On the Couch with MEX On the couch with MEX

Part two, where I chatted with multi talented production man and lighting designer, Jp Willson about events, shows and weddings, and much much more on CapeTalk, just past 9pm each Thursday, on the #BusinessOfEntertainment. Please enjoy.

We spoke to multi talented , production man , lighting designer Jp Willson about events , shows and weddings and much much more on CapeTalk just past 9pm on the #BusinessOfEntertainment. Please enjoy.

For over 35 years, Iain Banner has co-founded and directed various successful businesses and charitable ventures throughout the world, across the sports, entertainment, luxury goods and hospitality industries. 

As co-founder and chairman of E-Movement, Iain and his partners successfully staged Formula E Cape Town in February 2023.  Prior to that, they also staged ‘Africa’s Green Economy Summit’, connecting capital with the Green Economy; launched Formula Student Africa and staged the ELECTRIC Festival. GO GREEN AFRICA was launched by Iain at this time too.

Iain’s previous projects include co-founding Sports International, the Gary Player Design Company, and the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.

Iain also co-founded the Laureus World Sport Awards and the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation, which has raised over €250 million supporting some 300 projects annually, using sport as a tool for social change in the lives of children. Independent assessments have shown that some seven million children have been positively impacted by the work of the Sport for Good Foundation since it was founded in 2000. 

Having just released their latest studio album, Bauhaus Staircase, MEX, and by extension, me, Jason Curtis, was gifted a rare opportunity to speak to both Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys of Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (OMD) on the eve of the most extensive world tour in 45 years.

The best part is the synth pioneers will be heading to South Africa in April 2024, the third time we get to welcome them back, eager to hear new music and a wall of evergreen classics, too.

While we wait, give this two-part interview a whirl, dust off those seminal records and prepare to be blown away.

Thursday, 18 April 2024 - Green Point A-Track, Green Point, Cape Town

Saturday, 20 April 2024 – Marks Park Sports Club in Emmarentia, Johannesburg

For all the details, head to ⁠Breakout Events⁠ for tickets and more information. 

For over 35 years, Iain Banner has co-founded and directed various successful businesses and charitable ventures throughout the world, across the sports, entertainment, luxury goods and hospitality industries.

As co-founder and chairman of E-Movement, Iain and his
partners successfully staged Formula E Cape Town in February 2023.  Prior to that, they also staged ‘Africa’s
Green Economy Summit’, connecting capital with the Green Economy; launched Formula Student Africa and staged the ELECTRIC Festival. GO GREEN AFRICA was launched by Iain at this time too.

Iain’s previous projects include co-founding Sports International, the Gary Player Design Company, and the
Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.

Iain also co-founded the Laureus World Sport Awards and the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation, which has raised over €250 million supporting some 300 projects annually, using sport as a tool for social change in the lives of children. Independent assessments have shown that some seven million children have been positively impacted by the work of the Sport for Good Foundation since it was founded in 2000.

Arthur Goldstuck is a popular South African icon as a journalist, media analyst and speaker.

Arthur heads the World Wide Worx research organisation in which he leads ground-breaking market research to how change affects business and society and presents his findings and insights to audiences both locally and internationally.

World Wide Worx is a producer of the most widely accepted statistics for Internet use in South Africa and has piloted research across the African continent since 2001, in which the complexities of operating on the continent is unravelled.