Join DWR Distribution’s Kyle Robson and Jaco Beukes as they present training on the DiGiCo S21 digital mixing console. The course will provide users with the basic information and skills required to set up and operate their console of choice. Delegates are welcome to attend training on either 10th or

Robe’s much-anticipated brand new MegaPointe was launched globally last week … … and the preceding week, 20 x MegaPointes were in action on the Main Stage at Mysteryland 2017, one of the Netherlands’ best established and most popular dance music extravaganzas. The MegaPointes were part of a stunning production lighting

  The Hilton Arts Festival, a platform for the best of South African theatre in KwaZulu Natal, was established by Sue Clarence 25 years ago! Over this time, ardent supporters of the arts such as Brandon Bunyan from Black Coffee and the creative Michael Taylor-Broderick, have stood alongside Sue by

Since its launch in January this year, DiGiCo’s SD12 has enjoyed extraordinary success in the international touring market and as the house console on many of the summer’s top festivals. This year’s PLASA Show, which takes place from the 17th to 19th of September at Olympia London, will see the digital solutions

A fresh and provocative season of television dating show Take Me Out aired on South African television screens in July, courtesy of Vuzu Amp and local production company, Rapid Blue. Written by Liza Hooper. A long-term relationship between Rapid Blue and technical supplier Gearhouse Group has resulted in top notch delivery

Double Brit Award winning singer songwriter, Rag’N’Bone Man, spent the beginning of this year touring the UK and Europe. With his ever expanding fanbase, every academy-sized venue of the two-week UK section was sold out and he claimed the number one spot in many of the European shows, with the

Paul McCartney’s long-running One on One World Tour has added 21 dates in the US this summer and autumn, with Robert Juliat Dalis LED footlights helping to showcase the evolution of his music from the 1960s to today.  The US leg of the ongoing tour kicked off in Miami in

Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado is one of the most iconic concert venues in the world. Everyone loves playing at this unique setting with  its special ambience … and for a recent Trey Anastasio Band (TAB) gig, LD Marc Janowitz used Robe BMFL Spots to highlight the magnificent rock formation

Robe moving lights were top of the spec list compiled by Frederic “Aldo” Fayard from Paris based visual design practice Concept K, who produced an elaborate lighting design for the 2017 Summer Stadium Festival staged at the Orange Velodrome in Marseille. The Velodrome is France’s largest football ground with a

Set, lighting and AV designer, Wilhelm Disbergen, relied on a Hippotizer Boreal and a giant mirror to create something utterly extraordinary for the ballet production Big City, Big Dreams, staged at the Joburg Theatre. The original showcase, directed by Fiona Ramsay, was a collaboration between three dance companies – the

The Sneddon Theatre was host to a charity event to raise much needed funds for medical expenses for Themi Venturas, a local theatre practitioner and an industry legend based in Durban. The event was well attended by many key industry players, who generously donated money towards the drive. South African

Green Hippo delivers bespoke training to mo2 design, in advance of 1000th episode of 1, 2 oder 3, the classic children’s German TV show. The 1000th edition of Germany’s hugely popular children’s TV show 1, 2 oder 3 aired in July, and Green Hippo and mo2 design helped ensure it looked suitably impressive. Based

Brazilian rental company LPL supplied over 150 Robe moving lights including BMFL WashBeams to the 2017 League of Legends Mid-Season Invitationals (MSI) competition staged in the Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janiero. (formally the Rio Olympic Arena) Produced by LoL developers Riot Games, professional regional champions from Asia, North America

Tomorrowland is one of the world’s highest profile electronic music festivals, gathering over 400.000 people at the main site in Belgium, and connecting an additional 70.000 people at multiple remote venues through the UNITE event. UNITE are events organised in different countries and connected via a live satellite broadcast with

  Miss Saigon, Messrs Boublil and Schönberg’s legendary musical, has recently embarked upon a major UK tour, taking the full West End production to every corner of the UK. The show opened at the Curve, Leicester in July before moving to Birmingham Hippodrome, from where it travels to Ireland, Wales,

Podium de Vorstin is a purpose built live music venue right in the heart of ‘media city’ Hilversum in the Netherlands. Its interesting modern neo-ecclesiastical steel architecture was created by Architekten Cie, and ensures that it stands out as an aesthetic landmark as well as a popular entertainment venue. Production

An extraordinary Sci-Fi Portal on the DWR Distribution stand caused more than a stir at the 2017 Mediatech Africa expo held at the Ticket Pro Dome in Johannesburg, where DWR also received a platinum award for their stand. The project was a giant leap and learning curve for DWR’s Dylan

UK based creative design practice Okulus – James Scott and Louis Oliver – was asked to create a production design the first major production world tour for rising Canadian singer / song-writing star Shawn Mendes. This followed their work for the launch of his second studio album, “Illuminate” at Madison

 An extremely energised and confident Malesela Josias Mashiane returned to South Africa after attending training at the Stagecraft Institute of Las Vegas (SILV). His journey abroad was made possible thanks to sponsorship from the SILV and the SOS Charity Fund, a DWR Distribution initiative. To further expand his knowledge and

The fabulous line-up for Huawei Joburg Day held earlier this year at Emmarentia Dam included Freshlyground, Jeremy Loops, Locnville and Gangs of Ballet. For South African music lovers, sound is critical and this year Sound Stylists came to the party with DiGiCo and were commissioned as the full technical suppliers

The annual Premios Max Awards celebrate Spanish individuals and organisations who have making outstanding contributions to the performing arts and are organised by the General Society of Authors and Publishers (SGAE). This year they were staged at the Palau de les Arts in vibrant Valencia. Lighting designer Juanjo Llorens took

