26 September 2013   Photos courtesy Janco Photography MGG Productions supplied the full technical for their client, Eventworx, for a corporate event hosted at the Sandton Convention Centre earlier this year, one which absolutely shouted sci-fi. Having over 160 Robe fixtures, Kevin Rieck created a thrilling lighting design using timecode

17 September 2013   Duncan Riley (DWR) and Stuart Andrews (Gearhouse South Africa)   Gearhouse South Africa have invested in new lighting equipment comprising of 150 moving head fixtures and two new consoles. The purchase was made in order for Gearhouse to fulfil their upcoming workload. As they have an

13 September 2013   From Sun City, Ian Stewart, Reg Habib and “Victor”.     The Sun City Theatre, better known as the old Extrav Theatre, in the North West Province, South Africa, has invested in two Robert Juliat Victors. The Victor is the first 1800W followspots on the market.

13 September 2013      During set up, Michael Broderick (left) & Oliver Hauser Operations Manager from AFDA Johannesburg Day.   KwaZulu Natal’s most respected art festival, the annual Witness Hilton Arts Festival, turns 21 this year and takes place on the beautiful grounds of Hilton College this weekend, from 12

12 September 2013     USA – The brand new Hakkasan nightclub within the MGM Grand in Las Vegas has added dazzling sparkle to its huge main dance floor by installing 16 of Clay Paky’s powerful laser-like beam Sharpys. The sixteen perfectly parallel pure beam Sharpys are rigged on the

12 September 2013   Over 2000 Robe LEDWash fixtures are in action on a series of high profile stands – including Audi, BMW, Mini. Opel, Porsche, Seat and Volkswagen, at the Frankfurt 65th International Motor Show (IAA). One of the world’s leading auto expos, IAA 2013 is being staged at

02 September 2013   Photos courtesy Joburg Theatre Lighting Designer Declan Randall wove Robe moving lights into his intricate lighting design for the epic roller-skating Andrew Lloyd Webber musical “Starlight Express” staged in The Mandela venue at the Joburg Theatre complex in downtown Johannesburg. Randall was part of a Johannesburg

30 August 2013   DWR Distribution has relocated to Laserpark, Honeydew. The larger premises enable all departments from stores to demonstration and training facilities, to operate under one roof. “A big thank you to MJ Event Gear, Dream Sets and Pan Tilt for allowing us the use of their trucks

19 August 2013   Congratulations to the winner of the DWR t-shirt competition, Leswin Heswick from Vision Media, Cape Town.   The industry was invited to come up with a lighting themed t-shirt. The winner would receive a TitanOne and their design and signature would be printed in bulk and

16 August 2013   Photos courtesy Neal Kernohan New Robe lighting fixtures have been installed in the Cape Town home venue of South Africa’s renowned and innovative Zip Zap Circus School. Zip Zap is a registered non-profit organisation, a circus school, a performance and technical training facility as well as

16 August 2013     DWR Distribution enjoyed a wonderful Mediatech 2013 at the Coca Cola Dome recently. A big thank you to Simon Robinson and his team.   We received an all round positive response from international guests and suppliers who attended the show. Kindly find their feedback below. Thank you to everyone who

13 August 2013   Twenty thousand excited FC Union Berlin fans packed into their An der Alten  Fösterei Stadium to watch a specially commissioned show to officially inaugurate their new grandstand. The 20 minute spectacle was creatively directed by Gerald Ponesky and Uwe “Leo” Auerswald for producers the Compact Team,

06 August 2013   Two leading technical production companies – Mauritius based Impact Production Group and Johannesburg based Multi-Media – joined forces to provide design services and full technical production for a recent exclusive four-day conference and incentive event on the vibrant and beautiful island of Mauritius. Five sites were

26 July 2013   West London based lighting rental company Colour Sound Experiment (CSE) supplied lighting equipment, LED screen and crew to Lighting Designer Rich Gilson for the recent Die Antwoord (The Answer) show at London’s Brixton Academy. The South African Zef rap-ravers Ninja and Yolandi Vi$$er have a massive

24 July 2013      While we await our new office telephone number, please feel welcome to contact our sales and technical team on their mobile numbers: Sales Enquiries Dave Whitehouse / 082 417 8596 /dave@delano.server.rcm-test-web.co.za Duncan Riley / 082 699 7355 / duncan@staging.dwrdistribution.co.za Keith Pugin / 082 077 1807 / keith@staging.dwrdistribution.co.za Nicolet

19 July 2013   Visit DWR Distribution at Mediatech -Stand J1 Besides introducing you to our international suppliers, we’ll be glad to show you our latest products. Can’t wait to see you there!   Register Free using this unique Code: EX002000 at www.mediatech.co.za before 7th July 2013 and avoid paying

