AUSTRALIA – Every year for the past seven years, Sydney’s streets and skyline have come alight with the beautiful, inspiring, interactive festival that is Vivid Sydney. The lights and installations of Vivid Sydney illuminate some of Sydney’s most iconic landmarks, including the Sydney Opera House, Customs House, Maritime Museum and

Israeli lighting designer Martin Adin of Pyromania presented his stunning “Photographia – Painting with Light” installation at the 2016 ‘Light in Jerusalem’ festival of light, which involved projecting onto and lighting a large section of the city’s famous ‘Old City of Jerusalem’ close to Jaffa Gate, one of the main

  DWR Distribution takes pleasure in announcing two new members to the team, in fact, good friends and a pair who have worked together before! A warm welcome extends to JP de Vernon and Kevin Stannett. JP de Vernon has come on board as the sales representative for Africa and

  DWR Distribution was delighted to welcome the founder of ArKaos, Marco Hinic and colleague Benjamin Bauwens to South Africa for the very first time in August. They visited clients in Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town and also presented training at DWR’s offices. ArKaos MediaMaster software and Media Servers offers

  Over 3000 Anolis Arc Dot LED fixtures have been utilised in an eye-catching light sculpture “The Artists Edge” created by artist Stuart Green for the new landmark Elizabeth Quay development that reconnects the Swan River with the city of Perth, Western Australia, creating a brand new entertainment and leisure

  The first Robe Spikies to be purchased on the African continent have gone to Windhoek, Namibia based rental company Mikel-Jes … who purchased 8 units from Robe’s distributor DWR in Johannesburg, South Africa. The events market in Namibia is currently buoyant, and Robe – thanks to the hard work

Robe’s new Spikie fixtures – small, super-fast LED WashBeams – made their UK debut on a lighting rig designed by Paul Griffiths of Firebird Events for a UK sales conference staged in the Champagne Suite at the Novotel West London. Twenty-four Spikies were installed by Firebird, the three day event’s

  Braunschweig, Germany – Philips Lighting, a Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX, PHIA) company and a global leader in lighting, announces the Braunschweig Symphony Orchestra has celebrated the 10th edition of its ‘Pop Meets Classic’ concert with Philips Showline SL BEAM 300fx LED luminaires playing a crucial role in the dazzling

THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE – An 80s Extravaganza is a production currently running at Westville Boys’ High School from 16 to 28 August – if you are in the area, book your seat as you won’t be disappointed.  Imaginative and inspirational Luke Holder has been at the Westville Boys

LD Mac Chan was part of the team led by creative director Beatrice Chia who made every Singaporean burst with pride on their 2016 National Day Parade (NDP) and this year, for the first time, the event was staged at the new National Stadium. With a live audience of 50,000,

Different community theatre actors around the City of Tshwane will join in the action on stage during this year’s HELLO Community Arts Festival at the Breytenbach Theatre, from 25 to 27 August. The event will feature a production called Shango that tells the story of current land and reform problems

The Lock, Stock & Barrel in Dubai was inspired by the trend of casual, industrial and live music venues all over the world. Spread over two floors and with more than 800 square metres, it focuses on live music events and sports with two bars, a live music stage and

Date Jonkman from Prolyte recently came to South Africa for the very first, visiting local distributor DWR Distribution and Prolyte users in Johannesburg. “We met up with a lot of clients, really nice guys,” said Date. “I felt very comfortable with them. The funny thing is that typically when you

French DJ and music producer DJ Snake fired up the crowds at the recent Global Dance Festival staged in the breathtaking Red Rocks Amphitheatre near Denver, Colorado, while his lighting designer Steve Brody (known industry wide as ‘Brody’) took full advantage of Robe BMFL Spots, which were prominent among other

Taking the genre of illusionism into a completely new dimension, brothers Chris and Andreas Ehrlich – who had already played to over half a million people on their “Magic – Experience Dreams” arena tour put on a special performance, “Magic – A Unique Stadium Show” at the Commerzbank Arena in

