Partnering closely with system integrators and honoring their clients’ values, DWR has delivered and installed a wide range of AV solutions—from expansive Absen LED screens to specialized audiovisual equipment. While many of our projects involve exclusive installations we can’t publicly share, here are a few highlights we’re proud to showcase and a few other stories to shows you what we are capable of.
Howard Events presents: Jonathan Roxmouth – My Favourite Broadway
L-Acoustics’ L-ISA Hyperreal technology makes its South African debut, integrated seamlessly into a glittering tribute to the golden age of musical theatre. Peter Iantoro, TPiMEA Magazine, reports: The South African live events industry has had to be patient when it comes to L-Acoustics’ L-ISA technology, with the COVID-19
Fourier Audio “Still Counting” With Volbeat On The Road
FOH engineer Dennie Miller pairs his transform.engine with a DiGiCo Quantum852 console on the band’s latest global conquest, “The Greatest Of All Tours Worldwide” COPENHAGEN, Denmark – September 2025 – Fifties-influenced metal band Volbeat recently wrapped up a North American tour, supported by Halestorm and The Ghost Inside, and
L-Acoustics L2 Delivers Future-Ready Professional Sound System at Arènes de Grand Paris Sud, Europe’s First Official E-Sports Team Home Arena
Fleik and Concept K design a versatile audio solution for one of France’s most dynamic multipurpose venues following €35 million renovation Évry-Courcouronnes, France – October 2025 – Originally built in 1975 and previously known as Les Arènes de l’Agora, the Arènes de Grand Paris Sud has been transformed into a
Grace for the World Relies on Graceful DiGiCo Consoles to Deliver Global Message of Human Fraternity
Co-directed by Andrea Bocelli and Pharrell Williams, St. Peter’s Square’s first-ever music concert featured award-show-worthy sound throughout via a pair of Quantum852 consoles ROME, Italy – On September 13, Rome’s Vatican City hosted Grace for the World, the first-ever music concert held in St. Peter’s Square, reportedly drawing more
Hippotizer Powers Real-Time IMAG effects for Lilas ir Innomine
Vilnius, Lithuania — Acclaimed Lithuanian hip-hop duo Lilas ir Innomine returned to the capital city Vilnius for a career-defining performance at the Vingis Park Amphitheater, with a striking visual design driven by Green Hippo Hippotizer Media Servers. The group — comprised of Konstantinas Kiveris-Lilas and Rolandas Venckys-Innomine — took the stage for the first time
Dalhalla Invests in New Robe iFORTE Moving Lights
Dalhalla, a unique open-air amphitheatre set in the former Draggängarna limestone quarry in central Sweden, is arguably one of the coolest and most interesting live music venues in Europe, popular for its summer seasons featuring a range of music and artists – rock and pop, musicals and sometimes opera
Audio Quest Events’ Dream Realised with L-Acoustics Investment
Audio Quest Events, a Cape Town-based technical supply company specialising in sound, lighting, staging and AV, has marked a major milestone in its journey. Established in 1991 by Hennie Ellis, the company has grown steadily over three decades, with a reputation for delivering excellence across the live events industry.
Astera Launches SolaBulb
The creative geniuses in Astera’s R&D department have been busy again … This time developing another completely cool and unique product – SolaBulb – the only bulb on the market with an inbuilt 15º – 50º zoom range that is optimized for maximum lux output. The SolaBulb project first germinated
EVH Events invest in Absen, Prolyte and ADJ!
