The series was recorded for broadcaster POP TV in Studio 4 of their complex in Ljubljana, and Ziga’s rig utilised Robe moving lights for its core elements, including MegaPointes, Spiiders, LEDWash 800s, Pointes, MMX Spots, CycFX 8s and a BMFL Blade… all supplied by Event Lighting, a leading Slovenian rental

  Nicole Barnes from Entertainment Technology reports DWR Distribution has established a reputation for hosting a diverse range of training courses to empower local technicians across disciplines over the past few years. One of the most celebrated and sought-after causes is the annual Prolyte Rigging Course, delivered by internationally renowned

  DWR is proud to announce our very first Waves Training Course, presented by Eran Ben Zur, in Johannesburg on 18 February and in Cape Town on 21 February from 10am to 5pm. Eran Ben Zur is a Live Product Specialist at Waves Audio and an experienced FOH Engineer. Delegates

  Exposing young industry players to the latest technical equipment, SARA, the South African Roadies Association, have invested in an Absen D3V Indoor / Outdoor LED screen consisting of 150 panels and a Green Hippo Karst+ Media Server, to drive the content, from local distributor DWR Distribution. SARA is a

Italy – The “Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino” hosted the return of Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story one hundred years after his birth (from 13 to 22 December). This musical theatre masterpiece is one of the most loved shows still performed today. The Florentine edition was directed by Federico Bellone

Nicole Barnes from ETECH catches up with the technical team behind the Aardklop festival hosted in 2018 Aardklop national arts festival, held annually in Potchefstroom, North-West Province, has over the past 20 years established a reputation for providing festival-goers with a varied and rich celebration of South African arts and

  The National Theatre, situated on London’s South Bank, has been a revered national institution for over fifty years. Its three theatres, the 1110-seat Olivier, the 890-seat Lyttelton and the 400-seat Dorfman, play host to a wide range of theatre performances from bold new work to re-imagined modern classics. The

  MA E-Learning is a free training platform for current MA Lighting users and anyone interested in MA training. The course, which is free of charge, is broken up into separate videos, with tasks and exercises. The choice is yours: Start at your individual knowledge level in the modular and

    The CFL’s version of the Super Bowl saw Canada’s two top teams vie for the trophy, while fans in the stands heard the entertainment close up and clearly thanks to cart-mounted K1 loudspeakers on the stadium’s sidelines   EDMONTON, Alberta, Canada – January 2019 — The Canadian Football

    Audiolux is one of the first Italian rental companies to stock up with a large number of Axcor Profile 600s. Claypaky has recently launched this LED spot profiler on the market and it has been an immediate great success among industry professionals and workers. The Lodi-based company has

It’s panto time again in the UK… with the slapstick, craziness and innuendos flying as fast as a foam pie in the face… At Blackpool Grand this year, putting both beauty and some beast attitude into the show, lighting designer Andy Webb specified 81 x Robe fixtures – 98 per

Award-winning lighting designer, Tim Routledge, has made brilliant and original use of Robert Juliat Dalis 862 Footlight fixtures on Florence and the Machine’s current High as Hopetour, by utilising the 150W LED Dalis’ variable white tones to light the 8-strong band. The English indie rock band’s eclectic music switches between

It’s difficult not to feel emotional when visiting the streets of Nigeria. Often known as the “Giant of Africa” due to its large population and economy, Nigeria has an estimated 197 million inhabitants, many of whom have a hunger and passion for knowledge not often seen elsewhere in the world.

Comic-Con Africa, a three-day event showcasing comic books, science fiction/fantasy related film and television, as well as similar popular arts, was hosted for the very first time in South Africa at the Kyalami International Convention Centre in Midrand, Johannesburg.  MGG was appointed as the main technical supplier for the sold-out

  The story of Harmony Entertainment is a beautiful one – a South African black man growing up in a rural area who became a pianist, a registered business accountant, the founder of a rental company and most recently, the owner of a DiGiCo S31. It’s the story of Tsholanang

Gearhouse Splitbeam, the South African theatre equipment rental company, have invested in 53 new ProLyft Aetos motors and 3 Aetos 24 way remote controllers to keep up with demand of upcoming theatre productions. The company was established by Alistair Kilbee and Ofer Lapid in 2010, who realized the challenges of

Platteland is a new venue based in Centurion, Gauteng, delivering an outstanding music performance by local and international artists on a platform that technically meets a world class standard. The professionally equipped venue includes an L-Acoustics audio system, a DiGiCo S21 digital mixing console, and an impressive all Prolyte 8

Ultra Events is a premium technical supply and production company based in Cape Town, South Africa, owned and run by Costa Champanis … and is the latest in several rental companies in the region to invest in Robe’s hugely popular MegaPointe multi-functional luminaire. Ultra took delivery of four units initially

The Holidays are just around the corner! To all our friends in the industry, thank you for your support. Everyone has worked so hard this year and we hope that you will enjoy a well-deserved break and get to do the things you enjoy – friends, family, reading a book

DWR Distribution took hands with UJ Arts & Culture to offer practical training to students interested in working back stage on productions. “UJ Arts & Culture’s partnership with DWR grants us access to valuable professional skills and knowledge we would otherwise not be able to make available to our crew

DWR Distribution recently hosted L-Acoustics training to ensure that all current and new Kara users were up to standard and internationally certified. Tony Szabo, head of Applications for Touring at L-Acoustics, presented the two-day course: the theory hosted at DWR in Johannesburg, while the practical, hands-on session was hosted at

  Seattle’s native sons return for first “Home Shows” in five years, raising nearly $11 million to combat homelessness, then head off to play sold-out “Away Shows” at stadiums in Missoula, Chicago, and Boston with Rat Sound’s L-Acoustics K1 system   SEATTLE, Washington – November 2018 — Playing three-hour shows with 30-plus

