GEARHOUSE: MEDIATECH'S OFFICIAL TECHNICAL SPONSOR

Africa’s most successful advanced technology trade show, Mediatech announced Gearhouse SA as the official technical sponsor for this year’s exhibition. Gearhouse SA is a leading, total technical solution group, servicing all aspects of the events industry. Visitors to Mediatech can look forward to experiencing Gearhouse’s state of the art technology, put together by qualified and passionate personnel. 

NEW DOME STRUCTURE AVAILABLE FOR THE MARQUEE MARKET

Leading South African specialist design and manufacturing company, Gearhouse In2Structures has been producing custom designed, portable, fabric covered "spaces" or Dome Structures for hire or sale for almost a decade. This year they launched the latest in the range, known as the Midi Dome.

A FIRST IN SA FOR FREEDOM PARK

System Solutions installed a brand-new Lighthouse SkyRoll VideoBlades LED screen at Freedom Park in Pretoria, a unique South African heritage destination site which commemorates and acknowledges major contributors to the freedom of South Africa.

SOMETHING GRAND FOR THE KINGS

South Africa: Rock fans filled the Sun City Superbowl for the Kings of Chaos who performed on the 15 and 16 June.

“I received so many positive phone calls enquiring who did the lighting on the gig,” commented Duncan Riley from DWR Distribution. “Everyone I spoke to said it was one of the most amazing shows ever in South Africa.”

WORLD CLASS SERVICES AT 63RD FIFA CONGRESS

The Gearhouse Group of companies recently took charge of all technical requirements ahead of the 63rd FIFA Congress hosted in the Swami Vivekananda International Convention Centre (SVICC) in Mauritius. The opening was held on 30 May and the congress took place on 31 May, and with Gearhouse’s reputation as a good and reliable service provider, the Group was naturally the first choice for Executive Producer and Creative Director David Bloch to partner with, in executing the Opening Ceremony. 

INTERNATIONAL AV NETWORK EXPERIENCES CAPE TOWN

On 28 and 29th June, the global AV Alliance network held one of their association meetings at the CTICC which saw 22 delegates of the Alliance come together to strengthen ties across the network, compare methodologies and explore each other’s knowledge base. The Alliance usually links the meetings to an industry event and this time decided to visit IFES (http://www.ifesnet.com/ifes-2013-world-summit-programme-events) tying their meeting in with the expo in Cape Town.

JERSEY BOYS LIGHTING PROVIDED BY SPLITBEAM

Buzz on the musical theatre wires is that the newly opened Jersey Boys is absolutely unmissable. Fresh from its Singapore tour- where the show played to rapt audiences at the Marina Bay Sands, Singapore - the show opened in South Africa on 3rd April 2013 for a ten week run and continues at the Artscape Theatre Cape Town from 19 June for a 7 week period.