Robe’s award-winning iBOLT – a unique, innovative, hugely bright moving light fixture that is the first real replacement for conventional high powered xenon searchlights – has been approved by authorities for use in the USA and is now available for the North American market. iBOLT utilizes a potent laser

  Floridian hard rockers Creed reunited and hit the road for their first tour in 11 years, creating a maelstrom of energy and momentum so successful that it propelled their music back into the Billboard charts, together with this year’s new “Summer of 99”, and “Are You Ready?” tours, which

UK-based lighting designer Phil Supple utilised 56 x Astera Tubes – 40 x Titan and eight each Hyperion and Helios – to illuminate 137 windows across 57 rooms at the George Heriot School in Edinburgh, Scotland, for “Where to Begin”, the opening event of the 2024 Edinburgh International Festival (EIF).

For Acoustic Star Events, supplying the full technical support for the Zee Nation Fest marked a defining moment in the company’s journey. Established in 2013 by Tshwane University of Technology graduate Katlego Masoga and University of Johannesburg’s graduate Khutso Kekana, Acoustic Star Events is poised for growth. It is not

  CALICO PRO by tvONE is the first of a new line of ultra-powerful video processors with multi-window, multi-screen and multi-layer based upon tvONE’s latest, fifth generation 4K/8K, 10bit processing engine on a new, high bandwidth, flexible, 2RU hardware platform. Capable of end-to-end 4:4:4 processing, combined with the highest quality

2x HDMI output Hippotizer system to effortlessly drive smaller live events and installations. Product Benefits: 2x HDMI Production Outputs 4K Control outputs for ZooKeeper – 1 x HDMI 2.0 and 1 x DP1.2 4K Capture option (HDMI 2.0) 2TB Media Storage Size Camera tracking features enable creative content mapping!  Create

When an international group invites its employees to an event, sometimes an exhibition centre facility is sufficient. Schoko Pro GmbH in Wiesbaden recently organised a corporate event of this capacity at the Stockholm Exhibition Centre. For the lighting of the entire day’s celebration, involving both conference and gala spaces, the

Onboard reliability is key for Norwegian singer-songwriter and record producer Marie Ulven Ringheim’s indie pop project, Girl in Red. The latest tour has seen the band grow, not only in size, but venue capacity. Larger venues meant higher complexity and production values, and sound engineers Kris Derry and Matt Wickens

  DWR Distribution is excited to share that the popular International Rigging Training is back, led by Ruud de Deugd! Known for his rigging expertise and as the founder of T & E Support, Ruud can’t wait to return to South Africa for this sought-after course. Mark your calendars for

Showcase, a new addition to Vectorworks Spotlight, enables streamlined previsualization directly in the software’s interface. With version 2025, you’ll be able to design and test your show in just one software program. Showcase is specifically created for entertainment design and production professionals. These tools and commands allow you to previz

  Lightweight, compact, highly reliable and rugged power distribution and stage-ready “turtle” boxes! Meet the Power Turtle by Neutrik! DWR currently have stock of the X CPTX-T1-T7  and  CPTM/S1 /T12.   Power Turtle X CPTX-T1-T7  1 x powerCON TRUE1 TOP In- 7 x powerCON® TRUE1® TOP Out  – Indoor (IP20) Power

The next generation, scalable IP intercom platform integrating the full range of FreeSpeak wireless, HelixNet wired as well as interfacing via I.V. Direct, Dante, 2-wire partyline and 4-wire. A powerhouse of intercom, with flexible licensing to right-size to any use case and expand as you grow, all in a 1RU

Australian lighting designer Daniel Gordon – known industry-wide as Gordo – wanted to create a unique lighting ambience that was transportable and transposable anywhere around the globe for the ongoing “Living Room Sessions” world tour by indie folk rockers Angus & Julia Stone. He turned to 48 of Astera’s powerful

