Clay Paky and DWR recently held an eleven-day road show from 13 to 24 October 2014 in Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town, focussing on the SuperSharpy, Mythos and Stormy; all new products in the Clay Paky range dubbed “the Projectors’.
Accompanying DWR on the road show was Clay Paky sales manager Massimo Bolandrina and sales support engineer Giovanni Zucchinali.

“Because it’s such a busy time of the year, we took The Projectors, a superhero-themed name for Stormy, Super Sharpy and Mythos to rental companies and theatres. It was just amazing how each company prepared for this, had their staff there and we’re so cool about meeting the team,’ says Robert Izzett, sales director at DWR. “It’s actually much easier to have a road show at one central venue but it became very personal to chat to one company at a time and with a smaller group it means you can give them extra time. The two guys from Clay Paky were so enthusiastic; travelling and being hands on with set up, keen to demo, keen to have meals with clients and just have a fantastic attitude.’

SuperSharpy is a mobile head with ACL beam and 470 watt, 7800K lamp. This light has proved to be up to three times brighter than its successful predecessor, the Sharpy, with extremely low power consumption in comparison with its light output.
The Mythos is the state of the art in versatility. It is an effects projector with a very wide zoom range (4°-50°/1:12) and a beam mode with 0.5° beam angle that produces a 170mm diameter (6½’) wide parallel ultra-concentrated light beam. The wash light effect is amazing too. The Mythos won the PLASA Award for Innovation. The jury gave the following reasoning: “In the Clay Paky tradition, it’s a real winner. Paky would be proud.’

“I have never seen a light that can project gobos onto the clouds but the Mythos and SuperSharpy can. It is Incredible! Being able to see a gobo projected perfectly at over a kilometre has to be seen to be believed,’ remarks Izzett.
The Stormy applies the latest LED technology to the appeal of a classic strobe effect. A strip of powerful LEDs, enhanced by a parabolic reflector, emulates a Xenon lamp perfectly. It is available in white or RGBW versions.

“The road show was an amazing experience for the Clay Paky team,’ says Bolandrina. “It was two weeks of great demos, meeting old and new friends and interesting talks about lighting. A big thanks goes out to all the people we have met and to the ones that will see the products from today on. All this could not be possible without the unique support of the DWR team so a special thanks goes to Robert, Nick and Bradley for being with us in this special trip throughout South Africa.’