Saturday, March 13th, 2010

Gearhouse switches on the festive lights in Cape Town

Gearhouse South Africa’s Cape Town branch supplied all technical elements – staging, lighting, audio, LED and technical crew to Out The Box Productions for the annual “Switching on of The Festive Lights” in Adderley Street, Cape Town.
This year, the event featured a distinctive soccer theme, highlighting the upcoming 2010 FIFA World Cup and the imminence [...]

Robe hits the spot for Miss World 2009

Lighting designer Tim Dunn used nearly 300 Robe fixtures in his colourful and vibrant design for Miss World 2009, which was staged at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa. It was the largest number of Robe fixtures to date that Dunn has used on a single event – and the results were truly [...]

grandMA at T20 Champions League Opening Ceremony

Lighting Designer Tim Dunn specified a grandMA full-size console to run lighting for the Twenty 20 Champions League cricket Opening Ceremony event, staged in the Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, India.
Produced by Venkat Vardhan of DNA Entertainment Networks, one of India’s leading international event companies, the 30 minute all-action Opening Ceremony show featured a cast of 350 [...]

Gearhouse supplies South African tattoo

Gearhouse South Africa supplied all technical production – including, sound, lighting, power and structures – plus audience seating for the hugely popular 2009 South African Tattoo, staged at Montecasino, Johannesburg, ZA.
The extravaganza featured over 600 local and international performers, blending the traditional Tattoo spectacle of massed pipe bands and Highland dancers with a distinctly African [...]

Jesse Clegg goes live with Robe

Lighting designer Tim Dunn used 30 Robe ColorSpot and Wash 700E AT moving lights to light the first high profile live performances of rising young South African music star Jesse Clegg at the Johannesburg Civic Theatre.
Dunn utilised the 18 Robe ColorWash 700E ATs in the 1200 capacity theatre’s house rig, adding another 12 ColorSpot 700E [...]

Gearhouse South Africa lights IPL closing ceremony

Gearhouse South Africa supplied lighting and power for the spectacular Closing Ceremony of the 2009 DLF Indian Premier League Cricket series at Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg. The show kicked off immediately after a knife-edge finish to the Series kept the 35,000 audience enthralled right down to the last ball, before the Deccan Chargers beat the [...]