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 –

  Finland – Nordic Entertainment Group’s Viaplay streaming TV service has a brand new studio in Helsinki, complete with wraparound LED screen backdrops driven by Hippotizer Boreal+ MK2 Media Servers.   The broadcaster’s built-for-purpose, state-of-the-art studio, designed and ordered by Viaplay and built in collaboration with NEP Finland, features a

  When it comes to rigging and building stages, safety should be your priority.  You are invited to join Robert Izzett as he presents a two-day Basic Rigging training course held on 19 and 20 May 2022 at DWR Distribution.   The course aims to equip delegates with the rigging

Event technical specialist Spotlight Audio Visual Industries (SAVI) supplied full event production for the much-anticipated Toronto premiere of The Matrix Resurrections, staged at the Scotiabank Theatre Cineplex, and including over 300 x Astera wireless LED lighting fixtures. The spectacular visual design for this fourth Matrix sci-fi action movie launch was

Europe’s new cultural gem, Cavatina Hall, houses an unrivalled AV system with L-Acoustics world-class spatial sound and an advanced audio network   Bielsko-Biała, Poland – April 2022 – A unique multi-functional building combining office and cultural spaces, Poland’s newly-constructed Cavatina Hall opened its doors at the start of this year.

The legendary band Genesis has reunited for “The Last Domino?” world tour, their first since 2007. Longtime Creative Director for the band, Patrick Woodroffe, worked with Roland Greil to design the set and lighting for the tour. Genesis core members Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks kicked off the

  Czech Republic-based moving and LED lighting manufacturer Robe lighting s.r.o. rocked back to major live exhibition shows with a dazzling new live production, CUETE & The Beast, created exclusively for the Prolight+Sound 2022 expo and presented last week in Frankfurt, Germany. Robe made a very strong statement with the

Join Kyle Robson of DWR Distribution for Waves Training on 10 May 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’

  Levels AV delivers ultimate audio experience at Dubai’s stunning new gastronomical hub   Dubai, UAE – April 2022 – At the heart of the Address Downtown Dubai hotel, Urla is a sophisticated dining experience with a distinctive coastal design concept that presents a menu of Aegean-inspired cuisine. The new