Renowned industry experts Tim Boot and Olivier Roure join L-Acoustics in key business development roles MARCOUSSIS, France – December 2022 – Following the recent announcement of a new Global Sales and Business Development organization, L-Acoustics is pleased to introduce the new Business Development team. Consisting of talented experts within the company, alongside

  UK rockers alt-J were back on the road again in 2022 having released their fourth studio album “The Dream” earlier in the year, and their enigmatic live performance style could be enjoyed with a new lighting design by Davy Sherwin. A striking scenic element of the design was created

UK-based Lighting Designer Durham Marenghi is no stranger to high-profile events with numerous Winter and Summer Olympics Opening and Closingceremonies, Queen Elizabeth II’s Golden and Diamond Jubilee events, many citywide New Year’s in London celebrations and more to his credit.  He recently lit the Opening Ceremony for FIFA World Cup

Killeen, TX, USA – The brand-new Chaparral High School in the central Texas city of Killeen opened its doors in August 2022 with a state-of-the-art performing arts wing designed to elevate student learning. It is equipped with an array of luminaires from Vari-Lite, the originators of the modern moving head

Januaray – Lighting Designer Fredrik Jönsson of Eyebrow Designs AB used 30 Claypaky Mini Xtylos HPE fixtures to illuminate Supercell’s annual joint tournament for the “Clash of Clans World Championship” and the “Clash Royale League World Finals” at Clash Fest, held at the Helsinki Expo and Convention Centre.  During the epic

To those living in KwaZulu Natal, please join Richard Smith for an L-Acoustics System and Workflow course on 24 January from 9 am to 4 pm at the Durban Jewish Club. Please note that this foundational workshop is essential to attend, and pass, should you wish to attend any future

Robe lighting embraced the 2022 LDI expo in Las Vegas with a fantastic booth design, an invigorating live show, and a jaw-dropping line up of new and innovative products that stunned-and-amazed those in attendance. “It was wonderful to be back together with everyone and catch up face-to-face with so many

DWR Distribution is over the moon to welcome Ian Staddon, Vice President of Sales for DiGiCo, back to South Africa for a roadshow taking place in Johannesburg (6 October), Durban (10 October) and Cape Town (12 October). This is an opportunity to meet with friends and get acquainted with the

Finland – The annual Miss Finland pageant was broadcast live on TV from Helsinki’s Valkoinen Sali hall in September, with contestants strutting their stuff backed by LED screens driven by Hippotizer Karst+ Media Servers. The glitzy event, which crowns a winner who will go on to represent Finland in the

  Czech distributor Pro Music supplies and installs DiGiCo Quantum 7T mixing consoles bringing the new level of sound detail and transparency to the capital’s second largest theatre   Located on the outskirts of Karlín near Florenc in Prague, the Musical Theatre Karlín (Czech: Hudební divadlo Karlín) is one of

June – Electric Claudio Merlo Lighting Equipment S.A. (ECM), a stage lighting equipment supplier and Claypaky distributor in Taverne, Switzerland, has been working non-stop to fill the needs of professional theaters across Switzerland. Theaters are particularly demanding venues for lighting fixtures since they require extremely low-noise operation and very high

Knoxville, TN, September 22, 2022 — Front-of-house engineer Ronny (Rompa) Bernström (Clawfinger, Candlemass, Hardcore Superstar) who has been working with Swedish rock legends Europe since 2006, has chosen the Waves eMotion LV1 Live Mixer and Waves plugins for the 2022 tour by the band. Europe is one of the most

Architectural and entertainment LED lighting brand Anolis enjoyed a busy and successful PLASA (Professional Lighting & Sound Association) expo, at the Grand Hall of London’s Olympia earlier this month, where Anolis showed its new Calumma product series for the first time at a UK expo, also highlighting its Eminere and

  Eclipse HX and FreeSpeak II systems support the return of live, in-person events for the global gaming tournament. When the PUBG Nations Cup, one of the biggest tournaments in esports, returned to a live audience format in June 2022, event producers One Up Solutions and Banana Culture were well-equipped

ArKaos, the real-time visual processing technology provider for live performance, architectural installations, LED applications and broadcast, has appointed DWR Distribution as a reseller in the South African market. In October 2020, InMusic, a global leader in music technology hardware, software and consumer electronics, announced the acquisition of ArKaos – a

Join Kyle Robson of DWR Distribution for Waves Training on 4 October 2022 from 9am to 4pm. Waves is the world’s leading developer of audio plugins and signal processors for the professional and consumer electronics audio markets. Heard on hit records, major motion pictures and popular video games worldwide, Waves’

DWR Distribution is delighted to announce an introductory Vectorworks Spotlight 2022 workshop to be presented by Jade Manicom on 4 October 2022 from 9 am to 4 pm at the Cape Audio College in Observatory. Jade will provide a basic overview of the capabilities, concepts, resources, services, and benefits available

  The LED Hire Company, a Johannesburg- based rental company that specializes in the hiring of LED screen solutions, content creation and creative design and renders, has invested in 100 sqm of Absen PL2.9 lite LED panels. The panels, supplied by DWR Distribution, form part of a large shipment containing

