Leading production company Dream Sets was awarded a contract to produce the 18th South African Music Awards (SAMAs) and pulled in a specialised team of technical suppliers (Audio Logic, AV Unlimited, MGG and Visual Frontier) to produce what has been described by many as one of the best SAMA awards ever.
The event, held on 29 and 30 April at the Sun City Superbowl, featured a groundbreaking set design, which incorporated a total of 13 screens – seven mounted on the roof and five creatively spread across the stage. The set was designed by Robert Hoey
of Dream Sets, who worked closely with leading audio visual specialist Guillaume Ducray – the master mind in bringing Robert’s creation to life.
Independent lighting designer Joshua Cutts of Visual Frontier complimented the event with a memorable Grand MAcontrolled lighting design that incorporated a varied range of Robe and Clay Paky lights. Dream Sets also supplied technical for the
event under the direction of Sean Hoey with Mark Gaylard of MGG was involved as a rental partner and supplied part of the lighting, rigging and low resolution LED equipment. Audio design was done by Marius Marais of Audio Logic and Dave Thompson from AV Unlimited fulfilled the AV needs of the prestigious event.
