Gearhouse Group South Africa has unveiled a new promotional video. “Let Gearhouse Group take care of the technical aspects of your event. BIG or SMALL…your event deserves to make a GREAT impression.” www.gearhouse.co.za
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Gearhouse Group provided elements of technical support for an inaugural event presided over by President Cyril Ramaphosa in Kimberley. Three members of the technical solutions group came together to support the Armed Forces Day 2018 on 21 February. Gearhouse In2Structures, the Group’s specialist venue design company, provided the temporary structures to house the 1000 VVIP guests at the memorial Site. Five-hundred SANDF special guests were seated under a 3-bay 28m wide Maxi Dome structure with cantilever roof while the 500 civilian VIPS were accommodated under a 2 bay 36m wide SupaDome structure. Seating supplier, Havaseat, supplied the seating for 2000 additional guests at…
eclipse provides the design and technical specification for Amway India’s gala at Lisaili Fort, Dubai. www.eclipse.ae
With a crowd of 4,500 convened at the Lisaili Fort for Amway’s gala celebration, eclipse was tasked with the show’s design and technical specification from concept to completion. Coordinating with the client based out in India, the site was accurately 3D mapped using a drone to provide a lifelike, immersive virtual version of the multifaceted event in its initial planning stages. The use of 3D modelling allows accurate budgeting, helps manage client expectations and brings more accuracy and pace to finding solutions and delivering a detailed vision. The set construction was managed by a team who build sets for Bollywood…
The South African Roadies Association (SARA) will be hosting Africa’s 4th Live Event Technical & Production Conference (LETPC 2018) from the 17-19 May 2018, at the Sunnyside Park Hotel in Parktown, Johannesburg, the current home of the LETPC. The primary objective of the conference is to pull together, each year, the event, technical, production and education (training and skills development) sectors from across the country, the continent and the world, with African and international market leaders from across the same sectors, as well as government, sector education and training authorities, suppliers and independent skills attending. The LETPC 2018 will feature a…
The Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre has taken delivery of ProLyft Aetos hoists. To meet their customers’ demands, the venue operator, AEG Ogden, was looking for a flexible solution for the venue’s rigging facilities. Adhering to rigging solutions, supported by the service and knowledge. Meeting OCEC’s brief, Prolyte Group was selected to present a proposal. Based on the quality of the proposal and the technical support they experienced during this phase, there were happy to give the go. All the separate venues within the OCEC are supplied through the venue operators’ office. Based on the incoming rigging plans for the…
DWR Distribution will be in Cape Town for the Prolyte Campus with guest speaker Ruud de Deugd from Prolyte, from 13 to 16 March 2018. Delegates are welcome to attend one or all of the training days. Prolyte Campus is a Prolyte Group initiative to support its customers with the best and most up-to- date knowledge available. Providing the tools and training to use the Prolyte Group products safely and in compliance with applicable standards and regulations will help attendees perform better. Prolyte Campus offers a complete program of learning activities to create awareness on the safe use of Prolyte products. The main…
Ultra South Africa, a music festival which this year celebrated its fifth anniversary, saw revellers enjoy a line-up of some of the world’s best DJs amidst a heavy downpour, which provided some challenges for the technical team. Supplying the full technical for the Ultra events, hosted at the Cape Town Stadium on the 9 February and the Expo Centre in Nasrecin Johannesburg on the 10, Gearhouse Group was going into the production prepared for heavy rainfall. Each year, Gearhouse pulls out all the stops to create the most amazing experience for the audience. For the Johannesburg leg of the tour,…
Almoe AV Systems LLC has joined disguise’s Certified Solution Provider (CSP) programme. The disguise integrated workflow solution is used to improve all stages of production, from pre-visualisation to project delivery. The CSP programme expands disguise’s knowledge and support in providing clients with its full system integration solution. Almoe, based in Dubai, has experience as an established systems integrator. The team, who utilise disguise as part of their technical solution package for the Rajmahal Theatre in Bollywood Parks, Dubai, have now featured disguise at the heart of many of its partner projects. John Cassidy, Divisional Head at Almoe, commented: “The brief was to create a landmark structure that has…
Keeping pace with recording artist, Karen Zoid, during her recent show at the Spier Amphitheatre was a JP Willson-designed lightshow, which featured Chauvet Professional Rogue R2 Wash fixtures. “A Karen Zoid concert covers a wide range of emotions and musical moods,” said Willson, owner of Unfazed Productions, which supplied the gear for the outdoor show produced by Charl van Heyningen of CVH Enterprises. “The setting here in Stellenbosch is very evocative, with a river running next to the amphitheatre and the mountains in the background. It’s perfect for a South African summer, which is of course winter in the Northern Hemisphere. Our goal…
Sennheiser has announced the appointment of Arif PK as its new Area Sales Manager for the system solutions channel in the UAE and Qatar. PK’s role is to primarily focus on working with distribution partner Venuetech in the UAE to continue to grow Sennheiser’s footprint, especially in business communications, system integration and broadcast areas of the company. PK will also leverage his extensive experience in Qatar to deliver new business across all verticals and further strengthen the existing customer network. The latest addition to Sennheiser’s workforce will report directly to Mig Cardamone, Director of Sales and Marketing at Sennheiser Middle East, who…
In another effort driven by live event technical and production training organisation, the South African Roadies Association (SARA), has flown 11 SARA members to join a further 6 existing SARA members in the United States for a 10 month tour alongside the UniverSoul Circus. The 11 SARA members include: John Ledwaba (21) from Kwa Mhlanga, Mpumalanga; Tumelo Mavayela (21) from Meadowlands, Soweto; Mpumelelo Shivambu (25) from Kwa Bungeni, Limpopo; Anthony Khambule (25) from Tembisa, Ekurhuleni; Sibusiso Mathebula (29) from Orlando West, Soweto; Mokete Mogagabe (26) from Mapetla, Soweto; Tebogo Maphiri (27) from Diepkloof, Soweto; Rodney Mothibi (30) from Central Western Jabavu, Soweto; Blondie Sello (33) Mangaung,…
