The Who are amongst the world’s ‘greatest’ and most influential rock bands, with a reputation for great music, uncompromisingly edgy lyrics, fast-and-furious live performances and shouting out for the mod generation. Add the countless innovative studio albums, 100 million plus records sold and a career spanning over 50 years,

A few brave hearts from DWR Distribution entered The Jeep Warrior (4) Race hosted by Advendurance at Hakahana Trails near Hatebeespoort Dam situated in the North West Province of South Africa on the 10th May. “It looked like fun,” said Nicolet Britz, the only fearless female competitor from the DWR

At the glittering Naledi Theatre Awards, hosted recently at the Lyric Theatre at Gold Reef City in Johannesburg, DWR Distribution was delighted to sponsor the Best Lighting Design Category, which was presented to Daniel Galloway from The Fugard Theatre for his innovative lighting of the hit production of “The Rocky

  Photos by Hans van der Veen The story goes that some 21 years ago, when KKNK (Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees), the Afrikaans arts festival took place for the first time, the Goth-like techies arrived in their Dr Martens and black attire ready to set up in the town of

DWR Distribution invites you to take part in the MA Dot 2 Roadshow, hosted at our offices in Johannesburg (22 & 23 June), Durban (24 June) and in Cape Town (26 June). Meet up with MA’s Chris West and Franco Zaghini and the DWR team. The roadshow will be divided

UK – One of the most exciting developments in the entertainment industry of the past few years is the demand for musical/theatrical entertainment as a prequel to high profile sporting events. There’s little doubt that the Opening and Closing ceremonies for the London 2012 Olympics had a significant influence in

Photos and words by Louise Stickland Bob Carlton’s cult high speed, hi-energy intergalactic musical romp – very loosely based on Fred M. Wilcox’s classic 1956 sci-fi movie “Forbidden Planet” – echoing Shakespeare’s The Tempest with extra hallucinogenic qualities, pumping 1950s and 60s jukebox soundtrack and a cast of highly talented

An epic romance set in the last days of Czarist Russia, “Doctor Zhivago” has opened at The Broadway Theatre with lighting design by Tony Award winner Howell Binkley. Conventional and moving lights, wind, fog, snow and fire effects for the sweeping new musical are controlled by grandMA2 light consoles. Doctor

Please credit photos to Julio Himede Lighting Designer Tom Kenny produced another spectacular large-scale work to illuminate the 2015 mtvU Woodie Awards staged at the vast Austin American Statesman site on the south bank of the Colorado River during the SXSW Music Festival. The popular event, organized by MTV’s 24-hour

Photos are courtesy of Scooter Braun Management. Highly popular, talented, chart-topping singer / songwriter, actress – and most definitely rising star – Ariana Grande is storming the US on her current “My Everything” tour. Complete with a spectacular lighting design by Chris Kuroda, the tour includes 76 x Robe BMFL

The fabulous Royalty Soapie Awards, an acknowledgement of all the characters many South Africans welcome into their living rooms every evening, was hosted on the 28th March 215 at the Durban ICC and broadcast on M-Net’s Mzansi Magic. For the very first time Hirezone supplied the full technical which included

WORLD – The band Maroon 5 has kicked off its World Tour 2015 with 100 Clay Paky Mythos and 20 Sharpy Wash fixtures occupying a prominent place in the rig. Maroon 5 launched its World Tour 2015 in Dallas on February 16 and will finish in Auckland, New Zealand in

UK/Germany – Avolites proved its truly international appeal at Prolight + Sound 2015, teaming up with dealers, distributors and friends from around the world to celebrate the launch of its Arena console, the new Titan V9 operating system, and its industry-leading new features such as Autoblend. Visitors to the Avolites

Stereophonics photos by David Morrell London’s iconic Royal Albert Hall is the first live performance venue in the UK to invest in Robe’s BMFL Spot moving light, with a purchase of 17 fixtures for its in-house lighting rig. The decision was taken by the Hall’s Senior Technical Manager, Ollie Jeffery,

