Item 6 (1-4) - Balor

4 files, c. 300 pp

Files relating to the production and administration of Balor at the V Festival, Iberoamericano de Teatro de Bogotá 96 in Colombia and at Town Hall Theatre, Galway.

File 1 includes press cuttings of event listings for the festival, printed programme of events at the festival (with image of Macnas/Balor on the cover); a printed handbook of information for members of the Macnas company for attendance in Bogota. Also letter from Mike Diskin, Manager, Town Hall Theatre, attaching contract for production of Balor at the Town Hall.

File 2 includes extensive fax and email correspondence between Macnas (Rod Goodall, Declan Gibbons) and organising staff at the Bogota Festival, namely Clarisa Ruiz. Includes breakdown of budgets and costs for the touring production, details and costs of insurance; discussing around funding applications and Government funding applications (Letter from 15 March cites "recent developments in Northern Ireland" as reasons for delay in funding decisions by the Government);signed contract agreed for production by Macnas at the Festival in Bogota (1 Jan 1996).

File 3 includes extensive fax and letter correspondence between Macnas (Rod Goodall, Declan Gibbons) and organising staff at the Bogota Festival, namely Clarisa Ruiz. Includes early discussions between Bogota and Macnas about producing a show in Colombia, through to discussing about programming, scheduling and funding. Note letter from Fanny Mikey, Festival Director, citing "one of the most difficult political crisis Colombia has experienced in recent years" (17 March 1996).

File 4 includes travel documents and correspondence regarding logistics of travel and arrangements, baggage dispute with British Airways and travel guides for Bogota city.

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