Edinburgh, Scotland – Claypaky Spheriscans were selected to deliver a display of spectacular lighting effects that merged architectural and entertainment lighting during Edinburgh’s famous Hogmanay torchlight procession. The award-winning fixtures were supplied and installed on The National Monument of

  The Market Theatre have invested in 8 Robin DL4S Profiles for their busy venue in Newtown Johannesburg. The theatre was looking at an LED solution to save on costs and maintenance, a common factor these days. DWR Distribution was

The twelfth season of Idols South Africa wrapped up with a stunning finale at Carnival City Big Top Arena in Johannesburg, broadcast live on the Mzansi Magic network with a highly vocal audience of 3,500 packing into the venue …

The SD9 is one of DiGiCo’s most compact, lightweight consoles, but with 96 channels and a full range of features, it is the perfect choice for Scott Humphries, Front of House engineer and Production Manager, and Rory Mulligan, Monitor engineer,

Photos: Louise Stickland   Over 400 Robe moving lights boosted the magic and spectacle of the 45th Singapore Chingay Parade to celebrate Chinese New Year – The Year of the Rooster. Javier Tan’s colourful high-impact lighting design matched the glamour,

Photos : Louise Stickland The Holiday on Ice ‘Time’ show is back on the road with a new creative team and a new look, with lighting and visuals designed by Jeffrey Goes from Amsterdam based creative design practice Live Legends

  Moscow, Russia – An exclusive Claypaky rig of almost 300 cutting-edge moving-head fixtures delivered the high-impact lighting for international game developer and publisher Wargaming Group’s highly anticipated debut video game event ‘Wargaming Fest’ in Moscow’s Expocentre. Production and lighting designers

What an honour to welcome Dylan Jones to DWR Distribution! Dylan has been appointed as both draftsman and IT support, and in time will also assist in media server development. “I love drawing,” said Dylan, “It’s taking nothing and making

For the better part of a year the Red Hot Chili Peppers have played to fans worldwide with back-to-back festival and arena tours.  Premier Global Production in Nashville provided a large complement of versatile Claypaky A.leda B-EYE K20 fixtures for

Nataniël’s most recent production, Mannequin, received an overwhelming response at Emperor’s Palace in Johannesburg. It ran last year from 18th August to the 25th September where once again a familiar formula ensured outstanding lighting results. The show included the use

  DWR Distribution takes pleasure in welcoming Lee Baird, Marketing Coordinator, to the team. Lee is no stranger to the industry. She worked alongside her partner, Rob Young, at Theatre and Studio, for six years, during this time visiting various

With one of the largest community participation events ever held in Denmark, Aarhus recently celebrated its inauguration as one of the two European Capitals of Culture 2017. The European Capital of Culture is a city designated by the European Union

Palace are a much anticipated four piece indie blues rock band from London about which there’s lots of anticipation and excitement and an acclaimed debut EP, “Lost in the Night”. Photos : Lindsay Cave Lighting designer Steve Bewley – well known

Nearly 200 Robe fixtures were used by award-winning lighting and show designer Terry Miranda of Lighthouse Productions to light a special production of musical “Fakhrak Ya Watan” (The Pride of a Nation) for the 2016 Ras al-Khaimah National Day Celebrations

The Joburg Theatre have invested in seven more Robin LEDWash 800s to supplement their existing stock and which have been the workhorses on productions like Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood, the brand-new pantomime adventure from Janice Honyeman

For the past decade, Hardus Zevenster from Tygerberg FM has been responsible for bringing the popular Gospel Skouspel to the stage. Two years ago he contacted Marius Marais from Audio Logic to discuss a new look and feel for the

Polimeks İnşaat ve Sanayi A.Ş. is a Turkish construction company based in Istanbul that primarily operates in Turkmenistan, Turkey, Russia and Kazakhstan. According to the American magazine Engineering News Record, Polimeks is ranked number 59 in the list of 225

Rinus Bakker from Rhino Rigs will be in South Africa to present the Prolyte Rigging Training Course hosted this year in both Cape Town from 6 to 11 February and in Johannesburg from 13 to 18 February in association with

UK –The lighting designers of music superstars Jason Derulo, Dizzee Rascal and Chase and Status requested Claypaky Sharpys and A.leda B-EYE K10s as key fixtures in their touring rigs at UK urban music festival Sundown. Responsible for the mainstage festival

Eindhoven – Philips Lighting (Euronext Amsterdam ticker: LIGHT), a global leader in lighting, today announced that its stage lighting will be used in the next leg of Justin Bieber’s rapturously received ‘Purpose’ 2016 world tour. Lighting designer Cory FitzGerald has declared

Italy – A musical masterpiece returned to the stage at the Teatro Manzoni in Milan. The moving scenery designed by Cristiano Colombi dynamically creates the various different settings. All of them recall the Upper West Side of New York, where

JAPAN – The New National Theatre, Tokyo (NNTT) is one of the world’s finest art theatres which opened in October 1997 as a complex of theatres dedicated to the performing arts of opera, ballet, dance and drama.  NNTT has three

