The 2018 edition of Deutschland sucht den Superstar (DSDS) is featured another exciting and eye-catching lighting design created by the show’s long term LD Manuel da Costa and Jonas König of MDC Lichtgestalten, utilising over 100 Robe Pointes which were supplied by Magic Light+Sound from Cologne. Manuel has been involved

  After 10 years of globe-trotting around the world amazing festival goers with a unique and brilliantly crafted production, Arcadia Spectacular finally made a long-awaited debut appearance in London earlier this month.  It was on the UK’s early May Bank Holiday weekend that it celebrated its 10th Anniversary and presented

Leading media and real-time visual processing specialist ArKaos announces the expansion of its US distribution network … with the appointment of Elation Lighting Inc. based in Los Angeles, California, as a new distributor for the U.S. and Mexico. The move comes with a general evolution and widening of ArKaos’s product

  DWR Distribution is over the moon to officially host a Quest Open Day, where clients will meet up with Frank Andrewartha from Quest and view the excellent range of well-priced loudspeakers and amplifiers. Join DWR in Johannesburg on the 18th June, Durban on the 20th June or Cape Town

  Intello Acoustics, a dynamic Cape Town based production company, have invested in a DiGiCo S31 mixing console from DWR Distribution.  With an emphasis on live outdoor and indoor concerts and events, Intello Acoustics are suppliers of audio, lighting, staging and AV. “The S31 is our first DiGiCo console and

Lighting designer Nathan Wan returned to the Live Action Arena at the 2018 Autosport show. Having torn up the circuit last year with a totally new look lighting design and a fresh creative team on-board, this year’s challenge was to make Hall 5 of the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in

    Green Hippo cleverly uses compact exhibition space to present an attention-grabbing example of the creative results achievable when Hippotizer takes control. Trade shows… the heaven and hell of industry. The exhibition space provides a welcome opportunity for a company to meet its customers, but – even taking into

  Lisbon, Portugal – The 2018 Eurovision Song Contest (ESC), hosted at the Altice Arena in Lisbon, Portugal, saw the latest range of Claypaky and ADB lighting fixtures dominate the beautifully evocative, multi-dimensional, theatrical and camera pleasing lighting design by award-winning lighting designer and Director of Photography (DOP) Jerry Appelt.

Entrepreneur Siddharth Patel wanted his new Fire & Ice Night Club in the heart of Ndola, Zambia’s third largest city located in the thriving copperbelt region … to be truly cutting edge in technology and aesthetics, so he approached Johannesburg based lighting sales and installation specialist DWR for ideas and

  Today, L-Acoustics announces that Johannesburg-based DWR Distribution has been officially appointed as L‑Acoustics Certified Provider Distributor for South Africa and that local audio specialist and L-Acoustics expert, Richard Smith, has joined the DWR team. DWR has a long history in South Africa, starting by offering lighting products and more

The South African Roadies Association (SARA) will be hosting Africa’s fourth Live Event Technical & Production Conference (LETPC 2018) from the 17 to 19 May 2018 at the Sunnyside Park Hotel in Parktown, Johannesburg, the current home of the LETPC. DWR Distribution is honoured to be on board as one

Revelation Enterprises is Doxa Deo`s official Arts & Worship Movement where all Art forms & Disciplines in South Africa come together, share life, learn and glorify Him. Their third Worship & Arts Conference, RE-MAIN, will be held on 17 – 19 May 2018, with the aim to equip South African

Celebrating quality, excellence and talent, the 12thAnnual South African Film & Television Awards was hosted at Sun City’s Superbowl on 24th March with a further 2.3 million viewers tuning in to watch the live SABC televised production. EPH Productions were appointed by ATTV to supply the full technical and the

New Robe MegaPointes and LEDBeam 150s, purchased by SJ from Birmingham UK based rental and technical specialist DMX Productions, were used to spectacular effect in lighting the 2018 Voice in a Million (VIAM) extravaganza which was staged at London’s SSE Wembley Arena. VIAM amasses some of the largest children’s choirs

 Europe–British Electronic Dance Music (EDM) pioneers, Orbital, reunited last year to the delight of music fans world-wide after five years apart following separate projects. Brothers Philand Paul Hartnollare currently touring their mind-bending reunion show across Europe. Lit and stage designed by the band’s long-term lighting designer Jonny Gaskell, the show

When it comes to high-tech control solutions for LED, architectural and lighting equipment, Visual Productions BV, established in 1999, are leaders in their field. The Netherlands based company have recently appointed DWR Distribution to distribute their products in South Africa and across her borders. “With an ability to ‘speak’ just

It’s always exciting to be at the forefront of the game when it comes to new technologies, and MGG, one of South Africa’s leading rental and production specialists, is the first to invest in Robe’s new MegaPointe moving light bringing high quality spot, wash, beam and effects capabilities … all

