Lighting designer Jo Kilgour created edgy and graceful lighting for Hatupatu / Kurungaituku: a forbidden love, a breathtaking new aerial dance work produced by Aotearoa’s boundary-pushing kaupapa Māori theatre company, Taki Rua Productions. The work, written by creative director Tānemahuta Gray and Kapa Haka by Wētini Mītai-Ngātai, premiered at

DWR thrilled to welcome Nick Barnes (third left) back to the team. Pictured with him is Duncan Riley, Bruce Riley and Robert Izzett.   Hooray! It’s an absolute pleasure to welcome Nicholas Barnes back to the DWR Distribution, Durban team in the role of technical support! Nick, who grew up with a love for the live events

  Cape Town, we are certain that you’ll be interested in this event! Join Tyler Pugin as he guides you through the process of troubleshooting, cleaning, and maintaining your lighting units at the Robe Fixture Maintenance Training. This workshop will take place on 11 June from 9 am to 4

  KLANG immersive in-ear mixing is more than a system; it’s a personalised experience. Join Kyle Robson for an Immersive in-ear mixing training session on 30 May from 9 am to 4 pm at DWR Distribution in Johannesburg. The course includes a Klang Product Overview and then Kyle will present

    Join Richard Smith for an L-Acoustics System and Workflow training course scheduled for 4 June from 9 am to 5 pm at DWR Distribution in Johannesburg. Successful completion of this course and certification will enable delegates to participate in upcoming L-Acoustics training sessions. Take advantage of this opportunity

  Join Tyler Pugin as he guides you through the process of troubleshooting, cleaning, and maintaining your lighting units at the Robe Fixture Maintenance Training. This event will take place in Durban on 28 May from 9 am to 4 pm.   Subjects addressed in this interactive workshop comprise:  

    A two day grandMA3 User Training session presented by Jaques Pretorius will be held at DWR Distribution, Cape Town on 30 – 31 May (please note new dates) from 9 am to 4 pm daily. The aim of this course is to familiarize the operator with the basic

    A two day grandMA3 User Training session, jointly presented by DWR’s  Jaques Pretorius and Michael Taylor-Broderick, will be held on 15 – 16 May from 9 am to 4 pm at the Royal Natal Yacht Club, Yacht Mole Durban, Harbour, Durban.  The aim of this course is to

DWR Distribution, the South African distributor for L-Acoustics, proudly hosted an exclusive product demonstration of the L-Acoustics K3i system on April 30th. The event took place at Unite 180’s Unite City in Derdepoort, Pretoria, where the exceptional audio system, currently the only one of its kind in South Africa, is

Talented Grammy-nominated American singer-songwriter Noah Kahan – a rapidly rising star, master communicator and TikTok algorithmist – played a vibrant, sold-out show at Perth’s Red Hill Auditorium in Western Australia, delighting 5000 lucky fans with his presence and very personal, intimate performance style. Lighting director, programmer and operator Alexandra Lutz-Higgins

UK – Floridian ska punk outfit Less Than Jake are touring with video at the heart of their performance for the first time, wowing fans with live feed footage and pre-made content displayed on three large LED screens driven by tvONE’s Green Hippo brand of Hippotizer Media Servers. Longtime Less

    Finland – Finland’s popular TV contest ‘Tähdet, tähdet’ returned for 2024 with a host of singers belting out numbers ranging from 1980s pop to Eurovision classics. Broadcast on Finnish channel Nelonen, audiences watched performances backed by nine Roe Vanish V8T LED screens with live and pre-made content manipulated using

The action-packed 1500-capacity Showtime Theatre show lounge and central entertainment hub of the 306-metre long Carnival Magic cruise ship has been recently upgraded with the installation of 30 x new Robe PAINTE, 30 x LEDBeam 350 and 12 x miniPointe moving lights, which were installed while the ship was still

  A big congratulations to Willie Bothma, a lighting design freelancer from Cape Town, who has purchased a grandMA3 onPC 2Port Node DIN-Rail 2k!  DWR Distribution was thrilled to play a role in his journey which in recent time has focussed on film work.   When asked about his decision

