Industry-voted awards are always a great endorsement for any brand or product, so Astera is delighted to announce that its hugely popular Titan Tube is a 2021 Pro Moviemaker ‘Gear of The Year’ winner in the ‘lighting innovation’ category! The annual accolade from the international publication for professional

  Production Light & Sound in Leeds, UK, is a rental company known for offering great service, delivered with passion and commitment, by a dedicated team with a truly personal approach. The company was founded in 2000 by the late Jason Salvin and is now headed by Sarah Buckmaster who

  Hull, UK-based rental and production company HPSS Ltd invested in more Robe MegaPointes to provide spectacular results for the city’s 2021-22 festive illuminations, which feature 16 of these super-bright multifunctional fixtures. These were distributed on the rooftops of three landmark city centre buildings in a concept and system design

Eindhoven, the Netherlands – Multi-award winning Latin music star Marc Anthony has returned to the stage with his Pa’lla Voy tour, taking in 26-dates across North America with an arsenal of VL10 BEAMWASH luminaires from Vari-Lite, a Signify(Euronext: LIGHT) entertainment lighting brand. The VL10 delivers speed, versatility and an impressive

  The team at DWR Distribution would like to thank our friends, clients and suppliers for your support during 2021. We look forward to a time to unwind during the Christmas holidays and hope you do too. May 2022 be a good year for all and may we ride the

  The Joburg Theatre has turned pantomimes on its head with large LED screens replacing the use of traditional sets, usually shipped from England to South Africa, for Janice Honeyman’s latest heartwarming production, Cinderella,which runs from 5 November to 24 December 2021. With raving reviews from critics and traditionalists alike,

Idols South Africa 2021 underwent its most substantial visual transformation for a few years with a shift of venue, from the State Theatre in Pretoria to Studio 10 at the Urban Brew complex in Johannesburg. This moment was seized by the show’s long term lighting designer Joshua Cutts of Visual

    Las Vegas, NV, USA – A cornucopia of music’s best and brightest stars, including Billie Eilish, Coldplay, Dua Lipa, and Nelly, descended on the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas for the iHeartRadio Music Festival – a live production backed by striking visuals driven exclusively by Hippotizer Tierra+ Media

  DWR Distribution extends an enormous thank you to the churches and freelancers who joined our Lighting and Audio Training Workshop in November 2021 at our offices in Johannesburg. The sessions, hosted free of charge, included a two-day lighting workshop presented by Michael Taylor-Broderick and a two-day Audio Training presented

London, 29 November 2021 – Digital audio mixing console specialist DiGiCo has named Austin Freshwater as its new Managing Director. Freshwater, who has been General Manager since 2017, takes the reigns from long-serving MD James Gordon, who remains CEO of parent company, Audiotonix. The move signals a new era for

  Red Hill School, located in the heart of Johannesburg with a history that dates to 1907 and a reputation that embraces academics and the arts, has upgraded an existing music centre to include an Anolis Ambiane lighting system controlled by Visual Productions, along with a basic audio infrastructure. Respected

  A grandMA3 lighting control system – hardware and software – is at the heart of the new AFAS Experience Center’s 800 capacity theatre in Leusden, the Netherlands. The theatre is an integral part of the software company’s spectacular new contemporary work campus designed by Steef van de Veldt of

Anolis Eminere 1 RGBA LED wall washing lighting fixtures were specified to create mood lighting in a series of breakout rooms in the newest extension to the Estrel Congress Center (ECC) in Berlin, with the Czech manufacturer also producing some specially adapted ceiling mounting versions of the fixture to suit

  After a long period of uncertainty in the world, especially within the event industry the space roof delivery took place!   Actavo has been an active user of Prolyte products. In addition to various trusses and a large stock of barriers, Actavo has had a Prolyte Tunnel roof for

tvONE, innovator and manufacturer of the award-winning ONErack™ and ONErack™ Spider rack-mounting and power solutions, announces Magewell as the newest manufacturer to join the ONErack Alliance, formally approving ONErack as an accepted alternative to supplied power adapters. Magewell designs and develops hardware and software for video and audio capture, conversion, and streaming. AV Integrators

  I’m just gonna say it: I don’t think many people really get the difference between warmth and saturation – not to mention saturation and distortion.   You know who gets this stuff? Guitar players.   Any guitar player who buys a pedal board is 99% sure to save a

Idols SA 2021 became the first television show in South Africa to use a fully grandMA3 – software and hardware – lighting control platform, chosen by Joshua Cutts and Andre Siebrits from Visual Frontier to run their spectacular lighting design for the final televised segments of the popular and high-profile

  tvONE (www.tvone.com), a leading designer and manufacturer of cutting-edge video, multimedia processing and racking and power solutions, launches a virtual demonstration and training setup to offer remote demos and training for the CORIOmaster family of video wall processors. This new training demo provides live, high-quality interactive demo sessions from

 Ministry of Sound Classical (MoS Classical) is a celebration of 30 years of Ministry of Sound’s favourite dance classics performed by the London Concert Orchestra. As this spectacular show prepared to take to the stage for a highly anticipated return to the live arena, its audio team turned their attention

WSU Warriors fans will enjoy concert-quality performance, complete coverage distribution, and speech intelligibility thanks a new A Series system   DETROIT, Michigan – November 2021 – On Friday, November 5th, the Wayne State Warriors officially opened their university’s new basketball arena with an inaugural game against the Michigan Wolverines. The

Halo, a central London-based lighting and AV rental and production company founded in 1989 by Yann Guenancia, has been thriving ever since, including throughout the UK’s three pandemic lockdowns, when it was one of a few very fortunate companies in a position to remain open and keep supplying equipment for