An unmissable event for theatre lovers, the Festival d’Avignon celebrates its 78th edition in 2024. Founded in 1947 by Jean Vilar, this major international performing arts event attracts thousands of enthusiasts each summer to various venues around the city. At the heart of the festival, the Cour d’Honneur of the

When you need BIG bold beautiful fat beams for a monumental lighting scheme … Robe’s iBOLTS, iFORTES and iFORTE LTXs are rad! All of these fixture types were prominent on a number of spectacular lighting installations designed by Centrum Production and delivered by VEG (Visual Europe Group) for the 2024

  DWR Distribution is excited to offer the Sharp/NEC PA804UL and PA1004UL laser projectors at special prices, while stocks last. Experience NEC’s innovative super-silent technology, now perfect for even larger spaces with these powerful projectors. These units deliver impressive vivid colour and contrast, with brilliant whites and a wide colour

Robe moving lights – ESPRITES, Spiiders, iSpiiders and iFORTE LTXs used as follow spots – all had great impact on the lighting and set designed by Simon Corder for Opera Hedeland’s La fanciulla del West (Girl of the Golden West) by Puccini, which is set in a ‘Gold Rush’ prospecting

       Green Day continues “The Saviors Tour 2024” with Claypaky Tambora Flash fixtures from Upstaging accompanying the band on their world tour.  Tambora Flash is a unique hybrid fixture that acts simultaneously as a strobe, wash and blinder, specifically designed for use in a linear array. The band’s sold out

Located in Baarn, in the Utrecht region right in the centre of The Netherlands, Speeldoos Theatre is a vibrant local and national hub for culture including film screenings and all types of live performing arts – music, cabaret, dance, drama, etc. Last year, the venue, which has a cosy 343-seat

  DWR invites you to join Andreas van Niekerk from Sennheiser and Darren Durbach for a one-hour training and demonstration session focusing on Wired Microphones, particularly the 435 and 445 models. The sessions will be held at DWR Distribution on October 23rd, with available slots at 10:30 AM, 11:30 AM,

Astera, renowned for its battery-powered, remote-controlled LED lights in the film and event lighting industries, recently hosted distributor training in Munich, Germany. DWR Distribution was invited to enhance their expertise with the latest product knowledge and maintenance practices. Johny Scholtz from DWR took part in the Train the Trainer sales

The stars gathered onstage, backstage and at the stage right artists bar in Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena packed with music fans and anticipation for a special concert … “Toby Keith: American Icon”, a heartfelt tribute to late singer-songwriter Toby Keith, who in addition to being an outstanding musician and performer, was

  DWR Distribution was thrilled to welcome Della Leung and Gary Guo from Magnimage, a company known for its video switchers and other great products, to South Africa! Magnimage has rapidly gained traction in the country, with products such as the MIG EC90, W4000 and W2000 in high demand and

  Robe lighting enjoyed a brilliant PLASA 2024 expo in London Olympia, tapping into the hustle and energy of the show which is again a vibrant landmark on the UK production technology industry calendar. Four new products were launched by the Czechia-based manufacturer – the iFORTE Fresnel, the PAINTE Fresnel,

  DWR Distribution, a distributor in the South African audiovisual market, takes pleasure in announcing its recent appointment as a distributor for BirdDog, a globally recognized company specializing in a wide range of equipment including NDI encoders and decoders, PTZ cameras, and control software designed for the video production and

  Creative Technology Middle East (CTME) is based in the UAE, KSA, & Qatar, and delivers technical design, planning and production for some of the most ambitious and dynamic live events and system integration projects in the region. Creative Technology has been steadily investing in new Robe moving light fixtures

Houston and San Antonio, Texas-based rental and event production solutions company LD Systems has invested in 32 x new Robe iFORTE LTX moving lights, purchased specifically to pair with their existing 14 x RoboSpot remote follow spotting control systems. “The iFORTE LTX is a proper ‘Swiss Army knife of fixtures’