  Robert Juliat had one of its busiest shows in recent years at Prolight+Sound in Frankfurt last week. The central area of Hall 3.0 was constantly busy throughout the four days. “It’s impossible to say which product made the most impact as customers were keen to try out the new

  The Green Hippo Operator Certification course will be presented by Suzy Stenning from Green Hippo at DWR Distribution. The intense three-day course will be held from 14 to 16 May. A range of topics will be covered from Hardware Introduction and Configuration, Media Manager, Output Manager & Viewports, Mixes

DWR Distribution is delighted to present the grandMA2 Beginner to Intermediate Training Course hosted from 2 to 4 May at DWR Distribution. Presented by Jannie de Jager, the in-depth three day training will cover a range of topics from setup to patching, views, cue list, fixture editing, macros, effects, presets,

  DiGiCo Training will be presented by DWR Distribution’s Kyle Robson in Durban, Cape Town and Johannesburg in May. The two-day training session will cover everything from racks and solutions, the SD Series overview, connections and networking, recording and waves, both basic and advanced operation and then a Q&A Session.

  DWR Distribution is pleased to present the Advanced Audio Training session from 7 to 9 May. The three-day course will be presented by audio engineers and experts, Adriaan van der Walt, Marinus Visser and Kyle Robson. With a focus on PA System Design and Waves Plug-Ins, topics of discussion

  Small but powerful, the dot2 is proving to be a popular console. Users are invited to participate in dot2 training, hosted in Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town where they will be given helpful information on setup, patching, views, groups, presets, effects and chases. Join Jannie de Jager from DWR

Robe enjoyed an incredibly busy and successful Prolight+Sound 2018 expo, which saw   their exhibition live show concept taken to new levels with ‘Cirque Robe’, a colourful, hi-energy 6-minute performance spectacle and circus style presentation with a cast of 11, designed to highlight the Czech manufacturer’s latest lighting technologies. Another highlight

Claypaky on Architects’ Alexandra Palace Show is A Match Made in Heaven UK – British metalcore band Architects recently played their biggest show to date at London’s 10,400 capacity Alexandra Palace as part of their current European and North American tour. Long-term lighting and show designer, Paul McAdams, designed the

The Absa Cape Epic is not for the faint-hearted! For the second consecutive year, Robe Lighting and DWR Distribution were honoured to sponsor a team in this extreme mountain bike race hosted from 18 to 25 March 2018. Congratulations to South Africans Pierre Griffioen and Robert Izzett of Team MegaPointe.

  The largest grandMA2 users in Africa, the Gearhouse Group of companies, have taken delivery of another seven dot2 consoles. In 2015, Gearhouse purchased four lightweight and compact dot2 XL-F consoles to accommodate their day to day business of smaller shows and corporate events.  Due to the reliability and stability

  With a reputation of offering clients the largest stockholding of LED Video Technology in South Africa, LEDVision, part of Gearhouse Group of Companies, have taken delivery of a Green Hippo Boreal Server. The Hippotizer Boreal, supplied and technically supported by DWR Distribution, has gone straight onto a popular television

With an ever-increasing demand for events in South Africa, The Gearhouse Group of Companies has taken ownership of 142 Robe fixtures which form part of a lighting investment for their branches in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban as well as for their Inhouse Venue Technical Management team. With imagination and

  Danish singer, songwriter and music producer AlexVargas played a special one-off concert at Copenhagen’s 16,000 capacity Royal Arena … with a set and lighting design by Theis Wermuth of creative visual practice, Create This. Theis has been working for the artist since 2016 and when this show was announced,

    When Ben Hunt, Head of Lighting at the Empire Theatres, Toowoomba, in Queensland first fired up their new Robert Juliat Dalis LED cyclorama lights, his first impression was ‘finally we’ve found something up to the task’. “It’s no secret that to light a cyclorama with conventional asymmetrical floods

Niklas Pohlman is a freelance lighting designer based in Sweden’s two largest cities, Stockholm and Gothenburg – both buzzing commercial and cultural centres – on the east and west coasts of the country. He focuses on lighting artworks and fine art installations, a highly specialized field for which his eye

RUSSIA | 03.04.2018:  Phase 3 Connectors, are a principal supplier of power connectors to the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Phase 3 will be helping power stadiums and public areas for the millions in attendance and ensuring TV signals can be blasted worldwide to billions of viewers. The tournament will run from

Mårtensson Bil (auto) wanted a creative and cool visual and sonic solution to set apart their new Dodge Pickup showroom at their HQ in Helsingborg, Sweden. The Peugeot dealer which is independently owned by Johannes Mårtensson contacted locally based AV specialist Fremlab and asked Björn Nilsson to propose some ideas.

  To our friends in the industry, may you enjoy the Easter Weekend. DWR will be closed over this time, 30 March to 2 April. Our team will be back again on Tuesday, 3 April. Should you have an emergency, please call: Duncan Riley 082 699 7355 Bruce Riley 079 882