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,

Worldwide – Lighting designer Caio Bertti has become one of the first to specify the new Clay Paky Stormy CC RGB LED strobes for a major tour, choosing them to deliver a plethora of dramatic effects for rock and roll legends Motorhead. Bertti’s simple yet powerful rig includes 17 of

USA – The Austin City Limits Music Festival returned to Zilker Park for two three-day weekends in October to showcase more than 130 rock, pop and hip hop artists on eight stages, including Outkast, Beck, Eminem, Skrillex, Calvin Harris and Pearl Jam. Clay Paky A.leda B-EYE K20 and Sharpy fixtures

Photos courtesy Louise Stickland When Gunther Hecker’s name is on the design credits for a show, you know it’s going to be visually interesting, idiosyncratic and a bit ‘out-of-the-box’ with a few flourishes of the unexpected … and so Gunther has created another epic stage, set, lighting and video design

Avolites Titan One Training will be hosted at DWR Distribution, Johannesburg, on 24th February 2015. The course will be presented by Gareth Chambers. The Titan One has proved to be a cost effective solution for lighting applications. It offers fast and intuitive control of intelligent lighting, dimmers and LED effects

  We would like to take this opportunity of thanking you for making 2014 a good year! May you and your families have a Merry Christmas and may the sun shine on you in 2015. DWR Distribution will be closing from 12 December (at 11h30) and reopen on the 12 January.

This years South African Idols proved to be the biggest, finest and largest to date. Dream Sets for the seventh year supplied the full technical and created the set, while lighting designer Joshua Cutts from Visual Frontier did what he loves best on a grandMA2 full size, using over 7

Lighting Designer Willie Bothma was honoured to once again light the Kings of Chaos on their latest tour to Sun City and at GrandWest’s Grand Arena in Cape Town. The full technical was supplied by Gearhouse Group’s Cape Town branch and supported by Gavin Taylor, Sean Caie and the team

Mark Gaylard, owner of MGG Productions, has forged ahead as the first investor in a VuePix Pix E-Series Pro 12mm LED Mesh Screen in South Africa. The mesh panels went straight into the music production Afrikaans is Groot, which played to full houses in Pretoria and Cape Town during November.

An Avolites Media Ai Open Day will be hosted in the new year at DWR on 29 January 2015. Everyone is welcome to pop at our offices from 9am to 5pm. You will be able to have hands on experience and see what the Ai is capable of. If you

Photo credits: Todd Kaplan USA – Grammy-winning rappers Drake and Lil Wayne may be duking it out onstage this summer but behind the scenes it was no contest choosing Clay Paky Sharpys for their tour’s lighting rig. Lighting designer/show design Guy Pavelo, of GP Design, is using 180 Sharpys provided

Photo credit: Louise Stickland The first of Robe’s new BMFL Spot fixtures to tour in the UK were specified by Boston based lighting designer Jeff Maker for the recent Gaslight Anthem tour … for which they were purchased by Leeds based rental company Zig Zag Lighting. Jeff – whose CV

Photo credit: Andrea Macchia & Matteo Bosonetto Robe’s new Bright Multi-Functional Luminaire (BMFL) Spots made their debut on the vibrant Italian electronic music and arts scene, featuring prominently on the main stage at the 2-day C2C (Club2Club) International Festival of Music & Arts in Turin, where they were specified by

Avolites Tiger Touch 2, powered by an Avolites Power Cube was in control for the R/evolution, the Renault Truck International Annual Roadshow hosted in the beautiful yet industrial feel of Turbine Hall in central Johannesburg. MJ Event gear supplied lighting, audio and rigging for the six workshops, test drives and

  The Market Theatre in Johannesburg was forced to purchase a new grandMA2 Ultra Light desk after the theatre was flooded recently. The unfortunate event was sparked when an intruder broke into the theatre, breaking a drencher pipe in the process. This resulted in the release of 80 000 litres

With a background in electronic engineering and having followed the development of LED lighting for many years, Julian Cohen, owner of Johannesburg based rental company Avstage, had been waiting for LED technology to catch up with discharge lamps. Three decades ago he designed and manufactured large display panels using discrete

ESP Vision Special Promotion With the recent release of Vision 4 Pro on PC and MAC, ESP Vision and DWR Distribution is offering a one week special like no other. These offers will be available from 8th – 12th December 2014 from 9am to 5pm. New and existing customers alike

South African audiences were captivated as War Horse, brought to South Africa by Pieter Toerien and the National Theatre, played at The Teatro, Montecasino in Johannesburg recently. The show then moved to Cape Town at Artscape Opera House from 5 December 2014. Technical support in both venues was from Gearhouse

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Article by Louise Stickland, photos by  Benedetto Del Ariccia ‘Enigma’ is a spectacular stage-show and centrepiece at the new Cinecitta World visitor attraction in Rome – the first theme park dedicated to the fabulously rich world and history of Italian cinema – which has spawned numerous genius directors like Federico

