South African lighting designer Peter Rieck is the proud owner of one of MA Lighting’s new dot2 XL-F consoles. Peter, an industry professional for 15 years and one of the country’s leading television lighting specialists recently launched a new company, Rieck’s, headed by himself. Having been an MA user for

  Robe’s news team met the Larssons at a special 10th anniversary edition of Let’s Dance in Sweden, where they were busy in Magazin (warehouse) 7 at the Frihamnen container port and ferry terminal in Stockholm, a frenetic site specific location that has provided a gritty and visceral juxtaposition to

Italy – Mario Biondi is one of the few Italian artists who can claim some sort of esteem and saleability outside Italy, perhaps on account of the characteristics of his kind of music, or perhaps because he sings in English. Before taking on a huge number of concerts in major

Italy – Renzo Arbore sits on the chair in front of Fabio Fazio as it is announced that he will be the special guest in the final show of Che Fuori tempo che fa (Fazio’s talk show). The transmission will be devoted to Quelli della notte, one of the most

  UK – For over 30 years AC/DC fans have demanded high octane, big bang punch from their live experience and this year the band’s Rock or Bust tour did not disappoint. Set designer Ray Winkler joined forces with lighting designer and show director Patrick Woodroffe to seamlessly translate the distinct

DWR Distribution teamed up with DimBright for an LED installation for Cube Communications Limited in Rwanda. Johnny Scholtz from DWR advised the client on a cost effective way to light up the set of their new News Studio. Jakes Mogale from DimBright was then commissioned to carry out the installation.

The main stage for the 2015 Innibos arts festival – one of the largest Afrikaans events in South Africa drawing over 107,000 people over five days – staged at Hoërskool Bergvlam in Nelspruit, was lit for the eighth year by Pretoria, based LD Johan Ferriera. This year he chose to

No fewer than 26 community theatre groups will strut their stuff at this year’s HELLO Community Theatre Arts Festival. The Festival was launched last year by TUT’s Department of Entertainment Technology, in partnership with the City of Tshwane and DWR Distribution, to expand the boundaries of theatre by interacting with

Johannesburg, South Africa – Philips’ entertainment lighting brands Vari-Lite and Strand Lighting, along with the Showline product range, have enjoyed three jam-packed and successful days at a buzzing Mediatech Africa show in Johannesburg.  Joining valued partner and leading lighting supplier for South Africa DWR Distribution on stand, Philips exhibited the award-winning new

Singapore marked the country’s 50th Anniversary – SG50 – with huge pride, as flamboyant celebrations erupted all across the island, culminating in a special National Day Parade (NDP) in the Padang, right in the heart of the city. The NDP show was attended by the Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong

  Italian superstar Vasco Rossi completed his Live Kom 15 stadium tour in a blaze of glory with a production designed by the combined talents of set company Gioforma and long term lighting designer Giovanni Pinna, which also incorporated substantial video elements with screen content managed and controlled via grandMA2

Arguably one of the greatest rock bands of all time – with their instantly recognisable hard driving guitar power chords, screeching acerbic lyrics about life on the edge and renowned for some of the most awesome hi-energy live performances in the history of the genre … rock gods AC/DC are

Los Angeles based Felix Lighting invested in 60 of Robe’s BMFL moving lights – 48 BMFL Spots and 12 BMFL Blades – for their busy rental stock. The fixtures were immediately deployed on the kineticFIELD main stage at the 2015 Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC) in Las Vegas, and at the

Robe was delighted to help launch Yaron Abulafia’s exciting new book “The Art of Light on Stage: Lighting in Contemporary Theatre” at the 2015 Prague Quadrennial. Robe is sponsoring this work by the artist and award winning lighting designer. Photos by Louise Stickland. The launch – attended by over 300

The Hollard Insurance Group, South Africa’s largest privately owned insurance group, has invested in low consumption Anolis LED lighting to enhance the exterior signage at the Hollard Campus, a landmark property situated in Parktown, Johannesburg. HKLM were the Brand Agency of the upgrade and commissioned DWR Distribution to install eight

ITALY – During the first stage of this memorable edition of the Giro d’Italia, the Royal Hotel Sanremo asked Pico Service to illuminate part of the hotel building’s façades. The lighting service company proposed an uncluttered solution designed to avoid disturbing hotel guests. The Royal Hotel is the utmost in

Multi award-winning, multi-talented, chart-topping singer songwriter Paolo Nutini recently played a concert at Millennium Square in Leeds, UK, right in the city centre, for which the production (flown) lighting rig of Robe BMFLs, Pointes and LEDWash 600s was supplied by locally based Zig Zag Lighting for event promoter Futuresound Events.

