Czech lighting manufacturer Robe lighting s.r.o. enjoyed another incredible Prolight+Sound exhibition in Frankfurt, taking the opportunity to launch their new German subsidiary, Robe Deutschland GmbH; showcasing 10 new inventive and interesting products and creating another great showspace for visitors on Booth D80 in Hall 3 of the annual expo. People

Saying goodbye to an unforgettable summer, Hunter’s hosted the 3 Heat Seekers, visiting cities in Durban (4 March at Peoples Park East), Johannesburg (11 March at Mary Fitzgerald Square) and Cape Town (18 March at The Ostrich Farm, off N7). This year the AV Company, a Durban based rental company,

DWR Distribution and our media partner Pro-Systems, are pleased to announce that Patrick Woodroffe will be hosting a sone-day lighting design workshop on Friday, 21 April from 9am to 5pm at the UJ Arts Centre alongside his colleague and friend, the talented Roland Greil. This is a unique opportunity as

Digital audio solutions company, DiGiCo, is pleased to announce the appointment of Austin Freshwater as its General Manager. Austin joins the DiGiCo team from Canon, the world-leading innovator and provider of imaging and information technology solutions, where he spent the previous 10 years working in sales, latterly becoming Sales Director

Czech lighting manufacturer Robe has acquired the rights and IP (intellectual property) from well-known U.S. lighting designer / programmer Seth Robinson of Sightline Design Group for RoboSpot, a remote controlled follow spot system. Seth originally developed the RoboSpot concept a few years ago working with automated luminaires. Initially he used

Robe lighting announces a new wholly-owned subsidiary – Robe Deutschland GmbH – which will be based in Munich and have a regional sales force covering the entire country. The new company hits the ground running in this key European market with an exceptionally strong, experienced and well connected ‘dream-team’ on-board.

Clifton Productions just landed a great quantity of VuePix HD Q3.9 LED panels! “The key features that stood out when deciding on the VuePix Q Series cabinets were it’s excellent grey scale and high contrast black faced LED’s”, says James Pavey, Clifton’s Product Manager. The Screens were put straight throughout

South African based DWR Distribution’s Gareth Chambers and Jannie de Jager joined distributors from around the world to attend MA Distributor Training hosted at MA Lighting in Paderborn, Germany which took place from 27th February to 3rd March 2017. “It was both amazing and exceptionally insightful,” said Gareth. “The MA

Cape Town based event technical solution company, C&S, have invested in an additional 12 Robe BMFL Blade fixtures to complement their existing stock purchased from DWR Distribution.  The BMFLs have been out on rental and have never been back at the office since. In fact, Bradley Bruchhausen from DWR Cape Town,

It’s been a number of years since Robert Juliat brought the full force of its followspots to a tradeshow, but Prolight + Sound 2017 will see these specialists showcase an army of their followspots, old and new, that have secured its place in the industry for many decades. Established favourites

MDG is very proud to announce that it has been chosen as a partner of the PRG Live Entertainment Award (LEA) at Frankfurt’s Festhalle. The event, which celebrates music artists and the creative and technical teams responsible for live productions, takes place on the evening of Monday 4 April in

  Green Hippo, manufacturers of the world-leading Hippotizer Media Server range, have appointed DWR Distribution as South African distributor. Hippotizer Media Servers have been on some of the most highly recognized events worldwide, including Eurovision, The Academy Awards and the Super Bowl half-time shows. Theatre spectaculars such as Love Never

Philips Entertainment Lighting luminaires from the Philips Selecon and Philips Showline product lines leave audiences spellbound on The Show Company’s Australian production of Wicked, the Wizard of Oz prequel. Tasmania – Philips Lighting (Euronext Amsterdam ticker: LIGHT), a global leader in lighting, today announced that its LED stage lighting added

Rental company Adlib continues its work with top comedians, having just supplied full production – sound, lighting and video – for Jack Whitehall’s sold out, three week At Large UK arena tour. The Liverpool based company was delighted to be on the road with one of the UK’s most exciting

The Brit Awards is one of the UK music industry’s most prestigious events and was broadcast live to around 5.4 million viewers on British television channel ITV1 alone this February. An event this important necessitates an audio system that can handle a complicated set up, with a quick turnaround for

  NORTH AMERICA – Country music star Brantley Gilbert has launched The Devil Don’t Sleep tour playing arenas in North America through early spring in the first leg.  Nathan Alves and Howard Jones co-designed the show, which features Claypaky Scenius, Mythos 2, Sharpy and Stormy Strobe fixtures. The tour supports

There’s a great excitement at Eventech as the crew welcome their newest member to the family, a DiGiCo S21 live mixing console! “The rental market companies and technical riders demanded it,” said Wynand Veldsman from Eventech, a rental company based in Centurion. “We are thrilled as the unit is fast,

  French lighting designer David Seligmann-Forest of Paris based Lite4Life chose ten Robe DL4S LED profiles to be right at the heart of his lighting rig for MasterChef Algeria, which was recorded in a new purpose-built studio and former envelope factory in El Hamis, a suburb of the bustling, vibrant

