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Amy Cotter

@amy__cotter

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AKL | London
Ngāti Maniapoto | Waikato-Tainui

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So excited to share MANUHIRI with you friends and whānau!! We have two work in progress shows in October and we’d love you to be there.

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In te reo Māori, manuhiri means visitor or guest…

In the darkness, something stirs.

Manu belongs to the forest. Em dreams of the ocean. When their worlds collide, fragments of a shared past begin to surface, opening the door to forgotten stories, strange worlds, and a land that has memories of its own.

Myth and memory collide in this contemporary epic poem inspired by Māori oral storytelling traditions, spoken word and pūrakau (mythology).

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Manuhiri, Work in Progress
Written & Performed by Amy Cotter @amy__cotter
Director & Dramaturg Kayla Feldman @kaylatmf
📸 Megan Goldsman @megangoldsmanphotography

⏰ Sun 4 & Mon 5 Oct, 8:30PM
📍 Golden Goose Theatre, SE5 0RR
🎟️ Tickets £8/ 10 link in bio

@lambethfringe
@goldengoosetheatre

lambethfringe.com/events/manuhiri taken in London, United Kingdom by @amy__cotter

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Cool and cute and sexy and casual!!! Beautiful room to read this one to - thank you @spitnights 💙

📸 @tyronelewiscreative

#spokenwordpoetry #dating #poetry #spokenword #poetsofınstagram taken in London, United Kingdom by @amy__cotter

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New headshots hi ✨✨✨
📸 @yellowbellyphoto taken in London, United Kingdom by @amy__cotter

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“We don’t really do percentages or halves bro, If you whakapapa Māori, you whakapapa Māori, that’s kindof the way we roll” 🖤❤️🤍

A special day in the ‘Manuhiri’ rehearsal room I tēnei wiki, this week.✨ A hug mihi, thanks to director dramaturg extraordinaire Kayla Feldman for steering the waka and cultural consultant legend Jamie Tahana for navigating. 🌊

@kaylatmf
@tahanarama
@goldengoosetheatre
@lambethfringe taken in London, United Kingdom by @amy__cotter

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𖦹 FANUA Contributor 𖦹

Amy Cotter (Ngāti Maniapoto, Waikato-Tainui) is an actor and poet with roots in London and Aotearoa. She trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (London), and she has written and performed poetry at the National Gallery, Riverside Studios, and the Bread and Roses Theatre (London). Amy’s first poetic short film, ‘Fish Out of Water’ (2021), was featured in film festivals across the United Kingdom. Currently, Amy is writing a play based on ‘Manuhiri’, which explores whakapapa, reclaiming one's reo, and collective notions of ‘home’. Her work is inspired by pūrakau and oral storytelling traditions.

𖦹 Preorder our pukapuka via portal in bio! 𖦹
www.tagataatamai.co.nz

FANUA: Voices of Our Islands
A collection of poems by Indigenous storytellers

Fanua: Voices of Our Islands is a collection of poems that was written for and by the descendants of Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa. This book is an ode to the earth that connects us, and our shared migrations. It is a living artefact of our collective memory; a root that digs into ancestral ways of knowing, dreaming, and navigating.

This collection features writing from:

Amy Cotter @amy__cotter

Danielle Kionasina Dilys Thomson @danikionasina

Dorell Ben @dorellben

Elise Sadlier @elise_sadlier

Evelina Lolesi @evelinalolesi

Eve Teki @eve_cookson

Fale Tumanu @fale_tumanu

Fulisia Asalemo Tofete @polyroyaltee

Hira Nathan @themindfulmaori

Isobelle Masters @isobellemasters

Ivy Lyden-Hancy @tekaraipiture

Janet-Liee Pihama @jan.pihama

Lisa Stanley @lisastanleywrites

Logoitumua To’asavili Tuputala @toasavili

Manaaki Murphy @toiandtruth

Moira Lomas @mo_mo_boo

Montana Tiatia-Sefilino @qween_montanna

m. paea @mpaeawrites

Ruby Macomber @rubyrma

Sarah Dell Ioka Enticott @sera_dell

Savannah Patterson @savannahjpatterson

Sophia Matafeo @sophiaxsuka

Taika Davis @taikadavis

Taylor Tutawa-McLaren @taylortutawamclaren

Tui Emma Gillies @tuiemmagillies

Vāvātau Hē Kakala Tu’ihalangingie-Tu’inukuafe @v.hekakala

Zechariah Soakai @zechsoakai

#nzpoets #nzbooks taken in Aotearoa New Zealand by @amy__cotter

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pov: you’re learning more about your culture by making a show about it. 🖤❤️🤍

‘Manuhiri’ Golden Goose Theatre, 4 & 5 October 2025

@manuhiritheplay
@lambethfringe
@goldengoosetheatre taken in London, United Kingdom by @amy__cotter

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🚨INTRODUCING: TEAM CHAIR WOMAN!🪑🚀

AMY COTTER - KATE DARNING & OTHERS 🪡🧵🛋️

Amy is a British, Māori New Zealand actor and poet trained at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Recent credits include TV drama ‘Shortland Street’, ‘Oleanna’ by David Mamet’ and ‘The Fool of Lear’. Amy is beyond thrilled to be making her Defectors debut playing everything from your average Southern Belle to your eccentric German scientist in this totally conventional, run-of-the-mill production of Chair Woman. Strap in folks. 🇳🇿👩‍🔬

⚠️Amy’s favourite conspiracy theory: Did you know that Antarctica is actually an ice wall around our flat earth beyond which there is a second world that only the elite have access to? But never fear because the elite were recently discovered to be terrible people and they have in fact self-quarantined, so our world is a little bit better now. Phew. 🌍🧊

Catch Chair Woman at @breadandrosestheatre on 14th Sept at 21:00 (WIP), then 17th-18th Oct at 17:30 with @lambethfringe 👀🤘

Tickets via link in our bio! 🎟️

#lambethfringe #lambethfringe2026 taken in The Bread & Roses Theatre by @amy__cotter

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Such an honour to perform with our @ngatiranana whānau at the Hunt for the Wilderpeople 10th Anniversary screening!✨✨✨ Thank you for having us @vertigoreleasing @picturehousecentral @taikawaititi 🖤❤️🤍

#nzfilm #london #huntforthewilderpeople #film taken in London, United Kingdom by @amy__cotter

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Mānawatia a Matariki!! ✨✨✨ Pints and performing haka inside the Tower of London definitely wasn’t on my bingo card i tēnei tau, this year🫡 👑 Grateful for opportunities to tautoko, support and perform at the first Pasifika Fest UK 2026 and Matariki celebrations with Ngāti Rānana whānau. It’s going to be an amazing year karawhuiaaaaa, lettsss gooooo xox taken in London, United Kingdom by @amy__cotter

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Wigs, wetsuits and wonderful people 💗 taken in New Zealand by @amy__cotter

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I’m a Hat Person 🎩🧢👑 @yellowlamppoetry @movespace_ I miss you xox

#spokenwordpoetry #poetry #poetsofinstagram #poetrycommunity taken in New Zealand by @amy__cotter

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