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

UK, Europe and USA – Gary Numan took to the road in April 2022 with a moody and ethereal lighting design created by award winning LA-based designer Dustin Snyder. An essential objective of the design was to ensure that the fans could clearly seeNuman and his band’s expressive faces from

For those who missed out on the DiGiCo training earlier this year, please join Kyle Robson from DWR Distribution as he presents S-Series training on 7 July 2022 from 99 am to 4 pm in Johannesburg. The course will cover the following topics: Introduction and console design Console navigation, layout

London, UK – The eyes of the world were on the incredible Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Concert in June, to witness a host of big-name singers perform on a specially created stage in front of Buckingham Palace. As the Royal Family, politicians, dignitaries and the public looked on, a show fit

  DWR Distribution is delighted to invite you to the Broadcast Studio Lighting Training Course presented by the legendary Andre Rossouw on 21 – 22 June from 9am to 4pm. With a career spanning almost four decades at the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), Andre has worked as a lighting

  MADRIX 5.5 is one of the company’s biggest releases ever, and it shows! It has big features. It has small ones. Features you have been eagerly awaiting for a long time. New features that might surprise you! Features you will surely love as much as we do. The exciting

Denver, USA – Grammy Award winning, Puerto Rican mega-star Bad Bunny kicked off his 36-date sell out El Último Tour Del Mundo 2022 from the Ball Arena, Denver in February. Featuring a show design as stylishly unconventional as the artist himself, lighting designer Alain Corthout, chose to deploy a battery

Stage Electrics recently installed a pair of Robert Juliat Arthur 800W LED followspots at The Lowry, Salford Manchester. The Arthur 5°-15° followspots were supplied to Stage Electrics by Ambersphere Solutions, Robert Juliat’s exclusive UK distributor. The 1700+ seat Lowry is an important theatre for the north-west of England and runs

The final evening concert of the 2022 Volbriöö event in Estonia’s vibrant and picturesque second city of Tartu took place on the Kaarsild (Arch) Bridge, an elegant pedestrian link that connects the centre of town with the Ülejõe District, traversing the Emajõgi River. Andres Sarv, lighting designer from Tartu’s famous

DWR Distribution is pleased to announce the addition of Stuart Andrews to take on the position of projects and operations manager. “I’m so positive and happy to be back in South Africa and at DWR,” said Stuart, who has lived in Rwanda and Dubai for well over a year since

Reotshepile Tlhowe and Nathan Thiart with the new Fenix Hercules 8.   Blue Array Productions, a professional rental and production company, has invested in two FENIX Stage Hercules 8 front-loading lifting towers supplied by DWR Distribution. The units were put to work for the very first time at Liefde by

For those living in Cape Town, please join Jaques Pretorius from DWR Distribution as he presents an intensive two day introductory grandMA3 introductory workshop, which includes the granMA3 new software release v1.7, from 27 – 28 June from  9 am to 4 pm. The workshop will be held at the

Twenty of Robe’s new FORTE moving lights are a key feature of a new lighting design by Maxime Chotard for “Mousquetaire de Richelieu” (Richelieu’s Musketeer), one of the flagship shows at Puy du Fou, a historical theme park in Les Epesses in the Pays de la Loire region of Western

The Beijing People’s Art Theatre used their new grandMA3 lighting control system for a special revival of acclaimed historical drama Cai Wenji directed by Tang Ye, which was part of the venue’s 70th anniversary season. The work details the life story of Cai Yan, also known as ‘Wenji’, a female literary

Robe was proud to a sponsor of the Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic, stage of the 2022 Mercedes-Benz UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, where one of the toughest parts of the XCO (cross country) course was designated “Rock ‘n’ Robe”, and Robe’s new Show Truck concept – providing a fully mobile

Congratulations Patrick David Ntuli on achieving your advanced diploma qualification at the Tshwane University of Technology in Pretoria. The SOS Charity Fund was privileged to support Patrick on the final stretch of his academic journey.   Wheelchair-bound and diagnosed with Poliomyelitis at the age of 11, Patrick demonstrated resilience during

Budapest’s Rumbach Street synagogue, designed by Viennese architect Otto Wagner and completed in 1872, has recently been restored to its original Moorish revival style exquisiteness and glory. It has re-opened to the public after decades of dereliction following a partial reconstruction in the late 1980s / early 1990s which ran

  Lighting and visual designer Rob Ross of New York and LA based technical production company Rob Ross Design used over 500 Astera Titan Tubes to highlight impressive architectural and industrial areas at Tesla’s new Gigafactory in Austin, Texas … for the automotive giant’s recent facilities launch party, ‘Cyber Rodeo’.

  Drawn to Life, the first collaboration between Cirque du Soleil, Walt Disney Animation Studios and Walt Disney Imagineering, has opened in Disney Springs, Florida where Robert Juliat Dalis 860s take centre stage with an impressive 80 x 45-foot cyclorama. In Drawn to Life the stage is transformed into a

    PAS Church in Costa Rica recently embarked on the important task of selecting and installing a new FOH console to manage an increasingly demanding weekly schedule. With multiple services each week, a range of group meetings, broadcast services and a thriving music department, the Church needed a new

  Join Tyler Pugin as he shows you how to trouble shoot, clean and maintain your lighting units at the Robe Fixture Maintenance Training to be held on 8 June from 9 am to 4 pm at DWR Distribution, Johannesburg. Topics covered during this hands-on workshop include: Cleaning and maintaining

Take a performance from page to stage with Michael Taylor-Broderick as he presents a Lighting Design training course to be held on 3 June from 9 am to 4 pm at DWR Distribution, Johannesburg. Delegates can look forward to a range of topics: The role of the Lighting Designer The

  Whether you work in a theatre, church or rental company, please join DWR Distribution for various training days focused on lighting during June 2022. Don’t forget to look out for our exciting competition aimed at lighting designers or those interested in lighting design. While official invitations will be sent

Iconic multi award-winning composer, producer and “rock star of film music” Hans Zimmer hit the road this spring on a much-anticipated tour. Delayed due to the pandemic, but worth every moment of waiting, as the artist and a host of talented musicians – his 19-piece band and an orchestra –