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

  Nearly 100 Robe LED lighting fixtures – T1 Profiles, Spiider LED wash beams plus Divine 160 RGBW LED floods – are at the heart of the house lighting package at Magazine London – the capital’s newest and most exciting

London, UK – The new season of Strictly Come Dancing, the multi-award-winning celebrity dance show, kicked off in September with a new performer, the VL1100 LED from Vari-Lite, a Signify (Euronext: LIGHT) entertainment lighting brand. David Bishop, in his new

  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

 The New National Theatre, Tokyo (NNTT) has invested in a stock of Robert Juliat Oz 600W LED followspots for its three performance spaces. The new LED models replace conventional source followspots as part of an upgrade of the lighting inventory

  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

  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

  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

    With limited funds available for festivals in South Africa, it takes people who are able to give of their time and resources to keep the arts alive and to support the organizers who so tirelessly give of themselves.

  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

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

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

  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

  Rightway delivers stunning panoramic sound to spectaculat theme park entertainment attraction   Henggin Island, China – October 2019 — The spectacular 6,700 seat Chimelong Theatre is the most recent addition to the Zhuhai Changlong Resort on Hengqin Island, joining

  World Tour– Green Hippo, the specialist creator of tools for the real-time manipulation of video displays, has announced that its Hippotizer Media Servers are driving the striking on-stage stage screen visuals for Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds (NGHFB), as

New Jersey, USA – The epic Utopia concert by Latin American music superstar Romeo Santos broke the all-time concert gross record for a performance at the MetLife Stadium on 21 September. At the heart of the show’s rich visual design,

  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,

October 2019:  Recently, “The 2019 Victorian State Schools Spectacular: Made of Stars” was staged at the Melbourne (Australia) Arena and filmed by Channel 7 for later broadcast.  The annual live arena production showcasing the talent of students across the state

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

  Brigham Young University-Idaho (BYU-I) has taken delivery of Robert Juliat Lancelot 4000W followspots for its three theatres as part of a complement of lighting fixtures. BYU-I, formerly known as Ricks College, is located in Rexburg, Idaho and offers programmes

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

  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

  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

  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

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

  Vancouver, Canada – One of Canada’s leading motorcycle museums was given a striking, colorful new appearance this summer, thanks to high performance LED lighting fixtures from Vari-Lite, a Signify (Euronext: LIGHT) entertainment lighting brand. Entertainment technology specialist ShowTech AVL was called

  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

  Vectorworks users in Cape Town are invited to join Dylan Jones from DWR Distribution for a Basic Training course on 28th October from 9am to 5pm. The course will be hosted at DWR Cape Town and will cover a range

Pretoria based rental company AJR have decided on the L-Acoustics colinear Syva system to offer high-end quality audio to their corporate events. In doing so, they have become the first in South Africa to purchase Syva. Altus van Rensburg is

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

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

Vectorworks has always provided helpful training content such as  Getting Started Guides, webinars, YouTube channel and of course, Planet Vectorworks. Now they’re taking things one step further to ensure users have the opportunity to learn, navigate, and excel in our software in one

    Choosing the right microphone is only the first step to creating great sound. Join DWR Distribution as we present Audix Training in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban, taking your audio mix to the next level. In Johannesburg, the

  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

  Robert Juliat emerges from an extremely successful PLASA 2019 with its exclusive UK distributor, Ambersphere Solutions, where it continued to celebrate its Centenary Year with new products. Maestro Robert Juliat’s new Maestro server for SpotMe, developed in collaboration with

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

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.

  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

  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

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

Dallas, USA– Green Hippo, specialist creator of tools for the real-time manipulation of video for the AV industries, has announced that leading US regional sports network, Fox Sports Southwest, has upgraded its media playback system with the addition of Hippotizer

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

  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

  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

September 2019:  Summer lingered for music lovers at the Festival 39 Aout 2019, August 30-31 at the Domaine de Chalain in France’s Jura region.  The multi-genre music festival was held in a beautiful setting alongside Chalain Lake where an array

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

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

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

    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

      September 2019: Aerosmithhas launched its “Deuces Are Wild” residency at the Park Theater at MGM in Las Vegas with a multi-sensory experience that’s playing to sold-out houses.  The show features Claypaky Mythos 2 and Sharpy Washlighting fixtures provided by PRG.

