22 September 2008                           With 72 Robe fixtures coming to the party, a list of South Africa’s finest Afrikaans musicians and the charisma of the organisers 94.7 and Rapport, Raw Rocks had no alternative but to astound. Hosted for the second consecutive year at Sun City’s Superbowl, Raw Rocks

14 September 2008       Judging by ticket sales, Le Grand Cirque held at the Johannesburg Civic Centre Theatre was a phenomenal sensation. The production, in association with MNet, took place from July 3 to August 3. “Most nights we had full house,” commented Enos Ramoroko, Stage Officer at

02 September 2008     Our sincerest sympathy extends to the family of Moegammat Mohammed as well as to the team at SK Sound and Lighting. Twenty-six year old Moegammat, a Senior Technician, was travelling from Cape Town to Johannesburg to visit DWR Distribution when involved in a tragic car

29 August 2008       South Africa’s number one direct selling cosmetic house, Avroy Shlain Cosmetics, hosted their annual three day conference, attended by 850 guests, at the Sandton Convention Centre. Three Robe DigitalSpot 5000s proved to be ideal tools to assist with the theme of travel through the

25 August 2008        A remarkable forty CM Lodestars were sold within two days by DWR Distribution. DWR’s Duncan Riley initially placed an order for the forty units in anticipation of the upcoming Auto Africa show. He expected to sell the well priced motors within a three week

24 July 2008     When 20-20 Lighting was commissioned to service a new sitcom by Luna Films for SABC, Mauritz Neethling opted for the Avolites Pearl Tiger. 20-20 Lighting provide television lighting for location dramas and productions. Having been awarded to service an Afrikaans studio sitcom, the title of

23 July 2008   World-wide grandMA is becoming the most specified console. This trend is no different in South Africa, where at least twelve new users have opted for the MA Lighting brand as their console of choice within the last 20 months. In a recent review carried out in

15 July 2008   Travis Yeatman & Adriaan Skinner   To keep up with demand, Sound Stylists have purchased an Avolites Pearl Expert and four Strong Super Trouper II 3kw followspots. The new Super Troupers will be used at the upcoming Raw Rocks event to be held at Sun City’s

08 July 2008     We were delighted to announce the birth of Luc Riley on the 26 May 2008, and have been so grateful to everyone for all the kindness you have shown.   There’s nothing wrong with getting a bit of shut eye! We appreciate your support, the

17 June 2008   Story courtesy Louise Stickland Pretoria based Blond Productions bought 6 new Robe ColorSpot 700E ATs to supply 12 of these plus 6 ColorSpot 250E ATs to the latest series of the epic Afrikaans games show Noot vir Noot. This was recorded at the South African Broadcasting

16 June 2008   Story courtesy Louise Stickland   Robe’s StageQube 324 LED panels were a prominent visual feature onstage at the 2008 South African Music Awards (SAMA’s), staged at the Sun City Superbowl and broadcast live on SABC1. The event celebrates the best of South Africa’s hugely diverse music

08 May 2008     The DWR Distribution sales team is strengthened with the addition of Robert Izzett. “This is part of a planned company expansion,” says Duncan Riley, MD of the leading South African lighting sales company which distributes premium brands like Robe moving lights, Avolites and MA lighting

07 May 2008   (Above): Opera Mania   With his father, Dan Riley, having played an instrumental role in supplying and installing equipment in the Johannesburg Civic Theatre in 1992, it has been an privilege for Duncan Riley to continue servicing the very same theatre well over a decade later.