PartyBros, a dynamic company founded in 2022 by brothers Emil and Etienne van Heerden, has recently launched its corporate division, EVH Events. Building on their experience in the events industry, EVH focuses on delivering high-end solutions for large-scale and corporate events. The company has invested in an Absen NT3.9W
Robe Turns It Up Loud for Peach Pit Tour
Popular Canadian indie rockers Peach Pit completed the North American section of their “Long Hair, Long Life” tour with a brand-new lighting design from George Gorton from Vancouver-based creative design studio Loud Entertainment Design Group. The visual concept relied heavily on lighting for impact – there were no video elements
Robe at PLASA 2025 – The Preview
Robe will have a big presence at the PLASA London expo in Olympia next week – on stand A70 – and will be launching six fabulous new products – T3 Profile, iPAINTE LTM, SVOPATT Classic, Footsie1 MC and Footsie2 MC plus the super cool new PowerDolly. These will
Drake’s $ome $pecial $hows 4 U Tour $ounds $pectacular with DiGiCo Quantum852 Consoles
TORONTO, Ontario, Canada – September 2025 – Drake is getting his steps in. On his current $ome $pecial $hows 4 U Tour, currently on its European leg through mid-September, he not only closes his own show but opens it, as well, bookending performances by co-bill Party Next Door. And Drake
Grant Olivier Upgrades to grandMA3 Light for Cape Town’s Busy Season
Lighting designer, Grant Olivier, founder of Distinct Technical Solutions in Cape Town, has taken delivery of a grandMA3 light, joining his trusted grandMA3 onPC setup. The upgrade comes just in time for the busy corporate season in Cape Town, with exciting festival work also on the horizon. The sale was
MGG Productions Debuts New L-Acoustics K2 System at Toyota Innibos 2025, South Africa’s Premier Afrikaans Arts Festival
MGG’s strategic K2 investment powers comprehensive professional sound system for 78,800 festival-goers NELSPRUIT, South Africa – August 2025 – MGG Productions has successfully deployed its newly-acquired L-Acoustics K2 sound system at the Toyota Innibos Lowveld National Arts Festival, marking a significant milestone as the company celebrates its 25th anniversary
Robe for Nuova Scena Launch Party
The latest series of Italian talent show Nuova Scena – Rhythm + Flow Italia – which scouts out some of the best rising star rappers – kicked off to an electric start with a launch party staged at famous Milan live music venue and nightspot, Fabrique, complete with a dazzling
Claypaky Shines on Mexico’s Riviera Maya with its Aqua Line During Shield Family Open Day with Hermes Music Profesional
Claypaky, in collaboration with Hermes Music Profesional, its official exclusive distributor in Mexico, held a spectacular Shield Family Open Day in a unique setting at the Bombay restaurant on the shores of the Nichupté Lagoon in Riviera Maya, Cancun. Claypaky’s Shield Family of IP66 fixtures is designed to ensure effectiveness and
Koltech Gets the ESPRITE Spirit
Be’er-Sheva, Israel-based lighting rental specialist Koltech has invested in 24 new Robe ESPRITE moving lights to add to its ever-expanding rental inventory, which now includes over 150 Robe moving lights. The company was founded in 2007 by Yossi Bendavid – better known industry-wide by his nickname ‘ZakZak’, which means talkative
Nina Pušlar Show Impresses Slovenia
Slovenian singer, songwriter, and superstar Nina Pušlar rocked her picturesque hometown of Ivančna Gorica, 40 kilometres out of Ljubljana, for a showstopping homecoming concert at the football stadium, celebrating 20 years of success in the music industry. Her career, like so many, started via a talent competition, and her energising,
AV Unlimited with Robe!
We mean that literally, of course … as Robe’s LEDBeam 350 unlocks some cool creativity for the team at rental company AV Unlimited in Johannesburg, South Africa! The busy rental production and technical specialist has added 12 x Robe LEDBeam 350s to the lighting inventory that join its existing stock
A Dream Come True – the DiGiCo Quantum 852 makes its debut in Africa
When the DiGiCo Quantum 852 first launched at an exclusive event in England in 2023, it caused a stir with its unrivalled capabilities and sheer size! At the time, Kyle Robson and Duncan Riley of DWR Distribution attended the launch and were blown away by DiGiCo’s new flagship console leaping
Joyful Night as Brixton lights up
Brixton, Johannesburg once again lit up for a fabulous community event, bringing together residents, artists, and supporters in a vibrant celebration of community and creativity. The Working Dog’s Fried Wilsenach called on the help of friends from Gearhouse Splitbeam and DWR Distribution to light up the neighbourhood he proudly calls
France’s first touring pair of DiGiCo Quantum 852 join Indochine for massive tour
Formed in Paris during 1981, Indochine have combined single and album sales of 10 million. Their latest tour sold out in hours, with 105 dates across France, Belgium and Switzerland. Over one million people will experience these shows and, in a first for France, powering every performance will be a
Positive Feedback from June’s Clear-Com Training
