Photos courtesy Louise Stickland Lively US pop punk band All Time Low have just completed a co-headlining UK arena tour with UK rockers You Me At Six, and are kicking off their new “Future Hearts” album campaign. All Time Low’s Boston based Lighting Designer Jeff Maker lost no time in

UK – London-based creative technology expert Realtime Environment Systems Ltd (RES) has provided the media server know-how in collaboration with LM Productions and Mapp3D Producciones for a ‘full dome’ installation celebrating Mexican culture. The temporary 25m white dome was constructed at Potter’s Fields Park on London’s Southbank for two weeks

Prolyte Rigging Training at DWR in Feb 2015   Rinus Bakker, Consultant and Trainer of Rhino Rigs and one of the European pioneers of entertainment rigging (since the early 80s) visits DWR Distribution regularly in February to present the Prolyte Rigging Course to the South African market. He chatted about

South African’s own Francois van der Merwe from Wizardry Group has been recognized and approved as an International Vectorworks Trainer by Nemetschek. The announcement came during a Vectorworks Training Week from March 9 to 13, presented by Francois at DWR Distribution, the official Vectorworks distributor in Africa. Many players in

Photos: © stadt wien marketing / Jobst AUSTRIA – Vienna has hosted the Wiener Eistraum (Vienna Ice Dream) every year since 1996. This huge mobile ice rink measures over 75,300 square feet. It is assembled in Rathausplatz, the square in front of the town hall, and is one of the

DWR Distribution has been appointed as the exclusive South Africa distributor for QUARTZCOLOR and IFF. “These products are truly standard setters within the television and film industry,” said Dave Whitehouse of DWR Distribution. “The brands are synonymous with quality and will be a fantastic addition to our stable.” QUARTZCOLOR was

Usher and Blake Shelton – two of the world’s biggest music stars – united the genres of R&B and country respectively in front of 35,000 people for a unique double-headline concert at AT&T Stadium in Dallas. The concert was part of a gala event celebrating the 90th anniversary of the

Rental Company Sound Stylists have acquired 24 new Robe miniPointe’s from DWR Distribution which will be used at their branches in Durban and Cape Town. The new fixtures are not only able to produce sharp beams and aerial effects in smaller venues, but have the necessary punch to work hard

DWR Distribution are looking forward to exhibiting at the 8th biennial advanced media and entertainment technology tradeshow, Mediatech Africa, held from 15 to 17 July 2015 at the Dome at Northgate, Johannesburg from 10am to 6pm daily. Mediatech Africa has gained momentum and DWR have been pleased to see an

Photo credits: Davide Barbetta Milan, Italy – the Piccolo Teatro in Milan was Italy’s first permanent theatre and was declared a theatre of major European importance by Ministerial Decree in 1991. It was founded in the immediate post-war period by Paolo Grassi, Giorgio Strehler, Mario Apollonio, Virgilio Tosi and Nina

Robe Lighting announces 2014 as the best year in the company’s history, together with comprehensive expansion plans for its HQ and production operation in the Czech Republic, which is ramping up again in response to demand for Robe’s products worldwide. This is part related to the company’s planned medium-term expansion

  Lighting designer Louis Oliver of Okulus has used an array of Showline SL NITRO 510C fixtures as part of his colour-rich and punchy lighting design for You Me At Six’s UK arena tour. Specifying 29 of the powerful LED units from Zig Zag Lighting, Oliver rigged 18 on spines

Forty-eight of Robe’s LEDWash 1200s are in action on the current Garth Brooks U.S. tour, specified by the country megastar’s longstanding LD Dave Butzler, and purchased specially by leading rental house Bandit Lites. Brooks – whose staggering popularity continues to pack out arenas – has released his first studio album

UK – TNA (Total Non-stop Action) Wrestling stormed British shores this month for a series of adrenaline-fuelled shows with lighting operator Andre Huff running the show on an Avolites Sapphire Touch console, and ART2000 dimmers providing the power behind the scenes. The dynamic tour, featuring some of the biggest names