     Live your Passion Rio – The 2016 Summer Olympic Games have officially started! The Olympic Opening Ceremony at Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil kicked off the Games of the XXXI Olympiad. It is the first time that the World’s most watched sporting event is hosted in South

The 2016 South African Music Awards (SAMAs), one of the highest profile events on the SA music calendar, was again staged at the Durban ICC Arena, broadcast live on SABC1 and enjoyed by an audience of 3000. For the first time, lighting was designed by Robert Grobler … who incorporated

On Thursday, June 23, the Queen Mary 2 returned to Southampton, remastered. Over the course of the luxury liner’s refit, the interior and exterior had been fully transformed, offering those who step on board a first class experience at sea, where guests are treated to the very best in accommodation,

Peru – The brand new Clay Paky Scenius Spot has landed in South America for the first time and is dubbed ‘fixture of choice’ by prolific lighting designer Mario Raez in the Peruvian staging of jukebox classic Mamma Mia at the Teatro Peruano Japones in Lima. Raez is the first

Jakarta, Indonesia based Lemmon Productions purchased 54 x Robe Pointe multipurpose moving lights, which started work immediately for broadcaster Trans7 on their popular live improvised comedy show, Opera van Java (OVJ)’s ‘Sahur Lagi’ show, which aired every night during Ramadan, drawing massive ratings. Photos : Leo Ramli The OVJ show is

Italy – Vasco Rossi is back, and he is in great shape. He kicked off his new summer tour with a zero date at the Lignano Sabbiadoro stadium on 18 June. The “unauthorized exclusive preview” announcement arrived in a post on Vasco’s Facebook page. After the long 2015 tour that

Ten years ago, Kevin Glover, owner of Johannesburg-based rental company Sound Stylists, visited Prolight + Sound in Frankfurt. Almost immediately after, he made his first DiGiCo purchase – a D5 Live. Since then, Kevin has enjoyed an on-going journey with DiGiCo, who are now represented in South Africa by DWR

Peterborough, UK – Philips Lighting (Euronext Amsterdam: LIGHT), a global leader in lighting, announces Peterborough’s Key Theatre has replaced its existing tungsten Fresnels with 36 energy-efficient Philips Selecon RAMA LED Fresnel luminaires to save on power and breathe new life into the popular venue’s lighting system. The new fixtures were

Back up singers in short lace dresses playfully gave a little “charleston” kick to the sounds of The Parlotones, as the rock band infused a classical twist to their infectious melodies. The Parlotones Orchestrated Live saw the band deliver a mesmerising performance together with a chamber ensemble, arranged and conducted

INFOSPORT+, a themed TV channel offered by the CANAL+ Group, France’s leading pay-TV Group, recently installed 50 neutral white LED Robert Juliat Tibo profiles in its brand new broadcasting studio where they are in daily use on sports live news broadcasts. Due to the re-orientation of the INFOSPORT+ editorial line,

The beautiful and ancient city of Viborg in central Jutland is one of the oldest in Denmark dating back to the 8th century Viking settlements and has always had a great tradition for meetings and commercial and social interactions. Each year in June the streets, squares and parks become energised

With over 15 years experience as a respected South African lighting designer, DWR Distribution is honoured to welcome Michael Broderick to the team. He will be based in Durban, his hometown. “I love Durban. Quite surprisingly, Durban is a melting pot of creativity,” said Michael. “It is home to a

MGG were called upon to supply the full technical for the SAPOA Annual Convention, which celebrated its fiftieth anniversary at the Sandton Convention Centre’s Pavilion Venue in Johannesburg. For this top-notch occasion, MGG asked lighting designer Francois van der Merwe from Wizardry Group to design both the conference and banquet

Chile, South America – Architectural lighting designer Toni Amoros employed 24 Clay Paky Mythos fixtures to create a spectacular festive light show at South America’s tallest skyscraper, the Costanera Centre. The Costanera Centre is in the heart of Chile’s financial district and comprises a six-floor shopping mall, two luxury hotels

Celebrate DWR’s 10th Birthday on Wednesday, 10th August from 6pm. It will be an evening with mixed emotions as we also say farewell to an industry legend, Dave Whitehouse, who will leave DWR and return to the UK. It also happens to be Dave’s birthday! So please join us, dress