  Business Events Africa magazine did an interview with Robyn D’Alessandro, National Marketing Manager at Gearhouse Group in September 2018. Robyn is inspirational and we thought we’d share her story, if you have not read it already. “By the time I graduated from University, I was already fairly entrenched at

  Christmas came early this year for Cape Town based rental company, Core Productions. They have taken ownership of a dot2 XL-F, dot2 F-wing, a DMX King Pro1 (which integrates with Dot2 on PC software), and a dozen Longman Facepars. For the tight-knit group of creative individuals who make up

    Pierre Griffioen, owner of Pure Event Gear, will be flying the Robe Spiider flag as he participates in The Munga, a single stage mountain bike race described as “The toughest race on earth.” The 1 070 kilometer race over mostly gravel roads through the Karoo in the heat of

Robe lighting’s CEO, Josef Valchar presented demonstrations at a successful South African Robe Roadshow event which received a friendly welcome in Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg at the start of November 2018. Organised by local distributor DWR and also attended by Robe’s sales director Harry von den Stemmen, the roadshow

  Prolyte Group presented its 2018 Distributor Awards at the International Training Centre (ITC) in Germany during their recent Partner Immersion Event (PIE).   PIE is the bi-annual event for distributors from all over the world to embrace the supportive atmosphere from each other and together with the Prolyte people.

    Arlington Backyard and Live! Arena, the city’s newest major-league entertainment venues, equipped with Kara and Kiva II systems and the new P1 AVB processor   ARLINGTON, Texas – November 2018 — They say everything in Texas is big, and the new 200,000-square-foot Texas Live! entertainment complex certainly fits that

Celebrity endorsement is something most brands dream about, and some pay massively for … BUT when South Africa’s foremost and hugely popular rock band Prime Circle decided to actually invest in Robe moving lights … it took the concept to a completely different level! Marco Gomes the band’s bass guitarist,

Early September saw the inauguration of Moscow’s new Zaryadye Concert Hall, hailed as a hugely important venue for the cultural life of Russia’s capital city. Robert Juliat is very proud to be involved, with Russian project partner, Doka, specifying over 100 Robert Juliat profile lanterns, Fresnel fixtures and followspots as

  The Ark of Salvation, is a Slavic Pentecostal church located in Inman, South Carolina. When they needed an audio makeover for their 1,500-member facility, they called in Paul Korchak of Digital Pro Sound, based in Portland, Oregon. Church officials gave Paul simple instructions: provide the best possible sound with

  DWR Distribution is proud to announce that two of our team members, Marlene Riley and Chris Pugh, will be riding the Telkom 947 Cycle Challenge in support of Beagle Rescue South Africa on Sunday, 18thNovember 2018.   Hosted for the 22ndYear, the Telkom 947 Cycle Challenge gives cyclist the

  Wilsonville, Ore.; November 13, 2018 — DWR Distribution, South Africa’s leading supplier of stage lighting and other live performance equipment, announced today that they will be the sole distributor for Audix Microphones in South Africa. Audix is a leading designer and manufacturer of microphones for the professional music and

  Marcel Bezuidenhout, owner of Cape Town-based Audio Engineering, has been flying under the radar, since forming his company in 1998. He has retained most of his clients and steadily built sound relationships and a fine collection of professional equipment. But being the first in South Africa to take ownership

Encounter Christian Church is a 600-seater church based on the second floor of a shopping centre in Centurion, South Africa. While looking for solutions to expand on their current audio system, the church met up with DWR Distribution who recommended Quest and DiGiCo to accommodate the growing ministry and worship

  The leading venue in Nashville’s fast-growing satellite city finds the SD12 to be a perfect fit FRANKLIN, Tennessee – November 2018 — The Franklin Theatre first opened as a cinema in the summer of 1937, when moviegoers could see a double feature and cap the evening with an ice

  The Joburg Theatre have taken delivery of ten Robin 800 LEDWash units, supplied South African distributors, DWR. The new lighting fixtures will complement vibrant productions being staged over the festive season including Snow White the fairest Panto in All the Land!, Helen O’Grady, Sati – Shivas Beloved and Mukokoli

  The annual Prolyte Rigging Course will be hosted at DWR Distribution from 28 January to 2 February 2019 in Johannesburg. Presented, as always, by Rinus Bakker of Rhino Rigs, the course will cover a range of topics from safety, maintenance, lifting materials and force calculations to load tables and

“In Die Kollig” (Afrikaans for ‘In the Spotlight’) is a brand-new TV music show in South Africa produced by one of the country’s most famous TV personalities, singer and entertainer Johan Stemmet, recently broadcast on SABC 2. The first series’ episodes were produced by Stemburg TV and recorded at the

Part 1   Gareth Chambers, a former employee at DWR Distribution, is out of rehab and starting his life anew. “I didn’t know what rehab was all about and had preconceived ideas,” he is the first to admit. “I didn’t want to go, but I think I knew deep down

Las Vegas – Claypaky presented many interesting new products this year at LDI, a show which has become an unmissable event for lighting professionals over the years. No less than five Claypaky lights made their début on the American market, two of which were exhibited for the first time ever

The Chemical Brothers have been at the forefront of inventive, interesting and infectiously rhythmic electronic music for nearly 30 years and were a pioneer of the UK’s ‘big beat’ movement in the 1990s. They are among the most influential and critically acclaimed for their mixological magic, topping the charts on

    UK – The 1Rebel group’s new London gym is mixing high intensity workouts with high end entertainment technology, using Claypaky SharBars and Axcor 300s to create an immersive fitness environment. Adrenalin hunters and clubbers alike are being invited to experience the new venue, in the Victoria area of