As a Brazilian born, Auckland based actress, writer, dancer and producer, my passion for storytelling and theatre has led me to enjoy a performing arts career for over 25 years.
Skin Hunger, my debut as a playwright, is a semi-autobiographical play which had its first season at Basement Theatre during the 2022 Auckland Fringe Festival having a sold out season and receiving several awards including the PANZ Pitching Award.
My most recent screen performance credit is in the Netflix series Surviving Summer. I'm graduate of The Actors Program, and of South Seas Film and TV School I also hold a Master in Creative Writing from AUT and a diploma in Filmmaking from NZFA.
Hot Houz Creative is my baby production company and my dream for it is to become an ideas incubator and a platform for female driven creative projects.
Organisation/Company
Name: Hot Houz Creative
My Role: Creative Director / Executive Producer
Hot Houz Creative is a big dream becoming reality which has emerged from my personal experience - as a middle age woman, mother, widow, foreign, artist in Aotearoa - desiring to tell stories that matters and inspire others but having difficulty finding a platform.
Hot Houz aim is to be an incubator for female driven creative ideas, a supportive community for female writers, producers, directors and actors to explore the artistic potential of their seed ideas and collaborate into make them full bloomed productions.
My main strategic goal is to foster and deliver projects made by women, for women about what matters to women and to encourage and inspire women.
Iwi affiliation
I have no Iwi affiliation by birth, however, through marriage, my Ngā Puhi whānau from Mitimiti has embraced me as one of their own.
Rohe
Santos, São Paulo in Brazil is where i whakapapa from. I lived there until I got head over heels for a very charming Maori boy from Tamaki Makaurau. I said yes to marry him and a few years later found myself standing in this whenua and raising my two beautiful daughters here.
How I got where I am today
I've been a performer since I was eight years old. I worked as a professional dancer within Brazil and in the USA for over twenty years before moving to Aotearoa. After having babies I enrolled at South Seas Film and TV School and then at The Actors' Program. Giving myself the chance of a new start at an older age has been hard, but with my whānau's encouragement - and because creating art is a passion that just won't go away - I've persevered and here I am, still.
Whānau
My husband was my greatest cheer leader, but he passed away in 2017. For a few years since then, I thought everything died with him. But my two daughters, Taimane and Kiana, and my Hotere whānau, have been my source of inspiration and encouragement to keep going and to tell stories that will honour my loved ones who are no longer here.
What grounds me?
Dancing, cooking a meal for my whanau, playing with my dog and spending time with my friends are some of the things that keep me grounded and fill my cup with joy.
Skin Hunger
Artform: Theatre
Development Status: Tour Ready
Pitch Video
Media Uploads
Trailer
Full Length
Synopsis
"Oh My F-ing God Grief Makes You Horny!"
A hilarious new, semi-autobiographical play written by Tatiana Hotere. SKIN HUNGER is a woman’s roller-coaster journey through Grief, God and ‘Gasms. Raw, passionate, sexy, and heartbreakingly funny, this show is for anyone who’s ever lost someone, and had to find themselves (and perhaps their clitoris) again.
After the death of her husband, grief-stricken Eva - a perimenopausal woman of faith - embarks on a journey of self-discovery, spiritual awakening, and sexual empowerment. Amidst a deluge of tragic tinder dates, self-doubt, and Catholic guilt, she finds the courage to forge a new path for her life in the chaotic aftermath. Eva discovers - there is always life after death.
Exploring the taboo intersection of grief, faith, and sexuality with courage, authenticity and heartwarming vulnerability, Skin Hunger is a delightful permission slip to figure out the messiness of being human and navigate through loss with unashamed hope.
Creative Team and Crew
Tatiana Hotere - Writer/Actor/Producer
Edward Peni - Co-Producer
Henrique Beirão - Tour Producer
Romy Hooper - Director
Michael Craven - Technician/Operator
Jane Hakaraia - Set and Light Designer
Number of People in the Touring Party
Four - 3 cast + 1 Production Manager/Operator
Previous Seasons
- Basement Theatre from Sept 13-17th during Auckland Fringe Festival 2022
https://www.aucklandfringe.co.nz/2022/skinhunger
- Q theatre February 7-10th during Summer at Q 2023
https://www.qtheatre.co.nz/shows/skin-hunger
Reviews and Quotes
"I’ve never seen a play so personal. It doesn’t rely on sexual gimmicks to uncover the often-neglected importance of female pleasure, nor does it blunt all the sharp bits of grief and suffering. Every moment was pure, wretched honesty, not attempting to disguise itself as anything but. Skin Hunger was absolutely glorious, and I thank Hotere for being unafraid to talk about the hard stuff." Olivia Wright - Rat World Magazine
“Winner of Auckland Fringe Festival PANZ Pitch Award”
"Some of the funniest dating interactions you've seen on a stage. This is a charming, funny, sweet and honest portrayal of a woman wrestling with complex and contradictory feelings and it does so with a beautiful balance of wit and emotion." - Andrew Whiteside
Do yourself a favour and go see this. Watch it if you've ever lost someone you've loved, watch it if you've ever been horny. Watch it if you own a dildo, watch it if you don't, watch it if you have Catholic guilt or really any kind of guilt. Watch it if you want to be moved." Renee Liang
Skin Hunger is a raw, intimate and powerful piece of theatre that exposes the depth of loss, shame and longing that consumes on the death of your love, thankfully with a little humour as it made me want to hold and hug harder the ones I have. Take a friend and a tissue. - Kim Lynch
https://www.ratworldmag.com/read/theatre-review-skin-hunger
https://womanmagazine.co.nz/loves-loss-played-out-tatiana-hotere-on-how-she-turned-the-pain-of-losing-her-husband-into-a-work-of-art/
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/heartbreakingly-funny-auckland-fringe-festivals-skin-hunger-bares-all/FMBJZV4KLORQR3JFDNSSA4MGQQ/
https://thespinoff.co.nz/pop-culture/01-02-2023/when-grief-makes-you-horny
https://thebigidea.nz/stories/the-only-permission-you-need-is-your-own
Technical Rider & International Touring Info (if applicable)
- View/download document #1 here
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