Moscow, Russia – Leading Russian consumer electronics retailer M.Video has had its “best New Year’s Eve event in history”, thanks to technical producers MAX’N’MAX and lighting designer Roman Stolyarov choosing the super powerful Clay Paky A.leda B-EYE K20, Sharpy Wash 330 and Alpha Spot HPE 1500 for the event’s live

By Louise Stickland Gearhouse South Africa (GHSA)’s Ryan Dunbar became the latest South African lighting designer to be impressed with Robe’s new BMFL fixtures after using the Bright Multi-Functional Luminaire at the 2015 CCI Call Centre Awards staged at Durban International Convention Centre (DICC). The annual event welcomes 2000 guests

  To all our clients, kindly be advised that a stock take will take place at DWR Distribution on Friday and Saturday, 27th and 28th February 2015. While our doors will remain open on Friday, the warehouse will be unable to process orders. With this in mind, we request that

Robe Lighting’s RnD department has finished an extensive and comprehensive piece of research and testing in conjunction with lamp manufacturers Osram, relating to the longevity of the Lok-it!® HTI® 1700/PS lightsource used in Robe’s new signature BMFL™ fixture, when run consistently in its brightest 1700 W mode. This confirms that

For the fourth year, MJ Event Gear provided the full technical for Product of the Year 2015 held on the 5th February 2015 in Johannesburg. Product of the Year is the world’s largest consumer-voted award for product innovation and currently operates in 40 countries with the purpose of guiding consumers

Durban based rental company, Black Coffee, have purchased 12 new Clay Paky Mythos fixtures which will go onto the 14th Metro FM Music Awards for lighting designer François van der Merwe and Dream Sets, the official technical and set suppliers . The awards will be hosted at the Inkosi Albert

Operating in the Latin American market, the Venezuelan based PROmontaje needed a solution to host large outdoor events and concerts. PROmontaje owns a large event site, just outside Caracas, which they plan to use for a range of outdoor concerts and sports events. PROmontaje is the main provider of technical

  Performing Art Technology is offered as an extra-mural activity at St Mary’s School in Johannesburg giving students the opportunity to study lighting, stage management, sound, filming, editing and set construction. Girls between grade 8 to 12 train on various control desks including Avolites Titan 1, Philips Strand 200 Plus,

  DWR Distribution takes pleasure in hosting its first Fall Arrest and Basic Training, presented by Jacobus Myburgh from Gravity Training. The three day training kicks off today and ends on 20th February. With a background in the hospitality industry, having managed hotels and venues both locally and internationally, Myburgh

  Russia – London-based creative technology expert Realtime Environment Systems Ltd (RES) has provided the know-how for a spectacular visual event to mark one year since the Sochi Winter Olympics. The ambitious event at Sochi’s beautiful Ice Palace featured a dramatic ice show and was staged by Russian TV company

USA – Clay Paky fixtures dominated the lighting rig for Katy Perry’s glittering halftime show at Super Bowl XLIX in the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. Lighting designer Bob Barnhart of LA-based Full Flood chose a large array of Clay Paky Sharpy, Mythos and A.leda B-EYE K20 fixtures

MJ Event Gear has made a bold step as the first South African investor of 24 Robe BMFL Spots. They celebrated by inviting some of country’s top LDs to view the impressive lighting tool, which is making waves across the world.  “It’s a big winner,” said Mike Jones, owner of

Within just six hours of ticket sales opening, the Pretoria leg of ‘Afrikaans is Groot’ was sold out. Just goes to show how Groot Afrikaans is’! The Cape Town leg followed suite with its three performances selling out by the end of that day. With the calibre of such artists

Photos by Set Vexy, article by Louise Stickland Mufti-award winning Dutch rockers BLØF have an enthusiastic and eclectic fanbase as well as earning serious respect for the musical integration of sounds, styles and genres from a diversity of cultures into their work, so the ability to ‘paint’ with light when

The first Robe BMFLs have been in action on a variety of events in South Africa, utilized by some of the country’s leading lighting designers, the new multi-purpose fixtures have certainly been put through their paces on a wide variety of shows. The very first South African based LD to

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – An array of Showline’s cutting-edge LED luminaires have lit the launch of a national Saudi employment initiative following Riyadh-based event producer Maestro’s investment in Showline stock. The award-winning company purchased Showline SL BAND 300 RGBW, SL STRIP 400 (both RGBW and Tunable White), SL BAR 520

