Next production - The Bug and The Butterfly: A Poem on Six Legs

A new play inspired by the poetry of Frederico García Lorca.

A dance-music theatre piece for children and their grown-ups about the little world in the grass.

Go outside. Look under a leaf. Turn over a log. Part the grass and look very very carefully. What do you see?

In a world where a dew drop is the size of a swimming pool and a flower is as tall as a skyscraper, an insect falls in love with a beautiful butterfly.

A heart-warming story in miniature about love, friendship, reaching for the moon and dancing leaf to leaf.

Swim with the shadow-fish to the ocean and fly with a nightingale all the way to the romantic stars.

Dance and music fuse with Spanish and English text in this exciting new show for adults and children alike. Following the success of our first production This Is A That, international collective Peut-être Theatre is delighted to invite you to meet The Bug and The Butterfly.

With fresh new translations of the poems by Rachel Barnett, original music composed by Yaniv Fridel inspired equally by Lorca’s guitar music and the natural world, and an exciting, innovative physical language directed by Daphna Attias this promises to be another imaginative and inspiring piece from Peut-être Theatre. 

Por eso, yo suplico a todos que no dejéis nunca libros de versos en las praderas, porque podéis causar mucha desolación entre los insectos.

I beg each and every one of you; do not leave your books of poems in the fields, for they cause the insects immeasurable heartache.

Prologue from ‘The Butterfly’s Evil Spell’, Federico García Lorca

If you are interested in booking this show for your theatre, arts centre, community hall or school please contact us at info@peutetretheatre.co.uk or talk to Rachel on 07977 935 860.

The research and development phase has been kindly supported by