Ronen Najar, one of Israel’s leading lighting and visual designers has brought his imagination and style to the latest tour by Israeli singer Avram Tal, supporting his latest studio album ‘Now Life’. Photos : Louise Stickland We caught up with the

Innovative and cutting edge French artist / music producer DJ Snake rocked the Paris Zenith with an incendiary set and a spectacular new visual design by Romain Pissenem of creative production company High Scream … utilizing a lighting rig of

Ben Coker, lighting designer for Porter Robinson and Madeon’s co-headlining ‘Shelter’ theatre tour, has just finished an extensive 34 date run in the U.S, with Robe BMFL Spots and WashBeams and Pointes prominent on the rig.Photos : Adam Kaplan The

 Anthony Cherry, producer of Friday Night is Music Night, aired on BBC Radio 2, undertook the ambitious project of recreating Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol on stage at the Royal Festival Hall in December. Mark Gatiss, as Narrator and Scrooge,

As part of their European journey, Swedish metal band Opeth opted for a single show at Wembley Arena for their UK audience. Magnus Boyd has been lighting the band for the last eighteen months. The show at Wembley was a

  DWR Distribution’s Kyle Robson would like to introduce the brand new DiGiCo SD 12 console to you. Kyle will be travelling to rental companies in Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town.   Johannesburg 24 January to 11 February   Durban

Israel’s Gesher Theatre has recently taken delivery of new Robe BMFL Blades and LEDWash 600s to add to their existing LEDWash 1200s as the Czech moving light manufacturer continues to make an impression in theatres and performance installations. The acclaimed

The annual gala Christmas TV show ‘Hodina Detom’ (An Hour for Children) is organised by the Children of Slovakia Foundation to help raise funds and awareness for the charity, which works to empower children and young people nationwide who are

DUBAI – Point a reasonably powered telescope at the planet Mars and you will see the so called canals beloved of science fiction writers. Turn that scope around to view Earth from Mars and a new canal is clearly visible

DWR Distribution’s Gareth Chambers and Jannie de Jager will be travelling to MA Lighting in Paderborn, Germany, for a training week hosted in February which will include MA Networking and the MA Network Switch, Fixture Library tips and tricks, grandMA2

PRG Belgium has recently received a large batch of ProLyft Pro controllers, which will instantly be deployed on productions. After a thorough selection procedure, Prolyte was selected to supply PRG Belgium with its’ high-end control systems. Investing in 30 12-way control units

Lighting designer Adrian Tan from Light Project is using Robe’s CycBar 15 fixtures to – very efficiently – light the cyc on W!LD RICE’s award winning ‘Monkey Goes West’ production, which is playing a limited holiday season run at the

In a season filled with holiday light displays, Descanso Gardens in La Cañada Flintridge, Los Angeles has debuted “Enchanted: Forest of Light,” a unique, interactive nighttime experience. Visitors enjoy a one-mile walk through eight distinct lighting displays in some of

England and Wales –  An array of Claypaky fixtures were selected by leading Manchester-based technical supplier Audile to provide extraordinary stage lighting for two of this summer’s more alternative festivals; the inaugural Bluedot ‘festival of discovery’ and boutique arts and music

The highly acclaimed World Christmas Circus returned to Amsterdam’s Royal Theatre Carré for their 2016-17 season … for the first time with a new Robe moving light, which was chosen by the hugely popular and successful event’s long term lighting

Leading London based rental company Colour Sound Experiment was the first in the UK to purchase Robe’s brand new Spiider LED WashBeam moving light – with 30 being delivered directly after the PLASA expo in London in October. Photos by

Johannesburg, South Africa – The Atlas Studio in Millpark, formerly an old bakery but now a popular venue for film and television shoots, has upgraded five of its ten dimmers with Philips Strand Lighting Wallrack 24 Way Digitial Dimming panels.

University of University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music – CCM chooses ArKaos PRO MediaMaster for Green Day’s American Idiot. Photos: Credit Mark Lyons, Sam Igel II, and Aaron Bridgman of CCM The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) chose ArKaos

Blackmotion, a lighting, audio visual and rental company, are the first in South Africa to purchase 16 Robin 300 Plus LED Wash fixtures as well as in 12 Clay Paky Mythos and recently 8 Robin Spikies. But this story has

Robe moving lights continue their run on high profile theatre shows worldwide, with the new ‘Phantom of the Opera’ production in Stockholm utilizing DL7S and DL4S Profiles and DL4F washes – from the DL LED range – plus Pointes and

Carols by glowsticks and a picnic was held at the Rosebank Union Church based in Sandton. It was established in 1906 and is actively involved with missions and outreaches both locally and around the world. When a need arose to

U.S. rock band Blink-182 – known for their raw, adrenalized, hi-energy performances – are back on the road and blasted straight back up to the top of the charts in both the U.S. and U.K. with their new studio album

