The 2024 Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) showcased its most innovative set design ever at the Malmö Arena in Sweden where Claypaky Tambora Linear 100 high-power LEDs and Skylos white-laser source searchlights supported the dynamic look of the event’s first 360º stage. Fredrik Stormby from Stockholm-based Green Wall Designs, the Lighting

DWR Distribution welcomed Kris Hill from Theatrixx Technologies on his second visit to South Africa. Accompanied by DWR’s Dylan Jones, Kris met with customers in Johannesburg and Cape Town, where Theatrixx Technologies was praised as a game changer in the industry. “I was here ten years ago and had forgotten how stunning

      Scottsdale, AZ, USA – DraftKings’ new ‘first-of-its-kind’ Sportsbook facility has opened in Scottsdale, Arizona, featuring 3,400 square feet of video walls driven by two tvONE CORIOmaster2 video processors. For the first time ever, two powerful CORIOmaster2 units are being ‘cascaded’ to offer DraftKings more inputs and outputs than ever

  fac365 is an audio hire company based in Greater Manchester with an open-door policy for local engineers. Providing outstanding and bespoke solutions is at the centre of the company’s ethos and when the opportunity came along to branch out into the live touring market the whole team knew the

(May, 2024) – Marking a new chapter in regional sports, the inaugural Qatar-UAE Super Cup football tournament kicked off in Doha, Qatar on April 12, 2024, showcasing the best talent from both nations, then continued the next day with the UAE-Qatar Super Cup Shield match in Dubai.  Qvision (Qatar Vision),

  On April 6th 2024, the Royal Albert Hall hosted Ministry of Sound Classical. This is an epic performance from beginning to end, with a set list inspired by the wildly popular Ministry of Sound Annual Volume II. Released in 1996, the album remains one of the biggest selling dance

The 2024 PayPal Melbourne Fashion Festival celebrated some of the best of Australian fashion design, imagination, style and flair, with a main showspace at the Royal Exhibition Buildings in Melbourne – recognised by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee as a prime example of 19th century international exhibition architecture. All Lighting and AV

  Advancements in immersive audio platform will unlock enhanced creative  and inclusive potential for spatial audio mixing and event creators   MARCOUSSIS, France – May 2024 – L-Acoustics announces important updates to L-ISA, its best-in-class immersive production platform for the live sound and music creation markets. Powerful new enhancements include

        Home of Zarzuela – a form of Spanish traditional musical comedy – central Madrid’s Teatro de la Zarzuela was restored to its historic beauty in 1913 after a fire destroyed the original 1856 building. Now owned by the Ministry of Culture and a designated Asset of General

  Zepp has nine live music venues in cities across Japan. Each one of these venues now boasts a DiGiCo Quantum 338 at the front of house position. Kota Ueno, sound engineer at TWOMIX Inc is in charge of equipment selection and maintenance for Zepp and explains the reason behind

  Amazing, popular, charismatic, and award-winning American magician Mat Franco’s current Las Vegas residency – “MAGIC REINVENTED NIGHTLY” – is staged at the Mat Franco Arena at the LINQ Hotel+Experience, and is every bit THE hot-ticket in town – a fast-and-furious, thrilling show-stopper full of cool tricks and humor … 

  Simple Minds, iconic Scottish rock band of the 1980s and 90s whose string of anthemic hits include “Don’t You Forget About Me”, “Waterfront”, “I Promised You A Miracle” and many, many more, are back on the road for their 2024 “Global Tour”, playing arenas and proving perennially popular to

  Please join lighting designer, Michael Taylor-Broderick for the Lighting Fundamentals Training taking place on 6 June from 9 am to 4 pm at DWR Distribution in Johannesburg.   This workshop is perfect for lighting technicians, young up and coming designers or simply those interested in lighting. Whether you have

  DWR Distribution takes pleasure in inviting you to a RoboSpot FollowSpot System training session presented by Jaques Pretorius on 18 June from 9 am to 4 pm in Johannesburg. Jaques will instruct you how to set up the RoboSpot system, pair it with the latest in lighting LED technology

  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