Lighting designer Christopher Bolton from Keystone Productions used 180 Robe fixtures for the “feel good” Ghoema Music Awards staged at the Joburg Theatre. Photos courtesy credit Antony Cousens The Ghoema Awards recognises exceptional achievement in the Afrikaans Music Industry in South Africa. Chris was appointed by Joshua Cutts of Visual Frontier

When the television audience heard that The Voice would come to South Africa, there was a huge response and expectation. For Chris De Lancey from Multi-Media who was awarded the technical supply for The Voice Angola by production Co AMPN, South Africa and Nigeria, it has been a tremendous relief

Lighting designer Tim Dunn from Gearhouse South Africa has seen technology swiftly evolve during his career. “I worked on some of the first moving lights, and we all evolved from bashing dents out of parcans to become electronic technicians,” Tim says. “Now we are in the networking age and we

Germany – Multi-award-winning lighting designer Björn Hermann has incorporated Clay Paky Mythos and brand new Scenius fixtures into a spectacular light show at the christening ceremony of AIDA Cruises’ new luxury flagship AIDAprima. Photo: Ralph Larmann AIDA Cruises is Germany’s largest cruise ship company, with AIDAprima the eleventh addition to

Nearly 100 Robe BMFLs – 88 x BMFL Blades and 6 x BMFL Spots – proved invaluable to Fredrik Jonsson’s lighting design for the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest which was staged in the Globe Arena, Stockholm with a capacity live audience of around 10,000 plus an estimated 180 million television

 Sadler’s Wells is a world-leading dance house, committed to producing, commissioning and presenting new works and to bringing the best international and UK dance to London and worldwide audiences. When the company was granted lottery funding for a technical refit, Graham Cutting, senior lighting technician at Sadler’s Wells was keen to

  From touring productions to festivals and corporate events, Colour Sound Experiment has come a long way from the company’s early years as a supplier of early moving lights to dance parties and raves. As one of the first companies to invest in intelligent light fixtures in the UK, Colour

The Roast Café and The Goliath Comedy Club, in association with The Venue, opened in Melrose Arch, Johannesburg in May 2016. DWR Distribution was proud to supply the Robe lighting installation and a DiGiCo S21 sound console. Photos by Lauren Mulligan. Tony Raciti of The Venue along with the The Goliath

DWR Distribution is delighted to be the new distributor of Realizzer, a 3D Visualization software program. “I first came across Realizzer at Prolight and Sound two years ago,” said Nick Britz of DWR Distribution. “”I loved it straight away. I was very impressed by the way it does realistic designs.

The Durban Ice Arena is currently closed for public skating from 16 to 31 May, and has undergone a transformation to host the Brutal Fruit Netball Premier League. Black Coffee, commissioned by Shaun Brickell from Umlilo Brands, an event management, brand activation and technical company, provided the television lighting, a

Sweden – Award-winning lighting designer Fredrik Jönsson applied a vast number of Clay Paky Mythos, Sharpy, Sharpy Wash 330 and brand new Scenius to create the broadcast-ready, glittering extravaganza that was the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. Now in its 61st year and themed ‘Come Together’, Eurovision was sponsored by OSRAM

The principal event in the Gauteng theatre calendar came to a dazzling climax in April, when the winners of the prestigious Naledi Theatre Awards were announced to a packed audience at the Lyric Theatre, Gold Reef City, Johannesburg. Set and lighting designer Robert Hoey from Dream Sets incorporated a Robe

The garrison town of Leopoldsburg in Belgium was a perfect setting for the large scale promenade theatrical spectacle ‘De Groote Rappel’, directed by Luc Stevens and featuring a large community cast from the city telling the story of two world wars, with the final act played out in a quadrangle

The complete Muse stage had to be supported by a giant ground support system, since the roofing of the Hallenstation did not have sufficient loading capacity. Enough said and written about the Muse Drones tour, setting records and raising standards in live performance and introducing the unmanned flying object in

The Koninklijke Schouwburg, or Royal Theatre, in The Hague has recently taken stock of a large number of Robert Juliat 614SX 1200W tungsten profile lanterns, supplied by Robert Juliat’s project partner for the Netherlands, Controllux, in a major refreshment of its lighting inventory. Built at the end of the eighteenth

Working as Project Manager for Afrikaans is Groot since it’s inception four years ago, Denzil Smith from MGG had always hoped that Joshua Cutts would some day step in as lighting designer for this slick, large-scale production. A busy schedule with many other prominent shows had prevented Josh from doing