In the midst of university students uprising with the Fees Must Fall campaign in South Africa, Varsity Sing proved that music transcends all boundaries. Hosted by Kyknet, an Afrikaans television channel, Varsity Sing visited universities across the country as their

USA – Clay Paky Mythos and Sharpys lit up the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) at New York City’s iconic Madison Square Garden.  Lighting designer Bob Barnhart used a large complement of the fixtures for the live telecast, which

USA – Once again Nocturnal Wonderland owned the night when North America’s longest-running dance music festival marked its 21st anniversary in September.  The festival is presented by Insomniac and Pasquale Rotella. Lighting designer Stephen Lieberman of SJ Lighting, Inc. in

Over R2 million was raised in aid of youth development at the fourth annual Chefs Who Share – the Art of Giving Back. Since its inception, CCPP Group have supplied the full technical for the black-tie gala event which is

Aardklop National Arts Festival 2016, held at Potchefestroom, saw freelancer Jaco Beukes from SJ Audio trying out the DiGiCo S21 on a show for the first time. Jaco was based in the Sanlam Auditorium where he was the main sound

DWR Distribution take pleasure in announcing the appointment of Annalise Hodgson who will lend a helping hand to Duncan Riley as a much-needed assistant. Annalise initially joined the entertainment industry unknowingly, responding to an advert in the Star newspaper that

  ITALY – Lighting manufacturer Osram, which celebrates its 110-year brand anniversary this year, is joined by another famous institution: the Westin Excelsior Hotel in Rome was opened in 1906 and is therefore celebrating its 110 years anniversary. To mark

The 2016 BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore tennis tournament was presented by SC Global and staged at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang over a seven day period at the end of October. Photos: OC images are courtesy of Lagardère Sports

DiGiCo’s Ian Staddon was recently in South Africa, his first visit since appointing DWR Distribution as the DiGiCo distributor for Africa. “The trip for me was phenomenal,” said Ian. “I think it was superbly organized and the number of people

  Ireland– Irish lighting designer Conor Biddle, known for lighting some of the largest acts in dance and electronica, selected an array of Claypaky moving heads to illuminate the return of Ireland’s mega-rave, the Winterparty, at Dublin’s 14,500-capacity venue 3Arena.

The main venue for the massive triannual Every Nation Conference organised by Every Nation Church – at the 5000 capacity Grand West’s Grand Arena in Cape Town, South Africa – provided an ideal opportunity for lighting designer Alan Muller of

Peter Vandergoten of 4Ears and Frank Voet of Mono are more than just sound engineers. They are closely involved with their artists during production rehearsals and both deliver a full kit of microphones, wireless systems and mixing consoles to the

Auckland Live is a busy umbrella organisation running all the live performance venues in New Zealand’s largest performing arts and convention centre complex … right in the heart of the city. Their existing stock of Robe moving lights is now

At the beginning of this year, Tom Chaplin, ex-lead singer of Keane, announced his intention to embark on a solo career. In June, he completed his first album The Wave, which was released in mid-October. In the same month, he played a

Arkaos is offering 30% discount off all products for Black Friday, 25 December. This extends to all South African clients. If you are interested in purchasing products, please contact the DWR Distribution sales team who will be happy to assist.

(Above): Softlight 300S panels. Photo © Love Productions/BBC South Africa Philips Lighting (Euronext Amsterdam: LIGHT), a global leader in lighting, announced that the TV show The Great South African Bake Off 2016 is using Philips Strand television broadcast lighting to

Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Madrid, is Spain’s biannual style statement for the international fashion stage, and a forum in which Robert Juliat’s Merlin followspot was able to work its magic. Entrusted with its high-profile lighting design, Citylight S.L., a leading

Four new community theatre groups took part of the third consecutive Hello Community Arts Development Programme and Festival held this year at TUT’s Breytenbach Theatre in Tshwane. The festival was the brainchild of Hardus Koekemoer, Lighting Lecturer at the TUT’s

  Twelve Robe BMFL WashBeams were utilised by artist and lighting designer Mariano de Tassis in a breath-taking and unique installation at the mausoleum of Italian patriot and Irredentist Cesare Battisti in Trento, Italy. Photos by Pierluigi Cattani Faggion The installation

Rapper Pitbull hit the road recently with his “Bad Man” tour in the U.S. which featured a production design by Gabriel Fraboni and Michael Smalley of creative practice Twin Design, complete with 46 x Robe BMFL Spots on the rig

Cervantes National Theatre, also known as National Theatre of Buenos Aires, is the national theatre of Argentina. In 1995 it was declared a National Historic Monument. Located on Córdoba Avenue the Cervantes houses three performance halls: the María Guerrero Salon,

Blue Array Productions have invested in the first DiGiCo SD5 in Africa. This leading technical supplier made the purchase from DWR Distribution. With Kobus van Rensburg at the helm of Blue Array, the company has supplied prominent international artists visiting