Nick Chapman from Showcom and Kyle Robson from DWR Distribution presented Clear-Com training in June at the DWR offices in Johannesburg. The two-day session covered everything from basic 2-wire communication systems to the full Clear-Com range, including ICON Beltpacks and hardware components that integrate with Arcadia—resulting in a complete multimedia
Gearhouse Splitbeam expands and updates its followspot inventory with Robert Juliat Arthur LT
Gearhouse Splitbeam of Johannesburg, part of South Africa’s Gearhouse Group, has updated and expanded its followspot inventory with the addition of 3 Robert Juliat Arthur LT 800W LED 4°-10° (Long Throw) followspots, supplied by Robert Juliat’s exclusive distributor for South Africa, DWR Distribution. Founded 15 years ago by Alistair Kilbee,
Aurras Group Invests in grandMA3
Aurras Group is a busy, energetic and innovative technical production – embracing lighting, audio, video and AV, power, staging & rigging and event supply – company based in Cape Town, South Africa. It is owned and headed by Justin Heyman and Gareth Aitken, who merged their respective companies, TechX and
Robe Takes a Walk in The Park
Production lighting for the vibrant and diverse Park Stage at the 2025 Glastonbury Festival was once again supplied by Bristol, UK-based SWG Events. A design by Mat Spencer – also Chief LX for the project – which included nearly 70 Robe moving lights, helped deliver great lighting for a blistering
CT Middle East makes Another Large Robe Investment
Creative Technology Middle East (CTME) has made a huge investment in new lighting equipment. This follows another substantial Robe purchase earlier in 2024. The Robe numbers on this one are 60 x iFORTES, 60 x iFORTE LTXs, 8 x IFORTE LTX FS Cameras, 80 x iTetra2 battens, 100 x LEDBeam
Acoustics L Series Solves Multi-Stage Live Audio Challenge at changeNOW Event
changeNOW, Europe’s most impactful sustainability summit, presents an audio engineer’s ultimate challenge: twenty simultaneous performance zones operating across Paris’s iconic—and iconically reverberant—Grand Palais. The three-day event hosts 40,000 attendees from 140 countries in a unique format that combines international conferences with live artistic performances. Six main stages plus fourteen additional
Murangi Productions upgrade with grandMA3 and ADJ
This year marks several exciting milestones for Johannesburg-based technical supplier, Murangi Productions. The company is celebrating its 21st anniversary, founder Hendrick Nemalili is turning 50, and to top it off, they’ve just made a major investment in new gear—including a grandMA3 light and 12 ADJ Jolt Panels, all supplied by
DWR Distribution Appointed as Official Epson Distributor in South Africa
DWR Distribution is delighted to announce its appointment as the official Epson distributor for South Africa. The agreement was finalised in June, following a visit to DWR’s offices by Epson’s Lee Harrison and Darren Caithness. To further strengthen the support DWR provides to both the system integration market and the
A Thousand and One: Luminex lights up the festival season
Riyadh, June 12, 2025 – With summer just around the corner, it’s time for Luminex to shine. A few weeks ago, we proudly kicked off the festival season at the inaugural edition of ‘A Thousand and One’, Riyadh’s newest large-scale music festival in Saudi Arabia. Across five distinct stages, Qafilah, Sahaab, Bizar Bazar,
South African freelancer Tiaan Gilomee invests in first grandMA3 console
(Pictured above): Tiaan Gillomee of PRDGY Group with DWR’S Duncan Riley and Callan van Zyl. Johannesburg, South Africa – Tiaan Gillomee, a dedicated South African freelancer lighting designer of PRDGY Group, has proudly taken delivery of his first-ever lighting console – a grandMA3 from DWR Distribution – marking a
Robe Taps into Lady Gaga Mayhem at Coachella
Lady Gaga is an artist who excels at delivering unique, ambitious visual live extravaganzas that engage the eyes, brain and heart in an intricate mix of drama, high-impact dance moves and energising music, and this year’s acclaimed Coachella headliner slot took this art to new levels. Her two-hour performance complete
Hippotizer MX Series packs a punch for WrestleMania
Paradise, NV, USA – Green Hippo’s new Hippotizer MX Series Media Servers were out in force for this year’s WWE WrestleMania spectacular, pumping out 4K live action and pre-made content across a wealth of LED screens and strips. Eight Hippotizer Kasai MX Media Servers – which are distributed
Pure Event Gear invests in Prolyte Verto and ChainMaster motors
Pierre Griffioen from Pure Event Gear has been in the technical rental business for over three decades. While he’s worked across sound, lighting, audio, and LED display panels, it’s rigging, trussing, and motors that have always made his heart beat a little faster. With this passion in mind, Pierre has
Innibos 2024: Unforgettable Lighting and Sound Experience
The Innibos National Arts Festival always has a special charm, and the 2024 edition was no exception. Held from June 27 to 30 in the Lowveld (Mbombela), it featured vibrant markets with homemade goods, stunning art, captivating books, engaging drama, and incredible music. MGG was once again chosen by
Robe Rocks at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025
