The Chorts! 2022 Awards
Sunday 4th December saw The Comedy Crowd descend on The Phoenix Arts Club in Soho for an afternoon of BIG laughter, huge talent, and a good helping of Christmas cheer!
Shortlisted from hundreds of sketches sent in from across the globe, fifteen cracking Chorts! were screened to a rapt crowd of comedy creators & enthusiasts, each introduced with unique flair by their creators. But that wasn’t all! Matthew Snead and Lynne Parker, two of our 2022 Industry Judges, joined us for a chat on the comedy landscape in 2022, TikTok, and their thoughts on the 2022 Chortlist, of which two sketches were to be announced as winners.
These were awarded as follows 🥁
INDUSTRY JUDGES AWARD WINNER
A motley crew of dating misfits gather for advice on their latest drafts…will they flunk this semester or pass with flying colours?
🏆 The Chorts! 2022 Industry Judges Award Winner is Lorelei Mathias, Peter Lydon & Melon Comedy with their sketch Creative Writing 2.1 🏆
This year’s winner Lorelei Mathias really deserves true credit as she combines topicality with great casting and production values. It’s the full package and, as a runner up in this year’s Funny Women Comedy Shorts Award I am particularly delighted that she’s taken the prize on this one!
Lynne Parker, Chorts! 2022 Industry Judge
AUDIENCE AWARD WINNER
TikTok sketch comedy!
🏆 The Chorts! 2022 Audience Award Winner is Lucas Heap with his sketch Amanda Holden Steals My Holiday Clothes 🏆
This is the part where you, the audience, get to cast your comedic eye over the Chortlist and have your say! Each year, a Chorts! winner is crowned based on the total number of likes left on each Chort!. Lucas’ sketch scooped the Audience Award after racking up a formidable 600+ likes across YouTube and Facebook 👍
Congratulations to the Chorts! 2022 winners and to the creators of all the shortlisted Chorts! This year saw hundreds of excellent entries from across the globe, and we are chuffed to present this varied and vibrant showcase of talent.
Our 2022 Chortlist has character comedy, musical comedy, highwaymen, punks, birdwatchers & more, and you can enjoy all fifteen sketches on our official
🎞️ Chorts! 2022 playlist 🎞️
I was thrilled to be asked to judge this year’s entries and it was so great to see so many fresh and diverse ideas. Who knew there was so much fun to be had from desperate vapers, driving lessons, human resources, garden hardware – not to mention Amanda Holden. Congratulations to all entrants – it was a tough call!
Matthew Snead, Chorts! 2022 Industry Judge
A huge thank you to everyone who submitted sketches to this year’s competition. We had a blast watching them all, and there were some great entries that didn’t make the shortlist which reflects just how blimmin’ good you all are.
Thanks also to our 2022 Industry Judging Panel, who were Lynne Parker, Matthew Snead, Clelia Mountford and Anil Gupta, and to Joanna Tilley and Katerina Robinson, all of whom helped to make this year’s competition a Chorting success!
And that’s a wrap on Chorts! 2022. Chorts! will return next year for more sketch comedy mayhem.