South African comedian John Vlismas presented “Revelations II – The Good Racist” to a sold out audience for two consecutive nights at the Teatro at Montecasino in Fourways, Johannesburg. Sound Stylists supplied the full technical and were one of the

Xiaomi, a privately owned Chinese electronics company headquartered in Beijing, recently launched its new smartphone Mi Max with a big event in New Delhi’s Nehru Stadium, India. The company sold over 60 million smartphones in 2014 and has over 8,000

 Robert Juliat’s award-winning Dalis 860 cyclorama washlights were chosen by lighting designer Scott Zielinski, to light the backdrops for the inspired theatre production of Richard Sandaime, a co-production between the Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre and the Singapore International Festival of Arts,

Robe BMFLs, LEDBeam 1000s, Pointes and other moving lights provided by leading Namibian technical production specialist dB Audio illuminated the Namibia Breweries Ltd (NBL) site in Namibian capital Windhoek for the launch of the country’s first biomass boiler. Photos : Haiko

DWR Distribution is delighted to supply CableJoG to the South African market. Based in the United Kingdom, CableJoG design, manufacture and distribute a range of cable testers from 12 test points in the case of the AudioJoG Pro audio cable

A Prolyte Campus Workshop, presented by Date Jonkman and Ruud De Deugd was hosted at DWR Distribution in Johannesburg from the 1st to 4th November. The course presented intricate information to assist riggers to comply with safety regulations practised throughout

  Director and more importantly friend at DWR Distribution, Nik Britz, who has been with the company since its very start, is planning to leave South Africa and move to the United Kingdom. Oh, the stories we have of Nick!

By Thomas Peters, Technical Project Manager at Formative Photos by Janco Haywood Formative were once again contracted to provide expert technical management services to Aidan Bennets Design for the Paramount Ground stand at the 2016 Africa Aerospace and Defence Exhibition

Robe PARfect S1 LED fixtures, delivering a crisp, well defined 6000K of white light – are providing a great solution at Landvetter International Airport in Goteborg, Sweden, where they are illuminating two separate Volvo car display areas – one in

With a live audience of 80,000, the recent final of the first series of Sing China was a production on a massive scale and needed an audio system that provided total reliability and sufficient processing power. To fulfil both these requirements, a

Simon Garret from Auckland based Oceania Productions designed lighting and visuals for the main showspace for New Zealand Fashion Week 2016, which was staged at The ANZ Viaduct Events Centre, a funky venue at the heart of Wynard Quarter, New

DiGiCo’s new Stealth Core 2 engine has taken the SD Range to the next level. Petru Palmer of Festival Sound gives his feedback on this powerful upgrade. “Everything about it I found was a step, a massive step, in the

  Durban based Hirezone Audio Visual have purchased 12 Robe Spiiders LEDWashBeam luminaires. They are the first in KwaZulu Natal to join the Spiider craze! “We needed a wash light with versatility, something that had beams, and brightness was also

  Lighting designer Durham Marenghi chose Robert Juliat followspots for the Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games, employing 10 Robert Juliat Lancelot 4000W HMI followspots and 4 Robert Juliat Cyrano 2500W HMI followspots for the spectacular Opening and Closing Ceremonies at

    Robe enjoyed an action-packed LDI expo in Las Vegas, this year all the more memorable for collecting a coveted 2016 Parnelli award in the ‘Indispensable Lighting Technology’ category for the hugely successful BMFL WashBeam luminaire. Photos by Louise Stickland

The Hilton Arts Festival 2016 was once again a resounding success, Sue Clarence’s diverse program had Festival goers spoilt for choice. The pick of South African Theatre was represented across all genres from John Kani directing his son in ‘Sizwe

Quality, innovation and serious WOW factors are all core philosophies defining Jewel, the Hakkasan Group’s newest night destination venue in Las Vegas, right in the heart of the Aria Resort & Casino … a stunning looking space embracing some serious

Three hundred Robe moving lights helped the one, the only … and the totally awesome Armin van Buuren rock Jerusalem with his amazing “Armin Only Embrace” show, a four-hour trance extravaganza that delighted 10,000 fans packing the Pais Arena to

Fluge Audiovisual is one of Spain’s most prolific AV rental companies. It also has one of Spain’s biggest stocks of DiGiCo consoles, most recently purchasing a further two SD10s. Fluge first started investing in DiGiCo when the company launched its

DWR Distribution takes pleasure in inviting you to attend the Robe LED Theatre Workshop presented by renowned international Lighting Designer, Andy Webb. The workshop will be hosted at UJ Arts Centre Theatre in Johannesburg on 9th November.  There are two

The Colosseum in Rome – world famous heritage site and one of Italy’s most popular tourist attractions – was originally constructed in 70 – 80 AD and is the largest amphitheatre ever built. This summer it was reopened after three

‘Classics is Groot’ is a new musical performance extravaganza staged at the 6500 capacity Moreleta Auditorium in Pretoria, South Africa, produced by the same creative team from Coleske Artists who deliver the massively successful ‘Afrikaans is Groot’ phenomena each year.