South African Set and Lighting Designer, Joshua Cutts from Visual Frontier, used 24 Robe BMFLs on Miss South Africa, hosted at Sun City’s Superbowl on 29 March. Joshua explains that the beautifully lit HD televised production, with the set and full technical supplied by Dream Sets, went back to a

Photos courtesy Louise Stickland Robe enjoyed another mega busy and successful Prolight+Sound expo in Frankfurt, Germany, with the launch of 10 new products and four hyperactive days on the booth in Hall 11 at the Messe exhibition centre. This was preceded by Robe’s sixth biennial International Distributor Conference, staged a

Photo courtesy David Morrell Boston USA based Lighting Designer Jeff Maker relished the chance to use 135 Robe moving lights including 18 x BMFL Spots for a super high profile and very special one off / DVD shoot show at Wembley Ariana, London, UK, for lively US punk rock band,

  With top lighting designers asking for it, MJ Event Gear have upgraded from the grandMA full size to a grandMA2 Lite. “It was time we got one and Olebogeng Boinamo from our offices has been pestering me!” commented Mike Jones, owner of MJ. “It’s a great product.” Ole is

  When Johannesburg based Emperors Palace upgraded their control desk, they decided on a new grandMA2 lite system. This forms part of an entire revamp as Emperors Palace Theatre of Marcellus has been transformed from a multi-purpose venue to become a complete state of the art, permanent 1 008-seater theatre.

The Ghoema Awards, described as South Africa’s own Afrikaans Grammy Awards, took place at the magical State Theatre, Pretoria on the 24 March 2015. The spectacular event, the initiative of Barry Pretorius, was filled to capacity and lit by Mauritz Jacobs of Dream Sets with the full technical supply awarded

There is a new energy and visual enhancement to events – the inclusion of LED video walls – taking the South African market to another level. Multi-Media Events has taken ownership of a VuePix 3.6 Series wall. DWR Distribution took the opportunity to ask Tim Fish, owner of the company,

Cape Town, a city filled with buzz, vibrancy and flair stepped out, for the second year running, for the Mercedes-Benz Bokeh Fashion Film Festival, held on the 27 and 28 March at the African Pride designer hotel. Rental company Ultra Events were the full technical supplier, as commissioned by their

 USA – Avolites Ltd. will appear on the popular US TV series “World’s Greatest!…”  after having been recently selected and filmed to appear on the show by its creators, How2Media. Avolites, which works with New York-based Group One as its exclusive US distribution partner for lighting, was chosen for she

With an estimated twenty visits to the country, International Lighting Designer, Liz Berry, is no stranger to South Africa. In fact, she says that when she stepped off the plane recently, it felt like coming home! While her adventures have included trips to Namibia, Botswana, and forming a good friendship

Leading South African rental company MGG supplied over 200 Robe moving lights for a recent Indaba at Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg for a high profile financial industry client. LD Kevin Rieck made the bold move of using front and back rigged Robe LEDWash 600s for all his key lighting,

K-Pop singer, songwriter and music sensation Taeyang recently played a show in Singapore with a lighting rig containing 30 x Robe BMFL Spots moving lights, supplied by leading rental company Showtec. The Lighting Designer, Mr. Juhyun Kim of Lite Factory in Korea, used them to replace another product for the

Every month DWR will host a competition where you can win SWAG, dongles and a few other fun items. To enter, simply subscribe to the DWR Newsletter. The DWR newsletter will keep you up to date with the latest training days, exhibitions and industry news. Winners will be announced on

  Establishing the Anolis brand in South Africa, it was a pleasure for DWR Distribution to exhibit at Lighting Show Africa 2015, part of The Power & Electricity World Africa, hosted at the Sandton Convention Centre from 24 and 25 March 2015. The exhibition was a first for DWR and

Robert Juliat sales have been on the increase for Pacific Lighting (HK) Ltd. “We have received several orders for Robert Juliat products over the past weeks, most of which have been totally unexpected,” says Pacific Lighting (HK) Ltd Director, Hugh Chinnick. The Tai Po Civic Centre, managed by the Leisure

