BUTTERFLY PEOPLE is not for the feint-hearted! The play contains nudity, violence and strong language as it tells the true story of three members of an indigenous Amazonian tribe, called the Piripkura [or Butterfly People] who have lived as 'uncontactables', that is, they have never made contact with anyone outside of the tribe. As the play unfolds we begin to realise that, because of the actions of huge corporations that are destroying the Rainforest, the Butterfly People [as are other tribes] are paying the price by being driven from their land, raped and murdered.