  DWR Distribution takes pleasure in inviting you to attend the Prolyte Campus Workshops. Presented by Date Jonkman and Ruud De Deugd from Prolyte Group from the 1st – 4th November 2016 at our Johannesburg premies. There will be different

A recent life size replica of the Sistine Chapel was built in the heart of Mexico City adjacent to the “Monumento a la Revolución” (Monument to the Revolution). Housed in a temporary structure, this unique project was the brainchild of

Saturday Night Fever is a breath of fresh air at the Pretoria State Theatre, combining a dazzling all South African cast and a brilliant technical team. Denis Hutchinson is the lighting and set designer of this classic production which left

  TSO Productions is a new company established by well-known South African technician and musician, Kgomotso Malebye. For a company that’s three months old, Kgomotso has been busy every week and supplied the technical for the Gsport Awards, an event

  GDS is delighted to announce that it has secured the PLASA Award for Sustainability 2016 for its ArcSystem Fade to Warm (FTW) product. This is the third time the company has won the award, following victories with ArcSystem in

“The Clay Paky lights at Plasa 2016 were captivating and successful,” said Pio Nahum, Clay Paky CEO, when he got back from the London show, which has finally returned to Earls Court and its historical venue, Olympia. The industry met

Multi award winning Italian singer / songwriter and music producer Laura Pausini started her 2016 world touring campaign in support of her new ‘Simili’ studio album with a brand new lighting design created by Alain Corthout and Ignace D’Haese from

It was go, go, go for Clay Paky’s Massimo Bolandrina on his recent visit to South Africa. Along with Robert Izzett from DWR, a jam-packed schedule saw the pair visiting clients in Johannesburg as they presented a one-on-one demonstration of

The global launch of Robe’s highly anticipated new product and “Next Big Thing” – the Spiider – will take place at www.spiider.cz on Thursday 15th September 2016 at 12 midday (CET – Central European Timezone) – following an innovative and

Highly successful South African rock band Prime Circle have invested in a dot2 core plus dot2 F-wing which will allow their lighting designer Vincent van Niekerk to be fully in control wherever they are playing, including international shows and tours,

The next big thing from Robe is the Spiider! The countdown has begun!

In search of a solution that would cater for their AV needs, a server with multiple output points and one which would accommodate both small and large events, Johannesburg based Solid Rock Event Technical have taken ownership of a new

Enchanting audiences year after year, the FNB Starlight Pop Opera was hosted at the Chris Saunders Park, Umhlanga in KwaZulu Natal on 6 and 7 August. Headliner Patrizio Buanne, the Neapolitan-Austrian baritone singer, songwriter and producer, along with local South

  What a night! The BitterSweet Bash was one filled with mixed emotions as DWR Distribution bid farewell to the “birthday boy” Dave Whitehouse, who has chosen the UK as his new home, and also as DWR celebrated its 10th

Award winning French theme park Puy du Fou located in the Vendée region of western France has invested in Robe’s DL series LED moving lights, with 8 x DL7Ss and 18 x DL4Ss, which are being utilized to light their

Congratulations to Event Lighting, a brand new rental company in Johannesburg offering lighting equipment to the industry. Event Lighting is a joint venture between Peter Rieck of Rieck’s Lighting and Henry Jenkins of Eventech, who together have invested in 12

AUSTRALIA – Every year for the past seven years, Sydney’s streets and skyline have come alight with the beautiful, inspiring, interactive festival that is Vivid Sydney. The lights and installations of Vivid Sydney illuminate some of Sydney’s most iconic landmarks,

Israeli lighting designer Martin Adin of Pyromania presented his stunning “Photographia – Painting with Light” installation at the 2016 ‘Light in Jerusalem’ festival of light, which involved projecting onto and lighting a large section of the city’s famous ‘Old City

  DWR Distribution takes pleasure in announcing two new members to the team, in fact, good friends and a pair who have worked together before! A warm welcome extends to JP de Vernon and Kevin Stannett. JP de Vernon has

  DWR Distribution was delighted to welcome the founder of ArKaos, Marco Hinic and colleague Benjamin Bauwens to South Africa for the very first time in August. They visited clients in Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town and also presented training

  Over 3000 Anolis Arc Dot LED fixtures have been utilised in an eye-catching light sculpture “The Artists Edge” created by artist Stuart Green for the new landmark Elizabeth Quay development that reconnects the Swan River with the city of

  The first Robe Spikies to be purchased on the African continent have gone to Windhoek, Namibia based rental company Mikel-Jes … who purchased 8 units from Robe’s distributor DWR in Johannesburg, South Africa. The events market in Namibia is

Robe’s new Spikie fixtures – small, super-fast LED WashBeams – made their UK debut on a lighting rig designed by Paul Griffiths of Firebird Events for a UK sales conference staged in the Champagne Suite at the Novotel West London.