09 July 2013   Photos courtesy Mark Drysdale The proof is in the pudding and MJ Event Gear were delighted to receive a thumbs up from their client, Idea-Listic, for once again pulling off a fantastic Tarsus Dealer Bash. The event was held at Montecasino and MJ supplied the ground

08 July 2013   Prolyte introduces a new corner type: H30D-C039 The H30D-C039 is a 3-way corner where the downward leg is placed in a central position. This means you can create goal posts or square grids on legs with only one type of corner. Forget about left and right

08 July 2013   Hayleigh Evans, one of the founders of POPArt Theatre, with DWR’s Dave Whitehouse.   With people craving a platform for unpretentious live performance spaces, whether theatre shows or live improvisation and poet evenings, the two year old POPArt Theatre in down town Johannesburg fills the niche.

05 July 2013   Kevin Maybury – March 9th 1929 – June 11th 2013 A special word of thanks to Claire Robins for sending us this biography, written and published by the Events & Installations magazine in Vol. 18 2004 c.) Kevin Maybury – An Eventful Life Born in Sydney Australia

04 July 2013   The sounds of the American trio, Chevelle, recently hit South Africa. Chevelle had plans to play at local festival Oppikoppi in 2011, but due to obligations to finish their record, they had to cancel. Keeping their promise to come back, fans were delighted to welcome them

03 July 2013   MJ Event Gear supplied the full technical for the Black Management Forum Corporate Update Dinner, held recently at the Sandton Convention Centre. A thousand guests, including South African government and business leaders, were invited to the black-tie occasion. With the client only confirming the technical four

01 July 2013   Pink’s critically acclaimed The Truth About Love world tour is underway with Clay Paky Sharpys and Chromlech Elidy LEDs accompanying the pop star on more than 130 show dates in North America, Europe and Australia.  A.C.T Lighting is the exclusive distributor of Clay Paky lighting and

25 June 2013     Photos: Special thanks to Gareth Chambers   South Africa: Rock fans filled the Sun City Superbowl for the Kings of Chaos who performed on the 15 and 16 June. “I received so many positive phone calls enquiring who did the lighting on the gig,” commented

24 June 2013     The first ever Vectorworks course for the entertainment industry in South Africa was presented by Francois van der Merwe from Wizardry Group on the 30 and 31 May at DWR Distribution, Johannesburg. Even though this was a basic introduction to Vectorworks Spotlight, the demand and

24 June 2013   Courtesy Louise Stickland International Lighting Designer Tom Kenny specified Robe’s latest Pointe moving lights for the 2013 MTV Upfront presentation, staged at the Beacon Theatre in New York City. This was the first ‘live’ use of the newly launched Pointe in the US. Kenny – never

21 June 2013   Robe lighting’s CEO Josef Valchar and staff at the company’s HQ in Valasske Mezirici, Czech Republic, have mobilised to help contribute to humanitarian aid relief in the wake of the worst floods to hit the country in a decade.   The floods which affected vast swaths

20 June 2013 After training and product orientation, the SABC crew were pleased to use their brand new lighting gear, including Robins, Sharpys, Tiger Touch and Prolyte trussing, on the second season of the television game show, Fan Base. “This was the very first time they used the equipment they

20 June 2013                         THE ART OF FOLLOW SPOTTING – AN INTRODUCTION SKILLS DEVELOPMENT & EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVES WITH WOMEN IN TECHNICAL PRODUCTION (WiTP) PRESENTERS:       GERDA & PHILIP KRUGER – PHILIP KRUGER CONSULTING DATES:                      17, 18 & 19 JULY 2013 TIMES:                       11h00 – 13H00                                     15H00 –

17 June 2013   Robert Juliat appoints DWR Distribution as new partner for South Africa Robert Juliat are happy to announce that, DWR Distribution cc has joined the Robert Juliat distributor family. From 1st June 2013, DWR has assumed responsibility for sales activity across South Africa, promoting and supporting the

16 May 2013 Forming part of the Samsung Galaxy S4 World Tour, the Galaxy S4 was launched to the South African market at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg recently and was attended by some 2 000 guests.   The elaborate event consisted of two parts; a formal conference followed

30 April 2013   With the 2nd year Wits students are Stan Knight (back far right) and from DWR, Gareth Chambers and Dave Whitehouse. For the first time in his career, South African theatre legend and lighting designer, Stan Knight, is lecturing at Wits University.  He recently visited DWR Distribution,

24 April 2013   Clay Paky experienced a successful Prolight + Sound 2013 last week in Frankfurt, Germany. Traffic in the stand was busy and the company highlighted many new products. Sharpy Wash 330 is a compact, lightweight 330W washlight, with the luminous efficiency, graphic, and optical performance of a

