Homebrew in Cape Town, South Africa, has invested in new Robe LEDBeam 150s for the most recent series of popular games show, ‘Wheel of Fortune’. The LEDBeam 150s were specified by Head of Lighting Daniel Louw, who oversees all things lighting related for a few productions at the film and television production facility.
The Globe is a 2,200 square meter multipurpose event venue at the heart of Durban’s award-winning Suncoast entertainment and leisure complex in South Africa. It’s one of KZN’s and the country’s most popular event spaces … and recently took delivery of new Robe PAINTE and LEDWash 600+ moving lights. The new fixtures are part of an ongoing upgrade program that ensures the venue systems stay abreast of the latest and most appropriate production technologies to offer their clients and guests, and were delivered by Robe’s South African distributor, DWR.Read More »Robe PAINTES the Globe
Atlantic Studios, Cape Town, South Africa, is a cutting-edge multi-stage film and television production facility and a bustling hub of creative activity serving the Western Cape and far beyond. One of its current productions is the South African edition of ‘Deal or No Deal’, the popular risk-taking gameshow. Lighting Designer Daniel Louw is using some brand-new Robe ESPRITES which were purchased for this show and delivered by Robe’s South African distributor, DWR.
The fabulous 2023 Brixton Light Festival in Johannesburg, South Africa, delivered its third – and largest to date – event filled with the magic, mystery and imagination evoked by light. It started during the covid lockdowns as a community-led and driven art-based lighting experience to unite the already tight-knit, lively and diverse neighborhood of Brixton. The goal is to celebrate the spirit and importance of community, and the power of art and empathy.Read More »Robe Lights up Sentech Tower for Brixton Light Festival
Ayrton announces a new distribution partner for South Africa -Planetworld. Planetworld will be closely supported by current distributor, Bespoke Entertainment Solutions to ensure Ayrton’s current and prospective customers receive the very best in products, service, and support.Read More »Planetworld and Bespoke Entertainment Solutions Join Forces to Promote Ayrton in South Africa
Robe’s LEDBeam 350 moving light continues to be in demand worldwide including in South Africa, where distributor DWR keeps seeing this small, powerful, and highly versatile moving light fly off the shelves as fast as they can get hold of them. Another recent LEDBeam 350 investor in Cape Town is Audio Engineering, a full production specialist founded in 1998 by Marcel Bezuidenhout initially as an audio supplier. The enterprise soon expanded in the early noughties with the addition of lighting and then video departments as Audio Engineering’s clients demanded full technical packages.Read More »Robe LEDBeam 350s Are a Sound Investment for Audio Engineering
“It’s all about the people,” states Chris Norwood of Norwood Productions, explaining his people-first management style, and echoing a phrase actively embraced and promoted by Robe’s South African distributor, DWR. However, good, reliable, and flexible kit also helps a business thrive, and Johannesburg-based Norwood Productions has invested in some of Robe’s most compact fixture ranges to further the company’s growth – starting with LED Beam 100s and now also including LEDBeam 150s and LEDBeam 350s, with some Spikies on order. The Robe purchases – eight of each fixture – are perfect for the current size and scale of the events they are providing with top notch technical production.Read More »Norwood Productions Invests in Robe
Recently Hall Technologies expanded their presence and supply chains in EMEA via UK technical solutions distributors, Visualization, as well as Cine AV, Africa’s leading technical… Read More »Hall Technologies Partners with Visualization in UK and CineAV in South Africa
On the occasion of the company’s 30-year milestone, LPS Laser Systems’ Martina and Siggi Ruff reflected on the early beginnings, the highs and lows of… Read More »LPS Laser Systems Celebrates 30 Years in Business
Robe’s new IP65 rated iSpiider LED wash moving lights passed some serious jungle tests on the latest edition of I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here Germany (Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier rau), which was recorded at Blyde River Canyon in Hoedspruit, Limpopo Province, South Africa.Read More »I’m a Robe iSpiider – Don’t Get Me Out of Here!
Noot vir Noot (Note for Note), a long-running popular and successful Afrikaans language TV music-based game show produced by Stemmburg TV and broadcast on SABC 2 has returned to screens after a two-year break due to Covid, with edition 40 featuring a slightly reimagined version of the slick brand-new set designed by Michael Gill and built by SDS for the fully visually revamped season.Read More »LD Ryan Lombard Lights New Set for Music-Based Game Show in South Africa with Robe
JOHANNESBURG – South African TV studio Red Pepper recently underwent an upgrade project that focused on the addition of LED fixtures for its studio facilities in Linden, Melville and Braamfontein. DWR Distribution provided 14 Philips Selecon Studio Panels, six Philips Selecon PLcyc1 luminaires and eight Philips Selecon SPX Zoomspot luminaires for the upgrade, which benefited from input from set designer Michael Gill and LDs Joshua Cutts and Francois van der Merwe.