“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

    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

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

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

  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

  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

  When Bongumusa Masondo, a Durban technician, was in a serious motorbike accident on the 9thAugust, a rally of angels, led by Tina Le Roux, stood behind him. Within a month, over R63 000 has been raised and the DWR Distribution’s

  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

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

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

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

Arcadia Spectacular flies L-Acoustics as they ‘take over the sky’ A suspended moon orbiting the Earth provides the canvas for a mesmerising 3D projected light show. Pyrotechnics and huge balls of flame shoot into the sky. Legendary DJs play from a

August 2019: Singapore’s 54th National Day Celebrations had an added significance this year, as the country also commemorated its bicentennial milestone. It was 200 years ago that Sir Stamford Raffles landed in Singapore, which in essence marked the arrival of

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

  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

  7.1 configuration loads in and out as quickly as standard systems across Europe and US, thanks to optimized design by SSE Audio Group   Mark Knopfler is on the road once again, supporting the release of his new Down

The Bridges of Madison County is a musical based on Robert James Waller’s 1992 novel  produced by OpusOne that is mid-way through an extensive Netherlands tour with stylish lighting designed by Benno Barends who is using Robe DL7S Profile and

  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

  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

    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

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

  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

  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

  Each summer since 2013, Milan’s world-famous Teatro alla Scala has transformed Piazza Duomo, the Italian city’s central square, into an open-air concert hall where the Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala give a free classical performance forresidents and tourists. An L-Acoustics

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

  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

  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

  Flamboyant ‘90s pop icons the Spice Girls’ 13-date summer stadium tour, Spice World – 2019 Tour, kicked off at Croke Park Dublin in May to culminate in June at Wembley Stadium (where else!), transforming 1990s nostalgia into 21stcentury excitement

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,

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

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

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

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

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

The Mediatech Trade Show that took place from the 17th to the 19th of July 2019 is South Africa’s biggest entertainment-related trade show, showcasing the technologies of a variety of companies around the world. Visual Productions was more than happy

Johannesburg rental company, MGG, were appointed to supply the full technical for The Africa Play Conference, the first of its kind in Africa, hosted at The Maslow Time Square, a premier hotel in Pretoria, earlier this year. The Africa Play

  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

  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

Production designers Robert Long and Sooner Routhier of SRae Productions, along with associate designer Ashley Zapar, specified the Vari-LiteVL6000 Beam luminaire to add a bold and dynamic presence to their show design for the farewell tour by legendary rock band KISS. The

On the 18th of May St Mary’s School for Girls, a prominent private school for girls in South Africa, hosted their annual Battle of the Bands competition. The competition takes place in the schools 530-seater theatre and celebrates the musical

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.

A place of worship has existed at the site of Martinikerk (Martini Church), in the heart of the Dutch city of Groningen, since the year 1,000. The present building harks back to the 13th Century roots of a larger church,

Musical theatre is always a challenge from an audio perspective: plenty of cues, a ton of I/O, masses of RF, and lots of bodies on stage. But here is the thing: 40-45is not showing in a theatre. Equally, there is no

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

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

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

(July 19,  2019) – The Al Masah Hotel and Spa in Cairohas installed 16 Claypaky Supersharpymoving heads provided by AV equipment retailer, Audio Technology. The fixtures were part of a new build phase at the luxury hotel, a favorite for hosting

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

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

Suzy Stenning, a senior trainer and part of product team for Green Hippo, will be presenting two talks at Mediatech Africa 2019. Her presentation, “Media Servers for Live Production” will discuss  Real-time output configuration and playback, basic set up, hardware

Daniel Kannenberg, from the MA Technical Support team, will be presenting two different talks at Mediatech Africa 2019. “The Future is Now” will cover the future of integration of the grandMA 3 console and examine the role of General Device

