Friday, September 3rd, 2010

Gearhouse South Africa supplies Africa Day 2010

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Gearhouse South Africa supplied full technical production for the 2010 Africa Day celebrations in Johannesburg, which moved from downtown to a completely different location in the leafy green environs of Dries Niemand Park in Kempton Park, Randburg. Gearhouse SA built the 30 metre wide stage, which was covered with an elegant In2Structures dome roof with [...]

Gearhouse SA in “Best” SAMAs Production To Date

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That was the general consensus of opinion apparent to anyone watching the 2010 MTN SAMAs webcast, as countless winners and artists voiced their opinions on the awesome looking stage and set during their post performance interviews at Sun City Superbowl, South Africa, for the country’s premier music awards. The event’s lighting, set and visuals were [...]

It’s No Joke for Gearhouse SA

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Gearhouse South Africa supplied technical production including lighting, video and sound for “It’s No Joke” the landmark 46664/Real Concerts comedy festival event at Sun City Super Bowl. This unique, side-splitting one-off event utilised the universal language of laughter to raise funds for the Nelson Mandela charities by uniting 10 of SA’s cutting edge comedians – [...]

Gearhouse switches on the festive lights in Cape Town

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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 [...]

Robe hits the spot for Miss World 2009

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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

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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 [...]