  Jade Manicom will present a two-day Green Hippo Training Session on May 21st and 22nd at DWR Distribution in Johannesburg. At HippoSchool, you’ll gain hands-on experience in operating, configuring, and optimizing your Hippotizer Media Server, with a special emphasis on the v.4.8.2 software.   The first day of the

  A two-day Basic Rigging training course presented by Robert Izzett will be held from 6 to 7 May at DWR Distribution, Cape Town. We’d love to see you there.   With an emphasis on safety, the course aims to equip delegates with the rigging laws applied in South Africa

    You are invited to join Robert Izzett for a two-day Basic Rigging training course held from 15 to 16 May at DWR Distribution, Johannesburg.   With an emphasis on safety, the course aims to equip delegates with the rigging laws applied in South Africa according to SANS 10366.

    Kyle Robson looks forward to presenting a Waves Training session to be held on 2 May  from 9 am to 4 pm at DWR Distribution in Johannesburg. Waves is the world’s leading developer of audio plugins and signal processors for the professional and consumer electronics audio markets. Heard

  It’s a happy reunion at DWR Distribution as the team welcomes back Jannie de Jager, this time to the Workshop and Service Department.   Jannie previously held the position of Technical Support particularly on MA Lighting and led the Training Department. In his new role, he will be providing

  You are invited to join DWR Distribution for an exclusive L-Acoustics K3i product demonstration on April 30th from 9 am to 5 pm. This exceptional system, currently the only of its kind in South Africa, is installed at Unite 180’s Unite City in Derdepoort, Pretoria. Everyone is welcome to

A DiGiCo SD & Quantum Advanced Training session, specially hosted for those who have already completed both the DiGiCo Basic and Intermediate training, will be held from 16 – 17 April 2023 from 9 am to 4 pm at DWR Distribution, Johannesburg. Led by Kyle Robson, participants can expect an

Lighting designer Mikael Kratt was super happy to be among the first visiting creatives to use the Royal Danish Opera’s new Robe FORTE moving lights in a recent production at the Copenhagen Opera House. This was for Som I Himlen (As It Is in Heaven) a lively and heartwarming musical

  The Ballad of the Canal (运河谣) is an opera exploring the stories of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. Created over 2500 years ago, the canal is a feat of engineering on par with the Great Wall of China. The opera entwines both classical Chinese and western styles of opera, integrating

  Czech moving and LED lighting manufacturer Robe celebrated its 30th anniversary in fantastic style in Hall 12.1 at the 2024 Prolight+Sound expo in Frankfurt and looked forward to another 30 years at the forefront of lighting innovation.   The leading entertainment technology brand presented the finale of the ‘Power

Qatar Vision (Qvision), the most prestigious event management company in the State of Qatar, utilized a wide array of Claypaky lighting for the AFC Asian Cup Qatar 2023™.  The fixtures illuminated pre-match ceremonies, the Fan Zone and coronation ceremony at the 18th edition of the Cup, a quadrennial international football

  Birmingham, UK – This year’s vibrant, dynamic and interactive Printwear & Promotion LIVE! event landed at Birmingham NEC in February with an AV solution by JLL that featured hi-res LED video displays driven by tvONE’s Green Hippo brand of Hippotizer Media Servers.   The event showcased all that’s new

  Komedia Brighton is a venue punching well above its weight. Situated in the heart of Brighton Laines it hosts a true variety of performances, from the comedy that cemented its great reputation, to the massively popular programme of arts that it hosts now. When the time came to retire

    Robe Lighting s.r.o. has acquired LSC Control Systems PTY in Australia, a move that sees the Czech Republic lighting manufacturer further consolidate its portfolio of leading lighting and control brands. Having LSC’s power distribution (PD) systems as a core element of the ‘Robe Business’ Team made perfect sense

    A two day grandMA3 User Training session presented by Jaques Pretorius will be held at DWR Distribution, Johannesbueg on 4 and 5 April from 9 am to 4 pm.  The aim of this course is to familiarize the operator with the basic functions of the grandMA3 software and