  Europe – Lighting designer Tom Campbell is using an Avolites Tiger Touch II on Anna Calvi’s summer festival tour using V9 to create a subtle and evocative production.  Campbell is using his Tiger Touch II for the UK shows and most European gigs, scaling down to a Titan Mobile for

Photo credit: Brian Glass, Concert Captures. A milestone in music history took place at Soldier Field in Chicago as legendary US ‘jam’ band The Grateful Dead celebrated their 50th anniversary with the three final ‘Fare Thee Well’ shows, produced by Paul Shapiro over the 4th of July holiday weekend, playing

Verbania, Italy – Tones on the Stones has renewed its partnership with Clay Paky for the third year running. The Festival was held in the Cava Bianco Montorfano (White Montorfano Quarry), near Verbania. The main attraction this year was Cavalleria Rusticana, directed by Alberto Paloscia. Sergio Licursi was theatrical director

Robe was right at the centre of the buzz at the 2015 Mediatech Africa expo in Johannesburg last week, taking their own stand space for the first time alongside that of distributor DWR, one of South Africa’s leading lighting sales companies. With over 8000 visitor pre-registrations – and a significant

Photo: Ralph Larmann Azerbaijan – Over 670 Clay Paky fixtures amazed two sold-out audiences of 68,000 at the first European Games Opening and Closing Ceremonies, held June 12 and 28 at the Olympic Stadium in Baku, Azerbaijan. The fixtures were the backbone of the incredible lighting design by Bob Dickinson

  UK – American rapper Kanye West’s headline gig at this year’s Glastonbury Festival has gone viral due to the incredible 792-strong par can rig controlled by 16 Avolites ART2000 48 way 16A dimmers and 2 Avolites Power Cubes.                          Lighting experts, Elstree Light & Power (ELP) supplied the rig

Photo credit: Lee Cherry USA – Her farewell tour is called “Rock This Country,” and country icon Shania Twain is doing just that as she bids good-bye to her fans from coast to coast. More than 300 Clay Paky lighting fixtures are along for the ride, selected by lighting designer

Stagelight AG of Switzerland has been celebrating the receipt of the very first Robert Juliat Merlin followspots to roll off the production line. Merlin is Robert Juliat’s new 2500W HMI sturdy followspot designed specifically for the touring market. Merlin worked its magic on the Stagelight team at Lucerne’s Light and

Nelspruit based rental company, AVS Hire, are thankful for a newly purchased Ra’alloy Ramp, which has made loading so much less painful! The lightweight Ra’alloy aluminum touring ramp that requires no maintenance was purchased from DWR Distribution. “To be honest I can’t work without it,” said Kyle Nel, owner of

SPAIN – The Project, started by the renowned chefs Ferrán and Albert Adriá, with Guy Laliberté, creator of Cirque du Soleil, opened its doors last 30th of June, offering a trip around the art, amazing performances and an incredible gastronomy under the powerful light provided by multiple devices from Clay

Mumford & Sons are on the road in support of their acclaimed ‘Wilder Mind’ third studio album, currently in Europe playing a mix of own-show headliners and festivals in picturesque locations. LD Ed Warren specified 32 x Robe BMFL Spots and 10 x CycFX 8s which are being supplied by

The incredible Arcadia Spectacular stage pumped out some serious visuals at Glastonbury this year created and controlled by blinkinLAB’s Tom Wall using an Avolites Sapphire Media and Ai server. The Spider stage is Arcadia’s most monumental environment. Built from recycled military hardware, it is a 360-degree, interactive environment with a

South African based In Living Colour, established in the mid 90s by Gavin Buckle, recently invested in an Avolites Tiger Touch II and 12 x Robe Robin 300 LED Wash fixtures. “Due to In Living Colour’s position within the market where an equal amount of events and sub-rentals to other

The Michael W Smith South African Tour 2015 included performances at the CRC in Bloemfontein, Durban ICC, GrandWest Arena in Cape Town, Rhema Church in Johannesburg and the Moreletapark Church in Pretoria. With the venues ranging in size and application from church auditoriums to the convention centre, and set up

The annual Hillsong Colour Conference was hosted at the Grand West Casino in Cape Town from the 15th to 19th April. Rental company C&S supplied and set up the custom built stage, lighting – which included over 160 Robe fixtures – rigging, trussing, LED Screens and the Backline. Bad Weather,

Tom Kenny is used to designing amazing, eye-catching lightshows for high profile TV events and loves a good challenge, so making the 2015 Country Music Television (CMT Music) Awards in Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN, look “out of this world” really energized his creative spirit! Tom worked in close collaboration with