Callum Sutherland, a student from St Stithians Boys College, Johannesburg, was 13 years old when he joined the school’s technical crew and soon thereafter, sat alone behind a Martin LightJockey with a little more than 15 minutes to program a couple of cues for his very first event, a talent

At 82 years young, legendary singer, recording artist and frontman of The Four Seasons Frankie Valli is still playing live and touring two weekends a month for most of the year … with Robe as the first choice of moving light on the rider. Valli has had multiple chart-topping singles

Audio Engineers Mickey Beck has been with Josh Groban for 12 years and Chris “cookie” Hoff has been with Josh for 3 years. They recently came to South Africa on the “Stages” tour where they worked on two DiGiCo SD10 consoles with waves and two 2SD Racks. It was a

To describe Adele Laurie Blue Adkins, known worldwide as Adele, simply as ‘successful’ would be a bold understatement. Releasing her debut album “19” in 2008, her career has soared to incredible heights. The album was certified seven times platinum in the UK and double platinum in the US. At the

Johannesburg based rental company, LaserX, have taken delivery of four new ProLyft 250kg motors. “Having used them a number of times, the consensus now is how did we ever manage without them,” said Troy Bentley, owner of the company. For close to twenty years, LaserX have entertained both South African

Nearly 100 Robe BMFL Spots are on tour with multi-award winning chart-topping singer / songwriter Adele’s current ‘Adele Live 2016’ world tour, in a stylish and dramatic lighting concept developed by Patrick Woodroffe working with associate lighting designer Adam Basset from design practice Woodroffe Bassett Design (WBD).  Photos : Ralph

Inspired Stages hosted their first Inspired Mentors programme from the 21 to 24 March at the GrandWest Casino. Ninety-two youngsters between the ages of 17 and 25 and who had previously been involved in Inspired Stages workshops, were trained up as mentors. “Young adults from within the community with a

A dot2 Roadshow with Michael Strathmann from MA Lighting and DWR Distribution team, will be hosted in Johannesburg, Durban, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and Namibia from 9 to 18 May. The dot2 is a well-respected lighting console, and Michael Strathmann’s knowledge and experience will allow users to understand the functionality

When Gearhouse Splitbeam was appointed as the lighting supplier to Albert Hammond in The Teatro Monte Casino, Johannesburg, Alistair Kilbee knew this was a great opportunity to use 6 Philips Vari-Lite VL4000 Spots and 6 Philips Vari-Lite VL4000 BeamWash units in the theatre. Photos by Duncan Riley. Synonymous with hits

Dutch House DJ Fedde Le Grand recently played his GRAND 2016 event at Amsterdam’s 20,000 capacity Ziggo Dome, which was completely sold out and featured a spectacular lighting design by JJ Rotte from Dutch lighting and visual creative practice Light Image … and over 200 Robe moving lights! Photos : Ruud

The Cape Town leg of Starlight Classics, produced by Rand Merchant Bank and production by Jam Events, was hosted at the Vergelegen Wine Estate in Somerset West on 11 and 12 March. This is one of Lighting Designer Joshua Cutts’ favourite shows and he worked in close collaboration with fellow

The Planetshakers Church is a Pentecostal Christian ministry affiliated with Australian Christian Churches. It started when the Planetshakers band moved to Melbourne in 2004. The church has over 10,000 members. Currently, Planetshakers has four campuses in Melbourne; City, North East, South East and Geelong, with an additional two international campuses

Cape Town nightlife recently received a boost with new club The Bank opening just before Christmas, operating three days a week out of the beautiful art deco QV54 (54 Queen Victoria Street) building in downtown Cape Town. The lounge style environment – with comfortable, sociable seating areas and strategically placed

The Sama-Sama Live interactive park in Madrid is a revolutionary new concept in the entertainment industry. The park offers the audience an opportunity to participate and feel how it is to be a performer. Roy Ofer, founder and CEO of Sama-Sama, had the vision to create a fun and loose

The DiGiCo S21 is on the road in South Africa with Kyle Robson from DWR Distribution. The S21 is taking the world by storm. DiGiCo is a well-loved console, and the new S21 is a wonderful tool that will be surprisingly more than you imagined for less than you expected.