                 Wattens Australia – World renowned lighting designer Björn Hermann employed 60 x Claypaky Mythos2 and 20 x Claypaky Supersharpy2 to deliver two titanic light sculptures as part of global crystal producer Swarovski’s Festival of Light, hosted at their seven-hectare fantasy park Swarovski Kristallwelten (Crystal Worlds) in Wattens, Austria. Lead creative agency for Festival of

The brand new Eesti Rahva Muuseum (Estonian National Museum) in Tartu has recently opened in a fabulous new single story state-of-the-art 350 metre long architectural masterpiece resembling a portion of a runway lifting upwards …  built on the former Raadi Air Base just outside the cultural hub and second city

Gerhard Scherer is a happy man since 24 x Robe DL7S Profiles and DL4S Profiles – 12 of each fixture – have been installed at the Theater Akzent Theatre in Vienna … a busy producing and receiving house located in the Wieden district of Austria’s capital city, famous for its

Dallas, Texas, USA – Philips Lighting (Euronext Amsterdam ticker: LIGHT), a global leader in lighting, today announced that its control systems are managing the new stunning color illumination of the landmark 167 feet (50.9 m) high Niagara Falls, the world’s most famous waterfalls located on the border of both US

Thanks to fantastic growth with DiGiCo sales in South Africa, DWR Distribution, are pleased to welcome Jaco Beukes to the family. He will officially join the company on 20th March 2017. “We had no idea that DiGiCo would grow as fast it has,” said Duncan Riley of DWR. “It has

  This Sunday at 07h10 will be the starting time for Pierre Griffioen and team mate Fritz Pienaar to ride their hearts out at the Absa Cape Epic, an extreme mountain biking race held from 19 to 26 March 2017 in the Western Cape region. Represented by some of the

  Eventech, a Centurion based rental company have purchased twelve new Prolyft Aetos motors which will be used for their ground support, for flying PA, or which can be rented out.  “We chose Prolyt for various reasons,” said Wynand Veldsman of the company. “Reliability, safety and it was time to

Maastricht, Netherlands – Nearly 100 Claypaky Sharpys were exclusively selected to deliver an immersive eight-hour light show to 2,000 partygoers at an underground club night that was hosted by trailblazing Dutch techno music agency Claydrum at Complex nightclub, Maastricht for their New Year’s Eve celebrations. Dutch production designer Joël Lemmerling,

Collective Works is a brand new creative visual design practice launched by three highly talented and respected live event production industry professionals – Christopher Bolton, Joshua Cutts and Bradley Hilton. All are well known for their work in South Africa and across the African continent. Bringing all the energy and

  DWR Distribution is honoured to be the newly appointed Littlite agents. Littlite was represented in South Africa for many years by Tadco’s Simon Oates, who recently, very generously, made the decision to pass the brand on to DWR. A large stock order is coming soon, and DWR is running

The Prolyte Campus will be hosted at DWR next week. Choose a particular day or attend all the sessions, but don’t miss out on this informative training with international Ruud De Deugd from Prolyte. The cost is just to cover the basics, so while inexpensive, this really is something well

  Seven halls of Amsterdam’s RAI expo centre hosted an annual two day event for a well-known brand. The technical production – lighting, audio, video, rigging and special FX –   for all areas was delivered by Breda based Unlimited Productions B.V., who sourced over 600 Robe moving lights for the

French band M83 has been touring its brand of electro-pop – and its latest album, Junk – around the world, playing festivals including Coachella in the US and Glastonbury in the UK, as well as headlining at academy-sized venues, all to rave reviews. Their audio system has been supplied by

USA – Lighting designer Bob Barnhart, who has lent his talents to 19 Super Bowl Halftime Shows, chose Claypaky Mythos and Sharpy fixtures to help illuminate Lady Gaga in her solo turn at Super Bowl LI at Houston’s NRG Stadium. Lady Gaga began the Halftime Show with a tribute to

‘I Am Jerusalem’  is a new multimedia interactive experience designed to welcome visitors to one of the most famous cities in the world, offering a fast-moving history and snapshots explaining how cultural diversity is fundamental to the dynamics and development of life in this vibrant gateway to the Middle East.

Established in 2006, Croatian audio rental company PROMO LOGISTIKA offers a full service, from event production and merchandising to equipment rental. Their slogan is ‘Everything is possible’ and their aim is to have the very best equipment in their inventory. To that end, at the beginning of the year, they

Monitor engineer Chris Fillery and Front of House engineer Trevor Coppen chose an SD11i and SD10 respectively, supplied by audio rental company Eighth Day Sound, for Grammy Award winning American rock band Cage The Elephant’s recent European tour. Each engineer had different reasons for choosing their console and both are

UK – As part of their European journey, Swedish band Opeth opted for a single show at Wembley Arena for their UK audience.  Magnus Boyd has been lighting the band for the last eighteen months.  The show at Wembley was a part of the Sorceress World Tour. The first portion