DWR Distribution take pleasure in announcing the appointment of Annalise Hodgson who will lend a helping hand to Duncan Riley as a much-needed assistant. Annalise initially joined the entertainment industry unknowingly, responding to an advert in the Star newspaper that read, ‘Join the team that’s off the wall in fun.’ The year was 1999 and Annalise, who had previously worked for Pratt & Whitney and had then been a stay at home mum with her three children for three years, was itching to get back to work. The advert she saw was placed by sound company Tadco! Annalise remembers being…
Author: tpi intern
DWR Distribution in South Africa is setting up a charity organisation aimed at Freelancers in the entertainment industry. When freelancers fall ill, injure themselves or sometimes even pass away, it puts their family under immense pressure. This charity will hopefully help a few people, on a merit basis, with basic assistance. This can either be in the form of helping to pay for school fees for a few months, maybe cover the rent, or providing grocery hampers. Each case will be submitted to the charity where a board will decide who we can assist and how. At the end of…
Aardklop National Arts Festival 2016, held at Potchefestroom, saw freelancer Jaco Beukes from SJ Audio trying out the DiGiCo S21 on a show for the first time. Jaco was based in the Sanlam Auditorium where he was the main Sound Engineer for the venue and helped guest engineers for artists like Karen Zoid and Elvis Blue. The S21 was based in this venue for the entire festival. “This was my first gig on the S21 but I’m a big DiGiCo fan so it was awesome,” said Jaco. “Other than the label, it’s great that the console fires up in 96khz…
DiGiCo’s Ian Staddon was recently in South Africa, his first visit since appointing DWR Distribution as the DiGiCo distributor for Africa. “The trip for me was phenomenal,” said Ian. “I think it was superbly organised and the number of people that we got to see was great. The vibe for DiGiCo around the country is really strong. Speaking to the engineers there was nothing but positivity and they all loved the SD range. The S series is obviously new and we’ve had some teething problems, but those have been addressed with the latest software. It seems that more and more…
Tempest has helped to illuminate the iconic sail-shaped Burj Al Arab Jumeirah in Dubai as part of a unique projection mapping project. The world’s leading manufacturer of projector enclosures supplied Cyclone 8500 enclosures, Cyclovator Tilt Kits and the world’s first installation of its innovative AC Assist technology to protect 14 Barco HDQ-2K40 projectors from the searing Dubai heat. The system has allowed the 300m high building to become a jaw-dropping canvas for a spectacular video mapping show featuring animated Arabic motifs. The project was officially opened by His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of…
Success was guaranteed for the three-week long run of Les Misérables at the Dubai Opera as the audio held the spotlight with a host of Sennheiser systems. Commenting on the production’s decision to tour with an extensive kit of Sennheiser microphones, headsets, transmitters, and antennas instead of using the incumbent audio solution at Dubai Opera, Shelly Lee, Associate Sound Designer for Les Miserables said, “Musicals of this calibre would tour with the majority of the equipment required for the show. This includes the Sennheiser radio mics which have for many years been an industry standard in Musical Theatre across the world. They…
South African rental and production specialist Sound Stylists opened their Durban branch in 2010 to service the growing events, music and entertainment markets in the busy, buzzing cosmopolitan KwaZulu Natal port city, and it’s expanded from a satellite operation for the Johannesburg HQ with two staff to a major branch with 11 full time employees, working across all industry sectors. MD Kevin Glover’s intention has been to kick some ass and proactively grow the company’s work portfolio on all fronts, providing innovative and imaginative audio, lighting, and staging and AV solutions. A steady investment in Robe moving lights has featured…