  Braunschweig, Germany – Philips Lighting, a Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX, PHIA) company and a global leader in lighting, announces the Braunschweig Symphony Orchestra has celebrated the 10th edition of its ‘Pop Meets Classic’ concert with Philips Showline SL BEAM

THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE – An 80s Extravaganza is a production currently running at Westville Boys’ High School from 16 to 28 August – if you are in the area, book your seat as you won’t be disappointed.  Imaginative

LD Mac Chan was part of the team led by creative director Beatrice Chia who made every Singaporean burst with pride on their 2016 National Day Parade (NDP) and this year, for the first time, the event was staged at

Different community theatre actors around the City of Tshwane will join in the action on stage during this year’s HELLO Community Arts Festival at the Breytenbach Theatre, from 25 to 27 August. The event will feature a production called Shango

The Lock, Stock & Barrel in Dubai was inspired by the trend of casual, industrial and live music venues all over the world. Spread over two floors and with more than 800 square metres, it focuses on live music events

Date Jonkman from Prolyte recently came to South Africa for the very first, visiting local distributor DWR Distribution and Prolyte users in Johannesburg. “We met up with a lot of clients, really nice guys,” said Date. “I felt very comfortable

French DJ and music producer DJ Snake fired up the crowds at the recent Global Dance Festival staged in the breathtaking Red Rocks Amphitheatre near Denver, Colorado, while his lighting designer Steve Brody (known industry wide as ‘Brody’) took full

Taking the genre of illusionism into a completely new dimension, brothers Chris and Andreas Ehrlich – who had already played to over half a million people on their “Magic – Experience Dreams” arena tour put on a special performance, “Magic

     Live your Passion Rio – The 2016 Summer Olympic Games have officially started! The Olympic Opening Ceremony at Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil kicked off the Games of the XXXI Olympiad. It is the first time that

The 2016 South African Music Awards (SAMAs), one of the highest profile events on the SA music calendar, was again staged at the Durban ICC Arena, broadcast live on SABC1 and enjoyed by an audience of 3000. For the first

On Thursday, June 23, the Queen Mary 2 returned to Southampton, remastered. Over the course of the luxury liner’s refit, the interior and exterior had been fully transformed, offering those who step on board a first class experience at sea,

  DWR Distribution is delighted to be the South African distributor for DMXking. Designed and manufactured in New Zealand, DMXking supplies high quality DMX512 interfaces. “We were looking for an Artnet solution that would be cost effective and suitable for

Peru – The brand new Clay Paky Scenius Spot has landed in South America for the first time and is dubbed ‘fixture of choice’ by prolific lighting designer Mario Raez in the Peruvian staging of jukebox classic Mamma Mia at

Jakarta, Indonesia based Lemmon Productions purchased 54 x Robe Pointe multipurpose moving lights, which started work immediately for broadcaster Trans7 on their popular live improvised comedy show, Opera van Java (OVJ)’s ‘Sahur Lagi’ show, which aired every night during Ramadan,

Italy – Vasco Rossi is back, and he is in great shape. He kicked off his new summer tour with a zero date at the Lignano Sabbiadoro stadium on 18 June. The “unauthorized exclusive preview” announcement arrived in a post

Ten years ago, Kevin Glover, owner of Johannesburg-based rental company Sound Stylists, visited Prolight + Sound in Frankfurt. Almost immediately after, he made his first DiGiCo purchase – a D5 Live. Since then, Kevin has enjoyed an on-going journey with

Peterborough, UK – Philips Lighting (Euronext Amsterdam: LIGHT), a global leader in lighting, announces Peterborough’s Key Theatre has replaced its existing tungsten Fresnels with 36 energy-efficient Philips Selecon RAMA LED Fresnel luminaires to save on power and breathe new life

Back up singers in short lace dresses playfully gave a little “charleston” kick to the sounds of The Parlotones, as the rock band infused a classical twist to their infectious melodies. The Parlotones Orchestrated Live saw the band deliver a

INFOSPORT+, a themed TV channel offered by the CANAL+ Group, France’s leading pay-TV Group, recently installed 50 neutral white LED Robert Juliat Tibo profiles in its brand new broadcasting studio where they are in daily use on sports live news

The beautiful and ancient city of Viborg in central Jutland is one of the oldest in Denmark dating back to the 8th century Viking settlements and has always had a great tradition for meetings and commercial and social interactions. Each

With over 15 years experience as a respected South African lighting designer, DWR Distribution is honoured to welcome Michael Broderick to the team. He will be based in Durban, his hometown. “I love Durban. Quite surprisingly, Durban is a melting

MGG were called upon to supply the full technical for the SAPOA Annual Convention, which celebrated its fiftieth anniversary at the Sandton Convention Centre’s Pavilion Venue in Johannesburg. For this top-notch occasion, MGG asked lighting designer Francois van der Merwe

Chile, South America – Architectural lighting designer Toni Amoros employed 24 Clay Paky Mythos fixtures to create a spectacular festive light show at South America’s tallest skyscraper, the Costanera Centre. The Costanera Centre is in the heart of Chile’s financial