Ole, lighting technician at DWR Distribution, will be presenting a talk on the dot2 examining  the new compact series generation of lighting control solutions – specially designed for small to medium projects and shows, and how the dot2 has improved

Jannie de Jager, lighting technician at DWR Distribution, presents “Working with Colour” at Mediatech 2019, the talk will answer some basic questions about using of colour in our day to day business and explaining some of the terminology used to

João Viegas, a Senior Lighting Designer at Paul Pamboukian Lightdesign, will be giving a presentation at Mediatech Africa 2019 on ‘LED Technology in Architectural Environments’. The presentation will answer ‘How LED technology has changed Architectural Lighting and created “Architainment” Lighting’.

Paul Hadfield, the Prolyte Group Distributor Manager, will be giving a presentation at Mediatech 2019 on the ‘Do’s and Don’ts of Stage Dex’. The talk will examine the risk factors regularly encountered when supporting LED screen systems either via suspension

Kyle Robson, an audio technical representative at DWR Distribution, will be giving a presentation on DiGiCo, Waves and Klang at Mediatech Africa 2019. The talk will cover a DiGiCo Product Overview, Console Connections and Network, various applications, Klang Product Overview,

Jaco Beukes, an audio sales representative from DWR Distribution, will be presenting a talk about ‘In-Ear-Monitoring’, at Mediatech Africa 2019. One of the fastest growing topics in live music. This is going to be a very informative seminar on the

Schalk Botha, the current Absen product manager at DWR distribution, will be giving a presentation at Meditech Africa 2019 on ‘LED Screen Applications and Various Options. The Presentation will cover past and current trends in the LED screen technology market,

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

    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

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

– 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

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

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

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

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

  A family man who loves animals and has been to South Africa before with his own children, it is our pleasure to introduce you to Julian Young, Sales Manager at World Marketing Associates, who represent a range of products

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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,

  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

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

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

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

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

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,

  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

  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,

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

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

  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

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

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

  Giulia Calani is the Gallery and Exhibition Manager for the Lightpower Collection – see below! She will be visiting Mediatech and had this to say:   What can you talk about for hours? My Job (seriously, no curry favour

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

     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!  

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

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

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

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,

  Splitbeam is the theatre division of Gearhouse, South Africa’s largest rental company. With this title comes the expectation of greatness, but Splitbeam does not fail to deliver, investing their time in high quality gear for the purpose of servicing

  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,

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:  

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

  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

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

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

  The talent show phenomenon that is The Voiceis now in its third season in South Africa and is proving as popular as ever. It has just entered the ‘live show’ phase, broadcast from Mosaiek Teatro in Fairland, Johannesburg and

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

  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

Created around a concept devised by Ezra himself, the aim of the production was to bring an intimacy to arenas, as if inviting the audience into the artist’s living room, with the show tracking his day from sunrise to sunset.

Teatro Colón Bogotá, Colombia’s national theater, finished the last stage of a four-year renovation with the addition of 10 ADB Stagelight Klemantis AS 1000 cyc lights and 10 Axcor Profile 900 fixtures provided by Audio Concept de Colombia, S.A. In

  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

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

The joint effort of DWR Distribution and the South African Roadies Association continue in helping the youth, the future of this industry. After extensive lighting and console training and an Audio-Visual session the next subject to tackle would be sound.

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,

  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

 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

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

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

“Dare to Dream” was the slogan of the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest, won by the Netherlands’ Duncan Laurence and with lighting design by Ronen Najar and Dakar Azulay. Within the lighting rig were an unmissable 406 Claypaky fixtures, including the

Mexico – Lighting designer Miguel González, of Madrid-based Colorcode Studio, chose the new Vari-Lite VL10 BeamWash fixture to enhance his design for the Mexico leg of Spanish star Enrique Bunbury’s recent world tour. Running since 2017, the Expectativas tour was Bunbury’s most ambitious production to

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)

Claypaky, in conjunction with Iren, entirely redesigned the lighting of the Mole Antonelliana. Turin’s iconic monument was designed by Alessandro Antonelli and built between 1863 and 1889. Iren took part actively in all stages of the design process, and took