Paul Pamboukian of architectural lighting design practice. While Paul and Joao presented and drove the

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Robert Juliat Dalis provides a green answer for RTL TVI

RTL-TVI, a Belgian television station owned by the RTL Group, is the most popular television channel within French-speaking Belgium. Amongst its highlights is its coverage of Champions League football which it delivers from an exciting, versatile virtual studio in Brussels,

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Unlimited Events create magic with Absen 

  Unlimited Events Group has incorporated their Absen D2V 2.9mm panels to add a technical edge and unlimited possibilities to various high-profile events. The most recent highlights on the Johannesburg calendar include the new Sasol Energy Television Commercial Campaign launch which took place at

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Robe Goes Sunshine for The Kooks

 Popular UK band The Kooks have just completed the latest UK and European leg of an ongoing world tour in support of their fifth studio album, Lets Go Sunshine, which dropped late last summer and hit a Top 10 in the UK.  Jordon

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Ancienne Belgique stays versatile with DiGiCO

Ancienne Belgique is steeped in musical history and is arguably Brussels’ most important live music venue. A multi-application space spanning several floors and incorporating two live rooms and a recording studio, it is often the first stop on the touring

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Robe Dares to Dream at Eurovision 2019

Unashamed glitter, glamour, spandex, multicolour, bounce, camp costumes, fun and some properly superlative pop songs hit the airwaves hard and reverberated around Hall 2 of Expo Tel Aviv, Israel for the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest – currently the world’s largest

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CRC invest in trusty DiGiCo

CRC has opened a brand-new church located in Fourways, Johannesburg and has chosen a DiGiCo system to meet their audio requirements, with the 6,000-capacity venue choosing an SD12 for front of house, an SD9 at monitors and a, SD9 for

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Robe Supports Prague Quadrennial 2019

Robe is delighted to be involved as a supporter of the 2019 Prague Quadrennial which is being artistically directed by scenic lighting and costume designer Markéta Fantová and runs 6th – 16th June at the Vystaviste Praha (Prague Exhibition Grounds)

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