Robe was thrilled to be an official technical partner of Eurovision 2025 in Basel, Switzerland, where lighting designer Tim Routledge and his team, together with London UK-based lighting supplier Neg Earth Lights, helped deliver a truly outstanding production for the world’s largest live music broadcast event, staged this year at
Robe Moves & Grooves with Blackmotion
Blackmotion – as the name suggests – does not stand still for very long! Founded and headed by the charismatic Kagiso Moima Wa Masimini – KG – to those who find the pronunciation a little complex – this is a busy, innovative, and well-respected technical production and rental company based
MGG Invests in First iFORTES and SVB1s on the African Continent
Johannesburg, South Africa based rental and production company MGG has made a sizable investment in new Robe moving lights, taking delivery of the 76 x fixtures from Robe’s Southern Africa distributor, DWR Distribution, including the first iFORTE and iFORTE LTXs and the first SVB1 luminaires on the continent of
Love at first sight as Blackmotion receive their LEDBeam150s
Congratulations to Kagiso Moima Masimini and the team at Blackmotion, a Johannesburg-based rental company, on your new Robe LEDBeam 150s purchased from DWR Distribution. The units are set to go straight onto a television show coming soon on SABC 2 (The South African Broadcasting Corporation) every Sunday. Kagiso, fondly known
grandMA3 light for Aurras Lighting in Cape Town
Congratulations to Cape Town based Aurras Group on the exciting addition of your new grandMA3 light lighting console! DWR Distribution team joined the Aurras lighting team for an in-depth overview of their new MA Lighting International console. Thank you to Johnny Scholtz for organising the training and to Jaques Pretorius
L-Acoustics K3 a great fit for AJR Audio
AJR Audio has achieved a significant milestone by investing in an L-Acoustics K3 audio system, becoming the first technical supply company in South Africa to do so. Though the company is well-acquainted with L-Acoustics, this new investment perfectly positions them for the future, enabling them to meet audio specifications
Robe iBOLT makes Impression at Inauguration
Designer Chris de Lancey from Immersive Show Technology was asked to create a stunning architectural lighting scheme for the Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa, to help celebrate the recent South African presidential inauguration. Chris chose to work with Robe ESPRITE moving lights and one of the new Robe iBOLTS,
DWR announces the arrival of Luminex
DWR Distribution is pleased to announce the arrival of their latest product range, Luminex Network Intelligence, which is currently en route to South Africa. This is the time SA has been waiting for to catch up with international trends. “We are confident that the enthusiasm of the entire DWR
Leon Pheiffer uses Absen for his daughter’s music video
There’s a special bond between fathers and daughters, and for Leon Pheiffer, the owner of EPH Group, it was a privilege to do something extraordinary for his daughter. Using his Absen LED panels, he contributed to creating Jemma Catherine’s music video for her sixth single release, “Verkleur Verskeur,” with the
Murangi Productions delivers technical for “Kept by Grace” Album
The Big Top Arena at Carnival City in Brakpan was filled to capacity as Lebo Sekgobela recorded her highly anticipated album ‘Kept by Grace’ on March 9. The atmosphere was electric, the audience on their feet during the lively praise and the deeply spiritual worship moments. Murangi Productions provided the
Sound Stylists join the MA3 family
Sound Stylists has made an exciting investment in MA Lighting for the first time! This Johannesburg-based technical supply company recently expanded with a new branch in Cape Town in April. Now, they proudly possess a grandMA3 light which will also be available for cross rental. “I believe
EPH Group elevates events with Absen
The EPH Group have not looked back since purchasing the Absen NT2.9 series from DWR Distribution at the end of last year. According to company owner, Leon Pheon Pheiffer, the panels are high in demand, gracing two to three events weekly, much to the delight of his clients. Offering technical
Tetra Xs and Tetra 2s for Stage Effects!
When Theo Papenfus, founder of Stage Effects Group, stumbled upon the Robe TetraX, he was immediately captivated and felt compelled to act swiftly. However, a significant dilemma arose: should he fully commit and acquire 48 TetraXs, or opt for a blend of 24 Tetra Xs and 24 Tetra2s? After
DNG Presentation Staging Introduces LEDBeam 350 Lights
Exciting developments are underway at DNG Presentation Staging’s (DNGPS) Cape Town Branch in Brackenfell, as they recently welcomed a game-changing addition to their arsenal: eight Robe LEDBeam 350 lights, purchased through DWR Distribution to meet their evolving needs and to be on par with global lighting practices. With a
MJ Event Gear receive their new grandMA3 compact XT
Congratulations Mike Jones and Theo Rood from MJ Event Gear on your brand new grandMA3 compact XT! The team at DWR Distribution values your support over the years and we hope this desk will work super hard for you. It was time for MJ to upgrade to a newer