Celebrate DWR’s 10th Birthday on Wednesday, 10th August from 6pm. It will be an evening with mixed emotions as we also say farewell to an industry legend, Dave Whitehouse, who will leave DWR and return to the UK. It also

  Two leading rental companies in Nelspruit have joined forces. Lowveld Sound Promotions officially merged with AVS Hire at the start of June and have made their first combined investment of Prolyte H30V trussing and base plates, supplied by DWR

Carnival City Casino’s Big Top Arena used their brand new grandMA2 light console for the very first time at the WBFF (World Beauty Fitness and Fashion), an internationally born competition where participants compete for titles such as Diva Fitness Model,

SPAIN – A.leda B-EYE K 10 equipment took part in the independent music festival held in Barcelona from June 1st to 5th, to brighten the Beach Club spectacles, the Primavera Sound’s new environment. ARA SO was responsible for lighting the

    Over 100 Robe moving lights including 40 x of the elegant new DL7S Profile ‘full spectrum’ LED luminaires … joined the craziness and mayhem of the latest series of “Professor Nicolai & Dr. Beckand” a popular, hilarious mad

Cape Town based Eastern Acoustics have recently joined the MA Lighting family with the purchase of the grandMA2 ultra-light supplied by DWR Distribution. Eastern Acoustics was found in the eighties and is an audio-visual company that specialises in all types

For ten consecutive weeks, Blond Productions provided the full technical for the Big Brother Extremo Live Eviction Show. This consisted of the opening event, weekly evictions and the recently hosted finale all hosted at Red Pepper Studios in Linden, Johannesburg

Robe once again had a big presence at Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC) in Las Vegas, another high profile event on the U.S. EDM calendar – following spectacular performances for the brand at ULTRA Miami and Coachella. Photos : Adam Kaplan Staged

The fifth season of the Voice van Vlaanderan (Voice of Flanders) was staged in Hall 8 of the Ghent Expo centre, a massive complex on the outskirts of the picturesque Belgian city – with show design once again delivered by

Lighting designer and consultant, Denis Hutchinson, was loaned six Robert Juliat Dalis 300W LED Cyclights by DWR Distribution to ‘test drive’ on the musical Sophiatown which played at the Market Theatre in Johannesburg and at the State Theatre in Pretoria. P

Blond Productions was honoured, for the third consecutive year, to supply the full technical for the televised competition Clash of the Choirs held at Global Access Studios in Fox Street, Johannesburg. Mauritz Neethling from Blond was responsible for the lighting

Over 350 Robe fixtures rocked the main stage of the 2016 Mayday dance event at the Westfalenhalle in Dortmund, Germany, specified by lighting designer Ronnie Santegoeds from Netherlands based 4Light, who was asked to create a jaw-droppingly memorable lightshow by

A dot2 Roadshow with Michael Strathmann from MA Lighting and DWR Distribution visited Johannesburg, Durban, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and Namibia during May. We caught up with Michael Strathmann (aka Qincy) and asked him a few questions about the trip.

A wet Johannesburg did not put a damper on the Neon Run, held at the Johannesburg Wanderers Stadium in May. Wizardry Group, who were the full technical suppliers and production team, commissioned Festival Sound to provide the sound at this

Robe moving lights – 20 x BMFL Blades and 32 x Pointes – have been specified and installed in a brand new lighting installation at Boston’s TD Garden Arena by New Hampshire, U.S.A. based Port Lighting Systems. Photos : Matt Teuten

Lighting designer Christopher Bolton from Keystone Productions used 180 Robe fixtures for the “feel good” Ghoema Music Awards staged at the Joburg Theatre. Photos courtesy credit Antony Cousens The Ghoema Awards recognises exceptional achievement in the Afrikaans Music Industry in South

When the television audience heard that The Voice would come to South Africa, there was a huge response and expectation. For Chris De Lancey from Multi-Media who was awarded the technical supply for The Voice Angola by production Co AMPN,

Lighting designer Tim Dunn from Gearhouse South Africa has seen technology swiftly evolve during his career. “I worked on some of the first moving lights, and we all evolved from bashing dents out of parcans to become electronic technicians,” Tim

Germany – Multi-award-winning lighting designer Björn Hermann has incorporated Clay Paky Mythos and brand new Scenius fixtures into a spectacular light show at the christening ceremony of AIDA Cruises’ new luxury flagship AIDAprima. Photo: Ralph Larmann AIDA Cruises is Germany’s

Nearly 100 Robe BMFLs – 88 x BMFL Blades and 6 x BMFL Spots – proved invaluable to Fredrik Jonsson’s lighting design for the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest which was staged in the Globe Arena, Stockholm with a capacity live

 Sadler’s Wells is a world-leading dance house, committed to producing, commissioning and presenting new works and to bringing the best international and UK dance to London and worldwide audiences. When the company was granted lottery funding for a technical refit, Graham

  From touring productions to festivals and corporate events, Colour Sound Experiment has come a long way from the company’s early years as a supplier of early moving lights to dance parties and raves. As one of the first companies

The Roast Café and The Goliath Comedy Club, in association with The Venue, opened in Melrose Arch, Johannesburg in May 2016. DWR Distribution was proud to supply the Robe lighting installation and a DiGiCo S21 sound console. Photos by Lauren Mulligan.