06 May 2008 Robe moving lights once again looked great on the dance floor for the fourth series of Strictly Come Dancing South Africa, broadcast live each week on SABC2 from the ballroom of the old Carlton Hotel in downtown Johannesburg. Lighting and sound kit was supplied by leading SA

29 April 2008    (Pic by John Hogg)     The musical, Saturday Night Fever, has finally arrived on South African soil after a decade of celebration on both Broadway and West End. The Lyric Theatre, which opened her doors in September last year, along with gear from Robe and MA

31 March 2008   To experience first hand the unveiling of the grandMA2 as well as the launch of new Robe fixtures, Nick Britz from DWR Distribution attended a very busy Prolight & Sound 2008 in Frankfurt. Extending the leg of his journey, he further received training at MA Lighting

26 March 2008   Article and pics courtesy Louise Stickland   Robe moving lights have been specified by lighting designer Peter Rieck for the new series of freestyle dance TV show “Dans Dans Dans” for KYKNET, South Africa’s leading Afrikaans channel. The series is staged in the Mardi Gras Theatre,

04 March 2008   DWR Stages Motor School Article and photos courtesy of Louise Stickland DWR Distribution staged a 2 day CM Lodestar Motor School in conjunction with UK-based motors and rigging specialists Lift-Turn-Move (LTM). DWR import all their CM Lodestars via LTM. DWR’s Duncan Riley says, “I was delighted

21 February 2008   Gearhouse Supplies 46664 Concert Gearhouse South Africa supplied design, full technical production and crew to the amazing 46664 Concert staged in Johannesburg’s Ellis Park stadium on World Aids Day. The landmark show featured an address by Nelson Mandela and a line up of leading local and

06 February 2008   Deadlines, Deadlines… With the entire project taking a mere three months, timing was extremely tight, with no room for error – and no vague possibilities of ever clocking out at 5pm! Due to the complexity of the project and the high level of integration of lighting

03 November 2007 Download PDF Silver celebration     Striking Silver was the theme for TWP Consulting’s unforgettable 25th Anniversary held on the 3rd November at the Sandton Convention Centre. The celebration for this mining and mineral projects company included performances by Johnny Clegg, Mango Groove and Dr Victor and

26 October 2007   When other boys his age were catching frogs or riding their chopper bicycles on a bright sunny day, the then ten year old Denis Hutchinson, known as “Hutch” and arguably one of South Africa’s finest LDs, was lighting his first show. He admits that it was

12 October 2007     With 15 000 attendees per day, preacher and best selling author, Joyce Meyer along with British rock group Delirious? created a stir in South Africa on the 12th and 13th October at a conference held at the Coca Cola Dome in Johannesburg. “The atmosphere was

20 August 2007 Time spent with grandMA By the end of August, MA Lighting had shipped well over 800 grandMA consoles alone for 2007. No need to explain that DWR Distribution is “small fry” compared to other distributors in the world, yet, when Michael Althaus, MD and René Berhorst, Technical

Like proud soldiers, a line up of 12 Robe 250 fixtures and six MAC 250+s stood on guard at a red carpet occasion, where 12 new housemates, from 12 different countries in Africa, said goodbye to their loved ones and hello to a 98 day television reality experience where USD

If all dogs were to go to heaven, then guide dogs would be the gatekeepers. These are the saints of the canine world, a breed who literally walk the extra mile and who have become rays of light to many living in the dark. Edith Venter, from Edith Venter Promotions,

Local is mos lekker! If you’re in your car in peak time traffic and happen to look up into the rear view mirror only to see a fellow driver with tears rolling down his face, it’s very likely that his listening to a joke or prank by the breakfast team

Dance floor’s Picasso As Robe works its magic, the Carlton Hotel in down-town Johannesburg is reinvented into something beyond her former days of glory. For a few hours every week this deserted building with her broken chandeliers is brought back to life as she is painted in light and danced

When rental company MGG wanted something fresh to offer their client, gear to compliment their lighting and AV equipment, they looked no further than the Robe StageQube 324 LED Video Wall. Being the first in South Africa to take possession of these units, owner Mark Gaylard has been impressed by

In a short period of 12 months, it has been an honour for DWR Distribution to receive the Best Debuting Distributor Award 2006 announced at the recently held Robe International Distributors Conference.   A year ago, we would not have believed this would happen as we started off working from

PowerBall, the lottery game which is already a hit in the UK, Australia, Greece, US and New Zealand, recently saw its first South African live draw. The show, produced for SABC at the Red Pepper Studios, had lighting designed by MJ Event Gear and innovatively made use of Arclink 3