Gearhouse is showing its gratitude and paying homage to its women of Health and Safety across the Group, Zona de Waal, Riekie Wiehahn, Wilma Vermeulen and Natasha Bezuidenhout. Having been involved in the events industry for nearly two decades, Zona de Waal began her career by starting her own security company which gave her the opportunity to work on huge productions such as Miss World at Sun City and many others. “I started with Health and Safety in 2009 but decided to re-enter the live events industry in 2010 as a freelancer working for Alliance Safety Management where I had…
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Pretori- based rental company Stage Effects, run by Theo Papenfus, has provided the site-wide lighting and visuals using Robe MegaPointes for OppoKoppi 2018. Production lighting for the Main Stage was designed by Erik de Bruin, who this year was delighted to be able to use Stage Effects’ new Robe MegaPointes to WOW the crowds. He also used 12 standard Robe Pointes, plus some other fixtures including LED washes, LED battens and 4-cell blinders. With OppiKoppi and the opportunity of running several dynamic shows after dark, he declared, “I am seriously impressed with what I’m seeing”. The Main Stage is a…
Kilowatt AV has taken productions up a notch since acquiring 200 Absen D2V Indoor Panels from DWR distribution. The panels have been on shows non-stop for the past 8 months on events including Ultra Music Festival, Adidas Product Launch, Food Lovers Market Annual Conference and a long list of others. “We were the first in Cape Town to see the Absen demo by DWR and the first in the Cape to place an order,” said Neil Zaayman, Chief Operating Officer at Kilowatt AV. “As with most new products there were initial teething hurdles, but it was more around understanding how…
The South African Roadies Association (SARA) hosted its 4th Anual Live Event Technical & Production Conference (LETPC 2018), at The Sunnyside Park Hotel in Parktown, Johannesburg, South Africa. The 3-day event attracted over 120 delegates from different countries across the globe. The LETPC conference has become one of the foremost platforms for international Live Event Technical and Production professionals to meet, network and discuss critical issues that are affecting the sector with topics such as such as health and safety, production, event management, venues, artist challenges, Dj and Producer issue, technical advances being interrogated by the speakers and audience alike.…
INHOUSE Venue Technical Management (IVTM) and Gearhouse South Africa provided the Lighting, Audio, Audio Visual, Rigging, Power, Structures, Sets and full network infrastructure for The 10th BRICS Summit, at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa. Sandton Convention Centre’s inhouse technical supplier, IVTM, was heavily involved in the planning, logistics and delivery of the event under technical Director Philip Beardwood. Beardwood wrote the specifications for the technical suppliers, drew up the floor plans and technical schematics and collated costings. Overseeing client contact and delivery from an IVTM point of view at Sandton Convention Centre was onsite Venue Technical Manager, Lee…
Gearhouse Splitbeam has been supporting the arts, and theatre, by becoming involved with an interdisciplinary ‘incubation’ space The Centre for The Less Good Idea in Maboneng to which it supplies Lighting, Audio and Audio Visual on a long-term rental basis, ensuring that the artists at work there experience the nuances that technical reinforcement can bring to their work throughout the course of the work’s development. In 2016, internationally acclaimed South African artist, William Kentridge, realised that he was at a stage in his career where he had the capacity to create, fund and sustain a space to support artists in the…
Luxul has announced the follow-up replacement to its the P30 wireless extender, the new P40 AC1200 WiFi Bridge + Range Extender. The P40 features leading-edge 802.11ac dual-band technology to deliver data rates up to 1200 Mbps (300 Mbps on 2.4 GHz band and 867 Mbps on 5 GHz band). Easy to install and configure, the P40 offers a simple option for extending the reach of a wireless network, with the ability to function as either a bridge link or as a range extender. In “Client” mode, while the P40 is acting as a bridge, devices that don’t have built-in wireless…
Earlier in 2018, L-Acoustics announced that DWR Distribution has officially been appointed as L-Acoustics Certified Provider Distributor for South Africa. DWR solidified their position as an L-Acoustics distribution partner with a series of memorable product launch events. DWR invited industry representatives, together with their families, to their offices in Johannesburg. DWR managing director, Duncan Riley and his team transformed the parking lot at Kimbult Industrial Park into a fairground for the evening, complete with rides for the children, cotton candy, popcorn and dinner for all. Central to the event was the opportunity for the industry to hear the impressive K2…
The team at the University of Johannesburg Arts Centre and DWR Distribution invited students to explore the world of a backstage technician with a Lighting Design Workshop 2-day class hosted in early 2018. It was aimed at UJ students who follow subjects other than theatre, with the hope that they would develop a love for the arts and possibly sign up as crew for the many festivals and productions the theatre is involved with. “The first evening was testing the boundaries of their awareness of the industry,” said Michael Broderick from DWR who presented the course. “I think the students…
Losberger De Boer has appointed Jim Muldoon as the new managing director responsible for operations across the Middle East, Central Asia and Russia. Muldoon, who will be based in the Dubai regional headquarters, brings twenty years’ strategic and business development experience together with an extensive understanding of Gulf markets through his work in various senior management roles throughout the GCC. With previous management experience across retail, building design, fit-out and modular building industries, Muldoon brings his proven operational capability to Losberger De Boer, with a reputation for driving the business forward while maintaining high levels of client satisfaction. Capitalising on the…
Blue Array Productions, an audio rental company in South Africa, has invested in an SD12, its third DiGiCo console. Blue Array’s initial buy into the DiGiCo brand, a DiGiCo SD5, caused a stir in the South African market. With such a great reaction, the company decided to invest in a smaller platform console, purchasing a DiGiCo S31, before recently taking ownership of the SD12. “Blue Array’s Kobus van Rensburg and Marinus Visser have been wanting an SD12 since the console was launched in 2017,” said Kyle Robson from DWR Distribution, DiGiCo’s distributor for Africa. “We worked with them on costings and…
The Sennheiser Group have had a busy year seeing strong turnover, restructuring efforts and welcoming new team members on board. Sennheiser generated a turnover of €667.7 million in the fiscal year 2017, which is €9.3 million, or 1.4%, more than in 2016. Earnings before taxes declined to €-4.5 million compared to €34.9 million in 2017. This includes restructuring costs of around €21.6 million, which are reported in the expenses as one-time effects. Sennheiser further developed its organisational structure in 2017 to counteract the decline in earnings and secure long-term profitable growth, thereby positioning the family business successfully in the future.…