Talented US rapper ИF toured his Clouds (The Mixtape) album in October with a raw and stylish production design created by Chris Denholm (also musical director) and Clay Joiner (also lighting designer) … tuning in to the artist’s big presence, smart words and intimate one-to-one live performance bond with his

A vibrant and elegant new Anolis Eminere LED lighting design by architectural lighting practice Pritchard Themis is gracing the front facades of Waltham Forest Town Hall in East London, UK. The impressive Grade II listed building is the HQ of Waltham Forest London Borough Council, and the exterior lighting scheme

  UK – Team GB returned to home soil from the Tokyo Olympics for a victory celebration at London’s SSE Wembley Arena with a glorious music concert, dazzling pre-made content and performance footage driven by Hippotizer Boreal+ Media Servers.   Artists including Rag’n’Bone Man, Laura Mvula and Nile Rodgers took

Tubular Bells 50th Anniversary Live Concert Experience at the Royal Festival Hall   Mike Oldfield’s magnum opus, Tubular Bells, was performed live at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall in London this summer, in a series of performances forming a prelude to the celebration of the iconic album’s 50th anniversary

Claypaky Xtylos won “The AVard”, the ProAV Awards in Germany ( www.the-avard.de ) as “Best Entertainment & Infotainment Product”. The award ceremony, hosted by Professional System magazine and supported by many other leading industry publications, took place as part of the gala evening held on 4 November at the CCD

  Curve Theatre in Leicester, UK, saw a welcome return to live audience performances with a run of “The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber”, a new production that is part of the venue’s socially distanced season. An eye-catching lighting design was created by Ben Cracknell for this spirit rousing, in-the-round

  Seoul, South Korea – The National Theater of Korea has upgraded its dimming control to a range of products from Strand – a Signify (Euronext: LIGHT) entertainment lighting brand – to add functionality for its diverse range of luminaires.   A recent remodelling of the multi-theater complex saw a

Ljubljana Puppet Theatre (Lutkovno Gledališče Ljubljana) is famous for both puppet productions and live acting dramas, musicals, and other performance entertainments in and around its various spaces, which are also available for business events. The 200 capacity Saint Jacob’s (Šentjakobsko) Hall auditorium has recently re-opened after a complete 8-month renovation

       Cairo, Egypt – The powerful output and rich colors of the VLZ range of luminaires from Vari-Lite, a Signify (Euronext: LIGHT) entertainment lighting brand, were harnessed to light up Egypt’s treasured historic landmarks for a procession of 22 ancient Pharaohs through the streets of Cairo.   The

The 2021 MTV VMAs (Video Music Awards) was back in-person, in style and with a live audience at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York City … and making it extra special this year the event celebrated its 40th … so the pressure was on for lighting designer Tom Sutherland

  Highly respected Russian sound engineer, Aleksey ‘Midas’ Korolev, has recently moved to an immersive audio environment, expanding his work with d&b’s Soundscape system by adding KLANG’s immersive in ear system to his workflow. The move to KLANG also prompted him to switch from his long-term choice of console to

  Marcoussis and Orléans, France – October 2021 – With today’s entertainment consumer hungry for rich, immersive experiences, immersive audio continues to become a viable and sought-after element in various production workflows. However, the prevalence of so many platforms and proprietary communication languages has been a stumbling block to widespread

  DiGiCo is renowned for having an eye on current and future industry needs. Recognising that the post-pandemic connectivity landscape is going to be more critical than ever, it has announced its participation in the Avnu Alliance®. This move to AVB networking and the Milan™ family, along with a keen

October – Renowned Argentinean progressive house DJ Hernán Cattáneo looked back at the history of progressive house music in a live concept show called “Future Memories” at the Teatro Gran Rex in Buenos Aires, Argentina on September 18-19. Lighting Designer and Director Sergio Lacroix utilized 32 Claypaky Sharpy Plus fixtures

  SJ Lighting created spectacular lighting production designs for four stages and the Main Stage VIP area at the 2021 Miami Rolling Loud Festival which took place over 3 days / nights at the Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens in Florida, offering 75,000 hip hop fans their first chance to

UK – Green Hippo’s rock solid, flagship Hippotizer Tierra+ MK2 Media Server took centre stage to drive mesmerising visuals at the James Bond No Time To Die world premiere at the Royal Albert Hall.   Richard Bagshaw from UK-based live events video playback and content creators Digital Insanity took the

  Johannesburg’s multi award winning Market Theatre has been on South Africa’s political, cultural, and social frontline since 1976 when it opened as an independent, anti-racist producing house at the height of the apartheid era. Championing a diverse collage of edgy, raw, authentically African work and creativity, it’s helped to

  It gives DWR Distribution great pleasure to welcome Jaques Pretorius to our technical support and training team.   Jaques will focus on MA Lighting support, head the Training Department, present training courses, play a key role in open days, roadshows and demonstrations, and assist clients with technical support. He

Wilmington, Delaware and Las Vegas, Nevada based lighting rental and dry hire specialist Main Light has invested in more Robe BMFL FollowSpot LT fixtures and Motion Cameras to boost its inventory of available RoboSpot remote follow spotting systems. Larger quantities of all the RoboSpot elements are needed to keep pace

Bold, bright, vivid – with the assistance of Robe moving lights – this was the look central to Lucas Conradi’s lighting design for the Volkswagen booth at the IAA Mobility 2021 expo in Munich, underlining and complementing the energy and excitement generated by the popular German automotive manufacturer’s new brand