2022 Guild Awards

Winners indicated in bold

Outstanding Contribution
Ben Caldwell
Jerome Chandrahasen
Neil Thornton
Rachel Rogue
Tim Batt

Comic Originality
Chris Parker
David Correos
Janaye Henry
Joel Vinsen
Lane Pilkington

Best Venue
Basement Theatre (Auckland)
Fringe Bar (Wellington)
Good Times (Christchurch)
Porridge Watson (Whanganui)
TABAC (Auckland)

Best Online Production
Abandonment Issues (James Mustapic)
Alice Snedden’s Bad News
Did Titanic Sink (Tim Batt & Carlo Ritchie)
Marketplace Disgrace (Jack Ansett)
Procrastinators (Darran Lees)

Best Writing for a Show
7 Days
Abandonment Issues (James Mustapic)
Kid Sister (Simone Nathan)
Rabble Rousers (Pax Assadi, Josh Davies, Jamaine Ross, Ray O'Leary, Ben MacGougan)
Raised by Refugees (Pax Assadi & Ghazaleh Golbakhsh)

Best Comedy Performance on TV
Guy Montgomery (Celebrity Treasure Island, Guy Montgomery by Name…)
Guy Williams (New Zealand Today)
James Mustapic (Abandonment Issues)
Ray O’Leary (HYBPA, Rabble Rousers)
Paul Douglas (Best Foods’ Comedy Gala)

Best Comedy Show on TV
7 Days
Abandonment Issues
New Zealand Today
Raised by Refugees
Taskmaster

Best Live Comedy Show
Craigslist - Craig Westenberg 
Ha Ha Horror - David Correos & Hamish Parkinson 
Shoes Off at the Door
The Comedy Mixtape

Best Improv
Bull Rush
Lovelamp
Snort
SpontaneoUS
Tiny Dog

Best Green Roomer
Ben MacGougan
David Correos
Donna Brookbanks
Paul Douglas
Leki Lyons

Best Producer
Jack Ansett
Jerome Chandrahasen
Richard Carrington
Matt Coombe
Tim Batt

Andrew Kovacevich Best Joke
Chris Ingham - “Charity Jingles”
Hoani Hotene - “Māori Spongebob”
Keegan Govind - “Go The Warriors”
Ray O’Leary - “Sunrise”

​Best Newcomer (Upper North Island)
David Stuart
Henry Yan
Shady Tupu
Summer Xia

Best Newcomer (Lower North Island)
Aidan Hyland
Callum Wagstaff
Hoani Hotene
Krystine Nation
Richie Faavesi

Best Newcomer (South Island)
Eve Wingerath
Georgia West Cahill

Breakthrough Upper North Island Act
Abby Howells
Bailey Poching
Becky Umbers
Courtney Dawson
Kura Turuwhenua

Breakthrough Lower North Island Act
Callum Wagstaff
Hoani Hotene
Kajun Brooking
Sowmya Hiremath

Breakthrough South Island Act
Audrey Porne
Gerrit Gray

Best MC
Jerome Chandrahasen
Keegan Govind
Nick Rado
Rhys Mathewson
Tony Lyall

Best Male Comedian
Ben Hurley
Brendhan Lovegrove
Guy Montgomery
​Paul Douglas
Ray O’Leary

Best Female Comedian
Becky Umbers
Courtney Dawson
Liv McKenzie
Melanie Bracewell
Justine Smith