19 April 2013   Robe concluded its “Busiest and best” Prolight+Sound exhibition to date at the Frankfurt Messe! The action-packed 4-day Robe schedule included the launch of six innovative new fixtures, a press event announcing the company’s sponsorship of Czech MotoGP racing star Karel Abraham and a show-stopping lightshow on

19 April 2013     Latest buzz on the musical theatre wires is that the newly opened Jersey Boys at the Teatro, Montecasino in Johannesburg is absolutely unmissable. Fresh from its Singapore tour- where the show played to rapt audiences at the Marina Bay Sands, Singapore – the show opened

08 April 2013   Germany – Philips Vari-Lite is offering visitors to Prolight + Sound Frankfurt the opportunity to experience first hand the creative potential of the extremely bright output new VL3015, VL3015LT and VL3515 luminiares. Also on show will be the newly released software for the popular VLX Wash

29 March 2013   Happy Easter    May it be a special time for you, your family and friends. Kindly note that DWR Distriburion will be closed for the long weekend including Friday, 29 March and Monday, 1st April.   We will reopen on Tuesday, 2nd April.   If there is

06 March 2013     Portable Control System This is the perfect desk to introduce you to the world of intelligent fixture control. Built for entry level operation and small to medium sized theatres, the Strand Lighting 250ML console gives you a simple interface, great features and an even better

04 March 2013     By Chris De Lancey, Enterstage Africa Having successfully managed the Nissan Dealer Awards Conference for 2011 and 2012, it was with confidence that Enterstage was tasked with putting together the conference for this year’s event at Sun City. With 3 venues used for the various

28 February 2013   The upgrade and installation of a Philips Strand dimming system at The Baxter Theatre in Cape Town, is now complete. The Baxter Theatre at the University of Cape Town purchased their new Philips Strand Wallrack Dimmer units from DWR Distribution. “As time allowed and as the

19 February 2013   – Courtesy Louise Stickland Robe’s innovative new ROBIN MMX WashBeam moving light won a prestigious ‘Etoile du SIEL’ (Star of SIEL) Award for Technical Innovation at the 2013 SIEL trade exhibition in Paris –  France’s leading international expo for the professional lighting, sound, video and entertainment

28 January 2013 Theo Papenfus (Stage Effects) and Ni-Lou Breytenbach (Lightship Productions)     Ni-Lou Breytenbach from Lightship Productions was the first in South Africa, along with Theo Papenfus (Stage Effects) to play on the Avolites Sapphire Touch. Stage Effects consequently purchased the console. Ni-Lou, who works with the company

04 December 2012     Opened in 1997 by Nelson Mandela, the Multi –Award winning Durban ICC celebrated its 15th birthday anniversary with a Grand Banquet. With 33000m2 of space available to clients, the Exhibition Centre is the largest flat floor, column-free exhibition/conference space in Africa. This year the Durban

09 November 2012 South African based Media Film Service were commissioned for the second time to provide the lighting for The German Bachelor reality series which was filmed in Cape Town. To facilitate the job, they purchased two Avolites Art 2000 48/16 Amp dimmers, one Art 2000 24/32 Amp dimmer

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06 November 2012   The 13th Huisgenoot-Skouspel was hosted at Sun City’s Superbowl on the 6, 7, 13 and 14 October 2012. The show, which has been described as the largest Afrikaans music performance of the year, saw a collaboration of 60 artists performing 80 songs in a three hour

05 October 2012 Kagiso “Daystar” Moima, owner of Blackmotion   Black owned Johannesburg rental company, Blackmotion, is rebranding itself to become a full lighting service and audio visual company focusing on stage, concerts, architectural and system integration.   Over the last few months they have purchased 16 Robin 600 fixtures

11 September 2012 Black Coffee supplied the predominantly Robe lighting rig for the Kwa-Zulu Natal Military Tattoo held at the Natal Mounted Rifles (N.M.R.) parade grounds in Durban from the 11 – 13th July 2012.   Based on the success of military tattoos worldwide and the popularity of the Durban

04 September 2012 Heading into PLASA 2012, Czech Republic based lighting manufacturer Robe has upped the ante on its already strong green policies, underlining its commitment to helping preserve the planet in as many ways as possible.   “Sustainability is becoming ever more important in customer choice,” comments Robe’s CEO

21 August 2012   In June, the industry lost Royden Paynter, Head of the Lighting Department at Wits. To everyone who knew him, he was a gentle, lovely individual.   At his memorial service at the university, a letter was read from his sister Robyn, and the Euology was by