It is with sadness to announce that DWR Distribution will no longer be the Avolites distributor in Africa. Avolites was one of the very first brands offered by DWR when the company started ten years ago. As both parties have mutually decided to go their separate paths, DWR will continue

The 2016 Miss South Africa was staged at Carnival City, Johannesburg, with this year’s theme having a robust feel as lighting and creative designer, Joshua Cutts, made use of negative space and in essence aimed to create a production which had the distinct flavour of a music awards event. With

  Gearhouse South Africa has made the largest LumenRadio investment in Africa to be used for The Forever Living Products 2016 Global Rally at the Ticketpro Dome in North Riding Johannesburg. “I was impressed when seeing the LumenRadio system at the roadshow DWR hosted at the UJ theatre a few

Clay Paky launched three new products for the first time internationally at ProLight+Sound 2016, all of which aroused considerable interest among industry professionals. The products were the stars of a demo/multimedia light show which accompanied the performances of some musicians and cover bands. The Scenius Profile is the new beam

Robe BMFL Spot moving lights have been specified for France’s famous Arlette Gruss Circus show which started its 2016 winter tour at the Place des Quinconces in Bordeaux. Since 2009, the show has been staged in the 1500 seater ‘Cathedral’ tent venue, an impressive structure that features 8 masts and

Hamburg dance / trance trio Scooter – considered the most successful German singles recording act with 23 top 10 hits and over 30 million records sold – kicked off their 2016 tour with an eye-catching lighting and set design by Jerry Appelt, one of the best known lighting and visual

  The Salisbury Playhouse has recently brought down the curtain on a Myrtle Theatre Company production of “Up Down Man” by Brendan Murray. The lighting of this internationally acclaimed play was designed and programmed by award winning lighting designer Michael Straun. He chose to run the show on an MA

Robert Juliat was very happy with its position in the middle of the Lightpower Village in Hall 3.0 where its products attracted a constant stream of visitors for the whole duration of the show. The array of RJ Zep LED profile and Fresnel fixtures drew much attention from theatre, event

It’s a twelve-hour drive from Johannesburg to Oudtshoorn, and as the great semi-desert of the Karoo stretches out ahead, rigid mountain silhouetted on either side of the long straight road, it’s a part of the world where ghost stories are plenty, the history is diverse and fascinating and before you

Vejle Musikteater is the largest performing arts venue in the picturesque cultural hub of Vejle which sits at the head of the magnificent Vejle Fjord and the convergence of the Vejle and Grejs rivers in southeast Jutland, Denmark. The venue has invested in over 50 Robe fixtures, including MMX Spots

  Busy UK rental company Storm Lighting, based in Woking, Surrey, has invested in 30 x Robe BMFL Blades and 30 x LEDWash 1000s for their ongoing work which includes a diverse range of premium corporate events, leading theatre tours and some music shows. This new sale follows Storm’s initial

Over 127 schools were invited to attend a Careers Day on 7 April, hosted by Silverstar in Krugersdorp – the focus on employment opportunities available within this casino. DWR Distribution was asked to be a sponsor and exhibitor, giving students the opportunity to consider working in the entertainment industry as

Robe took its winning themed theatre environment concept to the 2016 Prolight+Sound expo, transporting the Robe Piazza to Hall 3 of the Frankfurt Messe, where the Czech manufacturer invested in a space three times larger than at any previous Prolight …. and ensured it was the talk of the show!

The vibrancy and creativity of African fashion designers adorned the runway at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Joburg, by African Fashion International (AFI), from the 10 to 12 March at the Nelson Mandela Square in Sandton. Lighting designer Mauritz Jacobs from Dream Sets has become part and parcel of this anticipated

South Africa: When it comes to suspending line arrays for large-scale events, In-Harmony Productions rely on ProLyft motors from Prolyte. With six one Ton Prolyft motors in stock already, they recently made an investment of an additional two ton motor to keep up with demand. In-Harmony provides a service in

HELLO Community Arts Festival presents Shango, a script concept developed by Tintswalo Millicent Mashele and Hardus Koekemoer and directed by Tintswalo Millicent Mashele. Don’t miss out on this moving production on 8 and 9 April at 19:30 and 10 April at 15:00 at the Breytenbach Theatre. HELLO is an initiative

  Belgian lighting designer Carlo Zaenan of QBE created another amazing live show in Benelux – it’s all happening there – using a rig that included 256 Robe moving lights – the 2016 leg of the ‘Symphonica in Rosso’ concerts, six performances presented by Dutch superstar singer Marco Borsato at