Courtesy Fith Estate UK – In celebration of all things natural and nocturnal, nighttime visitors to Edinburgh’s much-loved Royal Botanic Garden (RBGE) saw the familiar landscapes and buildings transformed by a magical light installation during November. Designed by light artist Malcolm Innes, along with his colleague Euan Winton and supplied and

– Courtesy Fifth Estate UK – Avolites aficionado and lighting designer Yenz Nyholm used an Avolites Tiger Touch II with Tiger Touch Fader Wing to create a retro look for English pop/rock band Level 42’s gig at London’s Royal Albert Hall. Nyholm’s Tiger Touch II, running Titan v8, was used to

Technical production and equipment rental company Lucidity recently made their first lighting purchase comprising of an Avolites Tiger Touch, 6 Robe Pointes, 6 Robin 300 LEDWash fixtures, data and cabling. This augments their current stock of LEDForce 18 RGBW, Source 4 Profiles and Parcans. “We’ve always focused more on AV

Having just completed the 2014 Let the Night In European Tour, South African band Prime Circle are looking forward to play across home soil during December. It has been so cool to hear their latest tracks over the airwaves, and do yourself a favour and visit their facebook page. Humble

The two leading organisations representing the audio visual industry in Southern Africa, SACIA (Southern African Communications Industry Association) and the TPSA (Technical Production Services Association) have merged so that they can present a stronger front to clients and associates, and a louder voice to government. “We’ve merged in order to

Germany – To celebrate Bielefeld’s 800-year jubilee, the city set up the “Zeitsprung – Bi-Motion” (Time Warp – Bi-Motion) project. Eight hundred dancers and musicians from the city itself staged a superlative performance. The Bielefeld Dance Theatre and Philharmonic, the Syrian clarinet virtuoso Kinan Azmeh, and students and pupils from

Midstream Ridge Primary situated in Midstream Estate, between Centurion and Midrand, opened its doors on January 2014. Amongst a frenzy of excited children and enthusiastic teachers, the smell of fresh paint and cement still lingering in the air, the official inaugural ceremony took place in the newly kitted out school

The brief for designing the lighting at Next nightclub in the Ramada Paramaribo Princess Hotel in Suriname was to make it funky, fun and classy explained Michael Pereira from Streamline Systems. That is why he chose Robe and Anolis for the main elements of the lighting installation. Streamline Systems is

UK – Katy B embarked on a major UK tour that saw lighting designer Tom Campbell make dramatic use of Showline SL NITRO 510C LED strobes to blend her signature dubstep/garage sound with his nightclub-evoking lighting theme. Campbell, who was touring a floor package and augmenting his design with venue house

Courtesy Fifth Estate UK – More than 20,000 music fans witnessed the Red Bull Culture Clash at London’s Earls Court where four music crews battled it out amidst lighting controlled by Avolites Sapphire Touch and Tiger Touch II consoles and networked by Avolites Titan Net Processors. Jamie Corbidge was the LD

Pht credit photos to : Paul & Menno Ridderhof The first Robe Bright Multi-Functional (BMFL) Spot moving lights in rental stock in The Netherlands were right at the heart of a spectacular show staged in Hangar 12 at Amsterdam’s Schiphol International Airport – celebrating national airline KLM’s 95th birthday. The show’s

Photos courtesy of Hawthorn Full production and solutions provider Hawthorn was the first UK company to invest in Robe’s new Big Multi-Functional Luminaire (BMFL) Spot moving light fixture … and the first event for their newest lighting purchase was the fabulous Pink Ribbon Ball, staged in the majestic Central Hall

A live event can be made or broken by the quality of the lighting. The capital outlay for the latest professional gear can be significant and finance difficult to secure swiftly. Fintech have entered the entertainment industry sector and now offer lighting equipment financing options. Their latest collaboration with DWR,

Story courtesy Louise Stickland, photos Kilowatt AV Cape Town headquartered event production specialists Kilowatt AV recently specified 36 x Robe LEDWash 600s and 12 x LEDBeam 100s for a nationwide 5-city FLS (Financial Lifestyle Solutions) roadshow by leading South African financial services and investment group, Old Mutual. Kilowatt was the

Clay Paky’s Massimo Bolandrina and Giovanni Zucchinali spent two weeks in South Africa carrying out fantastic demos everyday as they introduced the super heroes of lighting, The Projectors, to the market. In fact, a photo taken during this roadshow of a SuperSharpy beam projecting onto a cloud reached the second

Words courtesy Louise Stickland, Photos thanks to MGG Leading South African lighting, sound and video rental company MGG, based in Johannesburg recently designed and supplied full technical production – rigging, trussing, lighting, sound, video – including a large Robe moving light rig and stunning 360 degree projection for the annual