DWR Distribution is delighted to be the new distributor of Realizzer, a 3D Visualization software program. “I first came across Realizzer at Prolight and Sound two years ago,” said Nick Britz of DWR Distribution. “”I loved it straight away. I

The Durban Ice Arena is currently closed for public skating from 16 to 31 May, and has undergone a transformation to host the Brutal Fruit Netball Premier League. Black Coffee, commissioned by Shaun Brickell from Umlilo Brands, an event management,

Sweden – Award-winning lighting designer Fredrik Jönsson applied a vast number of Clay Paky Mythos, Sharpy, Sharpy Wash 330 and brand new Scenius to create the broadcast-ready, glittering extravaganza that was the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. Now in its 61st

The principal event in the Gauteng theatre calendar came to a dazzling climax in April, when the winners of the prestigious Naledi Theatre Awards were announced to a packed audience at the Lyric Theatre, Gold Reef City, Johannesburg. Set and

The garrison town of Leopoldsburg in Belgium was a perfect setting for the large scale promenade theatrical spectacle ‘De Groote Rappel’, directed by Luc Stevens and featuring a large community cast from the city telling the story of two world

The complete Muse stage had to be supported by a giant ground support system, since the roofing of the Hallenstation did not have sufficient loading capacity. Enough said and written about the Muse Drones tour, setting records and raising standards

The Koninklijke Schouwburg, or Royal Theatre, in The Hague has recently taken stock of a large number of Robert Juliat 614SX 1200W tungsten profile lanterns, supplied by Robert Juliat’s project partner for the Netherlands, Controllux, in a major refreshment of

Working as Project Manager for Afrikaans is Groot since it’s inception four years ago, Denzil Smith from MGG had always hoped that Joshua Cutts would some day step in as lighting designer for this slick, large-scale production. A busy schedule

Callum Sutherland, a student from St Stithians Boys College, Johannesburg, was 13 years old when he joined the school’s technical crew and soon thereafter, sat alone behind a Martin LightJockey with a little more than 15 minutes to program a

At 82 years young, legendary singer, recording artist and frontman of The Four Seasons Frankie Valli is still playing live and touring two weekends a month for most of the year … with Robe as the first choice of moving

Audio Engineers Mickey Beck has been with Josh Groban for 12 years and Chris “cookie” Hoff has been with Josh for 3 years. They recently came to South Africa on the “Stages” tour where they worked on two DiGiCo SD10

To describe Adele Laurie Blue Adkins, known worldwide as Adele, simply as ‘successful’ would be a bold understatement. Releasing her debut album “19” in 2008, her career has soared to incredible heights. The album was certified seven times platinum in

Johannesburg based rental company, LaserX, have taken delivery of four new ProLyft 250kg motors. “Having used them a number of times, the consensus now is how did we ever manage without them,” said Troy Bentley, owner of the company. For

Nearly 100 Robe BMFL Spots are on tour with multi-award winning chart-topping singer / songwriter Adele’s current ‘Adele Live 2016’ world tour, in a stylish and dramatic lighting concept developed by Patrick Woodroffe working with associate lighting designer Adam Basset

Inspired Stages hosted their first Inspired Mentors programme from the 21 to 24 March at the GrandWest Casino. Ninety-two youngsters between the ages of 17 and 25 and who had previously been involved in Inspired Stages workshops, were trained up

A dot2 Roadshow with Michael Strathmann from MA Lighting and DWR Distribution team, will be hosted in Johannesburg, Durban, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and Namibia from 9 to 18 May. The dot2 is a well-respected lighting console, and Michael Strathmann’s

When Gearhouse Splitbeam was appointed as the lighting supplier to Albert Hammond in The Teatro Monte Casino, Johannesburg, Alistair Kilbee knew this was a great opportunity to use 6 Philips Vari-Lite VL4000 Spots and 6 Philips Vari-Lite VL4000 BeamWash units

Dutch House DJ Fedde Le Grand recently played his GRAND 2016 event at Amsterdam’s 20,000 capacity Ziggo Dome, which was completely sold out and featured a spectacular lighting design by JJ Rotte from Dutch lighting and visual creative practice Light

The Cape Town leg of Starlight Classics, produced by Rand Merchant Bank and production by Jam Events, was hosted at the Vergelegen Wine Estate in Somerset West on 11 and 12 March. This is one of Lighting Designer Joshua Cutts’

The Planetshakers Church is a Pentecostal Christian ministry affiliated with Australian Christian Churches. It started when the Planetshakers band moved to Melbourne in 2004. The church has over 10,000 members. Currently, Planetshakers has four campuses in Melbourne; City, North East,