The 23rd South African Music Awards was a live broadcast from Sun City’s Superbowl on SABC1. This year, Johannesburg based rental company, Sound Stylists, were the main technical suppliers, delivering DiGiCo to cater for the audio requirements. The SAMAs date back to 1995, and have become the country’s premier annual

An intensive one day DiGiCo Training course was presented by DWR Distribution’s Kyle Robson in July with the emphasis on both the S and SD range. “We had ten delegates from various companies, consisting of both old and new users, attending,” said Kyle.  “The main focus was to educate the

The Theatre of Marcellus at Emperors Palace, Johannesburg recently acquired a DiGiCo SD9 with a D2-Rack on stage, a D-Rack at FOH and a Waves SoundGrid Server ONE, all supplied by Kyle Robson from DWR Distribution. In 13BC, Julius Caesar Augustus built the original Theatre of Marcellus as an open-air

The “HELLO” Community Arts Development Programme and Festival harnesses the power of the arts as a powerful tool to contribute to democracy, human rights and development of South African communities. It is a festival by the community, for the community. DWR Distribution and 93.6 Shwane FM are pleased to join hands

Multi-platinum, Grammy-Award winning artists Zac Brown Band (ZBB) is on the road again with a new album “WELCOME HOME” and a brand-new production lighting and visuals design created by James Scott and Louis Oliver from UK-based creative design practice, Okulus. James and Louis have included 32 x Robe Spiiders on

  Superstar DJ Armin van Buuren played two solo shows at the Amsterdam ArenA and Dutch lighting creative Art of Light relied on a Hippotizer Karst Media Server to control a series of LED setups during the show. Closing his latest ‘Armin Only’ performance concept at the Amsterdam ArenA, with

The 17th FINA World Aquatic Championships took place in Budapest, Hungary with 14 days of aquatic sports following a vibrant, colourful, elegant and epic Opening Ceremony directed by Olivier Feracci from French event production specialist ECA2 and Hungarian film director Csaba Kael, CEO of cultural hub Mupa Budapest. Lighting designer

  The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) staged the London premiere of Scuttlers in its city centre GBS Theatre, an intense drama about the struggles and power politics of 19th century Manchester street gangs set against a steaming, grinding industrial revolution backdrop bringing massive social change and great uncertainty. The

Swedish lighting designer Per Sundin relies on Hippotizer Media Servers to impress at prestigious annual music prize event held in the Stockholm Concert Hall. The Polar Music Prize is recognised as one of music’s most prestigious international honours and this year’s ceremony saw Hippotizer Media Servers playing a key part

    Brand new South African creative production and visual design practice Collective Works staged their new ‘Black Box’ live show concept at the 2017 Mediatech entertainment technology trade expo in Johannesburg in July. Black Box is an experimental show and visual design space / experience conceived by Collective Works

  Hans Zimmer is one of the world’s most renown film score composers. He has written over 100 scores, including those for Rain Man, Driving Miss Daisy, The Lion King, Gladiator, As Good As It Gets and The Last Samurai and has been nominated for seven Golden Globes, seven Grammys

Lighting designer Miro Hrg from top Croatian rental company Promo Logistika chose Robe BMFL Spots, CycFX8s, LEDWash 600s and MMX WashBeams to light the main conference plenary session for the Microsoft WinDays 2017 conference, staged at the Valamar Rubin Hotel in the beautiful historical city of Poreč in Istria. The

The amazing team from Robe’s South African distributor DWR Distribution totally excelled themselves at the 2017 Mediatech Africa exhibition last week … taking visitors on a show-stopping ‘experience’, culminating in a fully choreographed show staged at their new demo / showroom facility in Randburg, Johannesburg. The star of the show

The SOS Charity Fund, an initiative by DWR Distribution, hosted it’s very first auction dinner, raising a remarkable R97 500 from the auction alone. With a focus on the SOS campaign during Mediatech, the charity fund raised over half a million Rand during July! Some 230 people, a mixed bag

Leading British audio solutions manufacturer DiGiCo will be presenting its extensive series of large and small format digital consoles on stand 8.C62 at IBC, including its expanded range of live to air consoles suitable for all broadcast environments. Highlighting the need for increased channel counts to handle growing multi-channel mixes

The newly built and inaugurated Atlas Theatre in Emmen, Netherlands is a multifunctional performance space in the heart of the city and part of a 250 million euro development. In addition to the two Atlas auditoriums – with capacities of 822 and 300 – the complex also includes a full

Freelance Lighting Designer for Robe, Andy Webb, is soon to arrive in South Africa. “What is the sound you love the most?” we asked him. Andy replied, “In terms of my favourite sound well, not really sure I have one;  Love the sound of the Ferrari Sports cars, amazed how

To infinity and beyond!! See you very soon Nathan Wright, VuePix Product Manager.  With Experience in the entertainment technology industry for over 15 years he plays a key role in Managing and further developing the VuePix product range. Nathan’s strong background in information technology, events and related products brings key

“You have travelled all over the world. What is the most amazing place you’ve ever been to and why?” we asked our dear friend, Massimo Bolandrina, Claypaky Sales Manager, “The most amazing place.. it is very difficult to name,” said Massimo. “It’s like choosing a favourite book, song or movie.

There will always be a place in our heart for Qincy (Michael Strathmann), MA Tech Support and product specialist for the MA dot2 product family, and DWR can’t wait to see him at Mediatech. “What is the best or most interesting thing you’ve ever seen in your life, and how