 Romania – Showline SL NITRO 510C strobes have made their debut on the third edition of Electric Castle, Romania’s biggest music festival, becoming the first LED strobes to be used on the event in its short history. The award-winning dance festival takes place in Bánffy Castle, a 14th century monument in

Robert Juliat’s Grand Range of followspots are the ones to call on when you want to party on a big scale. Robert Juliat’s Aramis and Lancelot long-throw models have been out in full force in the Netherlands for two of the countries most exuberant parties. Lighting designer Martin Beekhuizen used

Over the last few months we have been very grateful to all the new subscribers to the DWR Newsletter. Subscribers can select whether they want to receive the latest news, receive info about new products or find out about training and roadshow dates. Below are the latest winners, randomly selected. We

For the very first time, Robe Lighting s.r.o. will have its own stand at Mediatech, the biannual media and entertainment technology trade show for Africa. Mediatech will be held from the 15 to 17 July at The Dome, Northgate, Johannesburg.   The Robe team is already familiar with South Africa,

Mediatech 2015 is here and DWR Distribution looks forward to seeing you at our stand – J47 from 15 to 17 July from 10am to 6pm. The show has grown from strength to strength and it has been a pleasure to see the interest and dedication shown from international suppliers

Clay Paky will put on a multimedia show at Mediatech 2015 with the most successful lights of the year: the MYTHOS, the SUPERSHARPY, the STORMY and the B-EYE. MYTHOS is a highly advanced form of hybrid light: first of all, it is an excellent 470 watt-lamp spotlight, which produces an

In the right light at the right time everything is extraordinary – Aaron Rose  Join one of South African’s finest lighting designers, Michael Broderick, at Mediatech as he presents a carefully orchestrated performance using one Robe BMFL fixture and a dancer.  The fifteen-minute shows will be held every day from

Due to popular demand and a fully booked response to the Lighting Design Session hosted at Mediatech on 16 July, Internationally acclaimed Lighting Designers Paule Constable and Durham Marenghi have agreed to host an additional session on Friday, 17 July. These world-class LDs have been brought to South Africa thanks

 Top international pop artists, Take That, are currently promoting their seventh studio album, III, on their Live 2015 tour with seven Robert Juliat followspots playing major roles in highlighting the artists and the many theatrical antics that surround them. Creative director, Kim Gavin, has devised a show that involves a

Doughty Engineering installs range of products in the School of Creative Arts– The School of Creative Arts at Queen’s University in Belfast boasts some of the most desirable undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in the country. With demand for spaces on the practical film making course drastically outstripping supply, the University recently built a new centre

Chicago-based Performance Lighting is another leading U.S. company to recently invest in Robe – with the purchase of 30 x BMFL Spots and 12 x Pointes. The busy design and rental facility supplies lighting to all sectors – from corporate and industrial to music festivals, concert tours, TV and theatre

UNITED KINGDOM – Since 1985 Fisher Productions has been supplying a complete production service to a wide array of corporate and private clients. Their quality bespoke service has secured the company as the preferred suppliers at many of the UK’s premier visitor locations including the National Portrait Gallery, the V&A

Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, the UK’s highest profile and best known festival event once again proves a massive hit for Robe moving lights – over 600 of which were deployed on a multiplicity of stages site-wide, including in major creative areas like Arcadia’s giant spider spectacular show and

West London based lighting and video rental specialist Colour Sound Experiment supplied lighting and visual equipment to some of the coolest, most creative elements of another hugely dynamic 2015 Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts … including Arcadia, Block 9, The Common and The Glade. The crew of 25 was

“It fits the bill perfectly”: dot2 sales hit the spot for MA’s distributor Ambersphere Solutions Since its unveiling at Prolight + Sound in April this year, the new dot2 range of consoles from MA Lighting has been establishing itself as yet another of the MA family of consoles that ticks

–         won the ABTT Award for Engineering 2014 while still in prototype form –  Doughty Engineering’s award winning Modular Rigging System will be making its first official appearance at this year’s ABTT show. The range which is riding high on a wave of success, was first introduced as a prototype

USA – The Live Design Products of the Year Awards 2014-2015 were held on Thursday 4 June at the Jerry H Labowitz Theatre for the Performing Arts, during the New York Master Classes (NYMC), and the Mythos climbed onto the highest step of the podium once again in the “Luminaire”

Koltech is a forward thinking lighting and audio rental company based in Beersheva, Israel’s seventh largest city and the biggest in the arid Negev desert region to the south of the country. Photos by Louise Stickland. The company is owned by Yossi Bendavid – popularly known as Zak Zak which