DWR Distribution will be closed for the Easter weekend on Friday, 3rd April and Monday 6th April. We will be back in the office on Tuesday, 7th April. We hope that you and your families have a good Easter!  Make sure that the dogs are kept inside so that the bunny

World Tour – LD Aldo Visentin, after the excellent impressions got in Frankfurt, has decided to include the Clay Paky A.leda B-EYE in his lighting design, and they certainly “contribute to the consensus and successes”, that Andrea Bocelli’s new concerts are achieving in the United States, up to the final

Four of Robe’s unique Cyclone – LED wash light with an inbuilt DMX-controlled fan – fixtures were in action on the most recent gigs by hugely popular UK indie rockers, The Kaiser Chiefs, which were the final dates of a UK arena tour that saw the band ride high on

Deeper Christian Life Ministry in Accra, the capital city of Ghana, have purchased a GDS system from South African distributor, DWR Distribution, for their 20 000 seater church, one of many branches throughout Africa. The church building has taken some twenty years to build and the brief from the client

London goes SA, a star studded line up including Bok van Blerk, Theuns Jordaan, Jay du Plessis, BlackByrd, Elvis Blue, Claire Johnston from Mango Groove, Peter Mitchell, PJ Cruz and Martin Bester (Jacaranda FM) showcased at Carnival City’s Big Top Arena on 27th and 28th February after running in London. With 70 Robe fixtures, the Big Top

Photos courtesy Louise Stickland Sono Centrum in Brno, the Czech Republic’s bustling second city, is the brainchild of local entrepreneur Jiŕĭ Ŝtopl and is a vibrant live music club, a cool hotel and a cutting-edge restaurant all on the same site, bringing a brand new concept in entertainment and style

Photos by Adam Kaplan, words Louise Stickland US rock band Maroon 5 have begun their latest world tour in support of their chart-topping fifth studio album ‘V’, with lighting, visuals and stage design by Leroy Bennett. The massive rig includes eight Robe BMFL Spot and 96 x CycFX 8 moving lights supplied

  It was a great pleasure to welcome Cuono Biviano, the owner of VuePix and also the managing director of the Australian based ULA Group, to South Africa. VuePix is a dynamic market leader in LED screen technology and with a dedication to research and development are able to provide

Germany – Avolites is powering up its latest consoles, dimmers and media servers for possibly the company’s biggest ever presence at Prolight + Sound Frankfurt, on stand D40, Level 0, Hall 11. On stand, visitors can experience the incredible capabilities of Avolites Titan V9, new networking functionality, and display of

DWR Distribution and CUE Lighting are delighted to be sponsors for the St Mary’s Battle of the Bands Lighting Operator Competition hosted at the schools’ theatre, The Edge in Waverley, Johannesburg. While Battle of the Bands is an annual event schools look forward to, this is the first time this

   L&P Service is a new technical services, production and rental company based in the vast and vibrant urban expanses of Mexico City which has recently invested in Robe moving lights. It was founded in 2013 and is headed by Mariano Alfaya who is also a lighting designer, and his

South African Lighting Designer, Francois van der Merwe, incorporated 16 Clay Paky Mythos fixtures to his spectacular design at the 14th Metro FM Music Awards, hosted at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli Conference Centre (ICC) in Durban on the 28th February 2015. Dream Sets were the set and technical supplier of

Robe’s Serbian distributor Studio Berar Projekt has supplied the country’s leading music and TV production company Grand Production with 32 x Robe Pointes which have been installed at Studio 1 of the Filmski Grad studio complex in Kosutnjak, Belgrade. The company produces a host of different ‘Grand’ branded TV programmes

Photos courtesy Louise Stickland Durban in South Africa once again came alive with the buzz and the excitement of the 2015 Metro FM Awards, with Robe BMFL Spots taking centre stage – as part of a rig of nearly 150 Robe moving lights – for a stunning stage presentation at