London, UK – London’s Four Seasons Hotel Park Lane was the setting for a pre-fight press conference by British boxer Anthony Joshua and his Ukrainian opponent, Oleksandr Usyk, with a stunning LED screen backdrop driven by a Hippotizer Nevis+ Media Server.The heavyweight champions were giving interviews to the global sports press,

Christchurch, New Zealand – Visitors to The Air Force Museum of New Zealand are seeing its collection of historic aircraft in a whole new light, thanks to a new LED rig and control solution from Vari-Lite, the originators of the modern moving head and a Signify (Euronext: LIGHT) entertainment lighting

An Anolis Ambiane and Eminere auditorium lighting installation is part of a complete revamp at the Rakkestad Theatre, a busy community hub and performance venue serving the Rakkestad municipality and surrounding areas of this thriving and diverse Norwegian agricultural heartland. Opened in 1988, general manager Magne Bjørnstad oversees everything happening at

Creative Technology (CT) has invested in multiple DiGiCo SD12s in recent years, with the two it has in its hire stock now including the theatre-specific T software. “Theatre and CT is evolving rapidly and we’re very busy with it and were keen to invest in the T software as soon

It is an enormous privilege for DWR Distribution to welcome Darren Durbach to the sales team, a big name in the live events industry and AV integration market, and someone who has paid his dues. Under the guidance of legendary Joe Copans, founder of Wild and Marr, Darren’s enthusiastic character

  The South African live events industry has snapped up 2 080 (520 Square metres) Absen PL2.9 lite LED panels, each upgraded with a NovaStar A8s-N receiver card, shipped to the country by DWR Distribution. It started when Cape Town-based Marcel Bezuidenhout, owner of Audio Engineering, wanted to find like-minded technical

DWR Distribution is pleased to welcome Ruud de Deugd back to South Africa as he presents a certified Rigging Training Course on 30 January to 4 February 2023 from 9am to 4pm at our offices in Johannesburg. With almost twenty years of experience, lecturer Ruud de Deugd specialises in rigging

New York and LA based lighting and visual designer Rob Ross of technical production specialist, Studio RRD used his vast imagination and 160 Astera Titan Tubes to create a stunning light sculpture centrepiece for the SOMA Tent at the 2022 Outside Lands Festival staged in San Francisco’s iconic Golden Gate

New York based lighting designer Myles Mangino used the stylish appearance of Robe’s PATT 2013 luminaires and the excellent CRI and crisp optics of their ESPRITE moving lights to add a touch of class to a video shoot for music producer Mark Ronson featuring singer Lucky Daye. The music video

  Osnabrück, Germany – German video conferencing expert GreenIT24 has created an inspired unified communications solution for companies using MS Teams and Zoom rooms, with a tvONE CORIOview multi-window processor at its core. The Osnabrück-based company, which specializes in video comms and IT for organizations looking to optimize internal communications,

Robe’s new IP65 rated iSpiider LED wash moving lights passed some serious jungle tests on the latest edition of “I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here Germany” (Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier rau) … which was recorded at Blyde River Canyon in Hoedspruit, Limpopo Province, South

Located in the Songjiang District of Shanghai, the Yun Hall Cultural Art Centre is a major community and economic project of the district party committee and district government. Its aim is to build a comprehensive, high-quality cultural landmark, providing one-stop public cultural services such as art exhibitions, cultural performances, group

Lighting and Production Designer Patrick Brannon selected Claypaky Xtylos, A.leda B-EYE K20s and Sharpysfor country superstar Tim McGraw’s just completed “McGraw Tour 2022,” which played dates in the eastern half of the US.  Premier Global Production Company, the world-class staging and lighting production company based in Nashville, was the lighting

The first major live post pandemic corporate event staged in South Africa was organized by international services, trading and distribution company Bidvest for key clients, suppliers and staff. Taking the theme “Future Now”, the large and impressive show returned live after a two-year absence, due to Covid restrictions, staged for

Multifaceted nightclub becomes UK’s first club to install the compact K3 line source system for a versatile and enveloping sound experience Newcastle upon Tyne, UK – June 2022 – Located in the heart of Newcastle’s buzzing city centre, The Lofts, which opened in August last year, has already earned a

    Three years in construction, the new Romanian Pentecostal Betania Church in Dublin is remarkable not just because it is now ranked the largest church in Ireland, but because the building was funded and primarily built by volunteers in the Church’s community. Accommodating 1500 worshippers in its main sanctuary,

In late 2021, a fire ravaged Dulaney High School’s (DHS) 1,000- seat auditorium in Baltimore County, Maryland, when a PAR 64 lighting fixture was inadvertently pointed at the red curtain. The fire was quickly extinguished, and all students and faculty were evacuated safely, but much of the audio and lighting

Knoxville, TN, June 16, 2022 — Waves Audio, the world’s leading developer of professional audio signal processing technologies and plugins, announces support for Amazon Web Services (AWS) with the Waves Cloud MX Audio Mixer, a cloud-based professional audio mixer with superior sound quality for broadcast productions. As broadcast and media

So say K3 – arguably the most successful Belgian-Dutch girl group of all time! Currently on a 2022 theatre tour through Belgium and the Netherlands, “Giddy Up & Go” is the foot-tappingly catchy third song of the set, and it features 15 Astera Titan Tubes which are used highly effectively