  Two leading rental companies in Nelspruit have joined forces. Lowveld Sound Promotions officially merged with AVS Hire at the start of June and have made their first combined investment of Prolyte H30V trussing and base plates, supplied by DWR Distribution. Kyle Nel from AVS and Sakkie Coetzer from Lowveld

Carnival City Casino’s Big Top Arena used their brand new grandMA2 light console for the very first time at the WBFF (World Beauty Fitness and Fashion), an internationally born competition where participants compete for titles such as Diva Fitness Model, Diva Bikini Model, Mens Bodybuilding and Men’s Muscle Model awards.

SPAIN – A.leda B-EYE K 10 equipment took part in the independent music festival held in Barcelona from June 1st to 5th, to brighten the Beach Club spectacles, the Primavera Sound’s new environment. ARA SO was responsible for lighting the last Primavera Sound edition. Who came there enjoyed 18 hours

    Over 100 Robe moving lights including 40 x of the elegant new DL7S Profile ‘full spectrum’ LED luminaires … joined the craziness and mayhem of the latest series of “Professor Nicolai & Dr. Beckand” a popular, hilarious mad science based TV quiz show recorded in Aalsmeer studios in

Cape Town based Eastern Acoustics have recently joined the MA Lighting family with the purchase of the grandMA2 ultra-light supplied by DWR Distribution. Eastern Acoustics was found in the eighties and is an audio-visual company that specialises in all types of events from theatre productions to concerts, conferences and festivals.

For ten consecutive weeks, Blond Productions provided the full technical for the Big Brother Extremo Live Eviction Show. This consisted of the opening event, weekly evictions and the recently hosted finale all hosted at Red Pepper Studios in Linden, Johannesburg with Robe lighting the way. The new set was designed

Robe once again had a big presence at Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC) in Las Vegas, another high profile event on the U.S. EDM calendar – following spectacular performances for the brand at ULTRA Miami and Coachella. Photos : Adam Kaplan Staged at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, it was EDC Las

The fifth season of the Voice van Vlaanderan (Voice of Flanders) was staged in Hall 8 of the Ghent Expo centre, a massive complex on the outskirts of the picturesque Belgian city – with show design once again delivered by a team from design practice Arf & Yes, led by

Lighting designer and consultant, Denis Hutchinson, was loaned six Robert Juliat Dalis 300W LED Cyclights by DWR Distribution to ‘test drive’ on the musical Sophiatown which played at the Market Theatre in Johannesburg and at the State Theatre in Pretoria. P In South African history Sophiatown, apart from violence and poverty,

Blond Productions was honoured, for the third consecutive year, to supply the full technical for the televised competition Clash of the Choirs held at Global Access Studios in Fox Street, Johannesburg. Mauritz Neethling from Blond was responsible for the lighting design, having control on a Grand MA 2 light and

Over 350 Robe fixtures rocked the main stage of the 2016 Mayday dance event at the Westfalenhalle in Dortmund, Germany, specified by lighting designer Ronnie Santegoeds from Netherlands based 4Light, who was asked to create a jaw-droppingly memorable lightshow by promoters, I-Motion. Photos : Ralph Larmann Ronnie is a regular LD

A dot2 Roadshow with Michael Strathmann from MA Lighting and DWR Distribution visited Johannesburg, Durban, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and Namibia during May. We caught up with Michael Strathmann (aka Qincy) and asked him a few questions about the trip. DWR: You had a round trip this time in South

A wet Johannesburg did not put a damper on the Neon Run, held at the Johannesburg Wanderers Stadium in May. Wizardry Group, who were the full technical suppliers and production team, commissioned Festival Sound to provide the sound at this year’s event. Two DiGiCo SD9 consoles were used for this

Robe moving lights – 20 x BMFL Blades and 32 x Pointes – have been specified and installed in a brand new lighting installation at Boston’s TD Garden Arena by New Hampshire, U.S.A. based Port Lighting Systems. Photos : Matt Teuten Photography The project was managed for Port Lighting by lead