USA – American rock favourite Phish recently played a string of dates at Miami’s American Airlines Arena to ring in the New Year. The prolific band wanted to really make a statement for the shows that tied in with their iconic imagery. Enter DMDS7UDIOS, brought in to projection map the

DWR Distribution will be hosting an Avolites Training Session, Basic to Advanced, presented by Gareth Chambers from 25 to 27 February 2015. “This is always a popular course as there are so many Avolites consoles in South Africa,” said Chambers. “From Titan One all the way to Tiger Touch, it’s

DWR Distribution takes pleasure in inviting you to attend the Vectorworks Training Course presented by Francois van der Merwe. The course, which will take place at the DWR premises in Johannesburg, includes training notes and lunch. To accommodate different needs, there are various training sessions to choose from: A Basic

Liz Berry, experienced international lighting designer, and one of the first moving light technicians in the world, working for Vari-Lite at the time, is coming to South Africa and will be presenting a basic three day lighting training workshop at DWR Distribution from 25 to 27 March 2015. Creative Director

DWR will be hosting MA Training, presented by Nick Britz, at our premises during March and April. Delegates will be able to choose from a Beginners Three Day Course, Intermediate Three Day Course or an Advanced Three Day Course. The Beginners training will be hosted from 16 to 18 March, and covers topics

   A sunken fashion ramp created a striking effect at the annual Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Joburg presented by African Fashion International and held at Melrose Arch in October/November 2014. Dream Sets supplied the technical and built the set, a seamless platform from which cutting edge South African designers could show

UK – US rock band Linkin Park recently stormed into London’s O2 Arena, performing in front of a spectacular backdrop powered by Avolites Ai Infinity servers running version 8. The rockers played two nights in London and one in Manchester as part of the European leg of their ‘The Hunting

DWR Distribution is looking forward to exhibiting at the Lighting Show Africa for the first time. The show will be hosted at the Sandton Convention Centre from 24 – 25 March 2015 from 10am to 5pm, and forms part of Power & Electricity World Africa 2015. Property developers, architects, interior

Photo credit Preston Hoffman Robe made six of its new BMFL Spots available to lighting designer Preston Hoffman for the 2014 Warren Haynes Christmas Jam. The annual event, this year staged at the U.S. Cellular Center in Asheville, North Carolina, featured Billy and the Kids, The Revivalists, Jason Isbell, Vince Gill,

CANADA – On December 6 the night sky over Montreal was pierced by 14 beams of light in a solemn commemoration of the 14 victims of the Ecole Polytechnique massacre 25 years ago. Montreal-based Moment Factory chose Clay Paky Mythos lights for the touching ceremony atop Mount Royal. Residents of

UK – A combination of geometrically and historically inspired projections make for a striking backdrop for Rodrigo y Gabriela’s latest tour, in support of new album ‘9 Dead Alive’. The duo’s Multimedia Designer, Krisjanis Berzins operates the show using Ai Version 8 – Bondi, running from a Software Licence Key.

         Inspired Stages ended off 2014 with a high, as students attended the last three-day school holiday workshop of the year, designed to give insight into the entertainment industry. This successful event was hosted at the GrandWest in Cape Town and was once again presented by the passionate Karen Burt

Photo: © Kupfer Media Austria – The opera “El Juez” (the judge) celebrated its world première in the new Festspielhaus in Erl, Austria. The Festspielhaus was built by STABAG (the general contractor) and designed by Delugan Meissl Associated Architects, Vienna. It seats over 862 people (there are 732 seats in

Join DWR Distribution today, 29th January, any time from 9am for the Avolites Media Ai Open Day. Arran Rothwell-Eyre, Service and Support Engineer from Avolites Media has been in South Africa this week and it has been amazing to be shown the capabilities of this product. “We have been blown

Robert Juliat lighting fixtures have been spotted covering all angles of the stage from front to back at Chichester Festival Theatre in recent months. The new production of Gypsy (see Lighting & Sound International December 2014), which transfers soon to London’s Savoy Theatre, employed four Robert Juliat Le Cin’k Fresnels,