WE BRING THE KNIVES. YOU BRING THE JUDGMENT.
LNKF #49: MADLIB
Saturday 22 April 2023, 8:30pm at BATS Theatre
Heartfelt Declarations
Aristarkh Tikhonov and Jeremy Palmer
Stories with Uncle Dave
WINNER
Greg Ellis
The Lovefools
Anita Perkins and Thomas Hoskin
LNKF #48: MO AND RALPH
Saturday 18 March 2023, 8:00pm at BATS Theatre
Roommates
Tristram Domican and Ben Jardine
Your New Faeve
Matt Powell and Gab Raz
Madlib
WINNERS
Liz Butler and Jennifer O'Sullivan
LNKF #47: dr doctor, md
Saturday 26 November 2022, 9:00pm at BATS Theatre
Mo and Ralph
WINNERS
Mamaeroa Munn and Ralph Hilaga
Twice Removed
Aristarkh Tikhonov and Jeremy Palmer
Les Sads
Gab Raz and Felix Olohan
LNKF #46: The Queen's Jubbly
Saturday 8 October 2022, 9:00pm at BATS Theatre
Dr Doctor, MD
Aaron Douglas and Megan Connolly
Torben & Zed
WINNERS
Torben Klausen & Zed Moore
Puppets Behaving Badly
Kitty Parker & Sara-Jane Pole
LNKF #45: Awkward
The Queen's Jubbly
WINNERS
Dianne Pulham and Malcolm Morrison
Royce & Shandy's Celebrity Bingo
Jennifer O'Sullivan and Greg Ellis
Avena Tremens
Laura Tremaine
LNKF #44: Liar Lyre
Awkward
WINNERS
Kathryn Fitzpatrick and Clare Rose
Imp-Rov
Gab Raz and Felix Olohan
Family of Four
Dylan Hutton, Zöe Christall, Anna Barker, Daniel Nodder
LNKF #43: Pen-Enemies
Widow on a Boat
WINNERS
Alayne Dick and Tara McEntee
Liar Lyre!
Megan Connolly and Nina Hogg
Wild Wild World
Matt Powell
LNKF #42: Letitia Lickkit
The Warped Story Godmothers
Ali Little and Kitty Parker
Go Big or Go Home
Jennifer O'Sullivan and Ben Jardine
Pen-Enemies
WINNER
Malcolm Morrison
LNKF #41: Pudgy Mediocre White Men
So Good Friends
Matt Powell & Liz Butler
Letitia Lickkit
WINNER
Amy Atkins
Here's The Sing
Malcolm Morrison, Ben Zolno and Wiremu Tuhiwai
LNKF #40: Brothers & Sons
1001 Cloud Ovids
Lyndon Hood & Oliver Probert
Witches Bitches
Talia Carlisle & Emma Maguire
Pudgy Mediocre White Men Solve Your Problems
WINNERS
Austin Harrison and Dylan Hutton
LNKF #39: Brosplained
Brothers and Sons
WINNERS
Liz Butler and Ben Jardine
Themperors
Cordelia Black and Susan Williams
Planet Sandwich
Matt Powell and Steve Violich
LNKF #38: Debut
Hero's Journey
Ben Zolno and Wiremu Tuhiwai
Brosplained
WINNERS
Nina Hogg and Megan Connolly
Songs About You
Oliver Probert
LNKF #37: The Gesture Jesters
Vance Fontaine's Not-So-Standard Standards
Greg Ellis
The Wildlings
Bethany Miller, Katrina Rumble
Debut
WINNERS
Geoff Simmons, Alina Huff
LNKF #36: Maximum Benefit
The Gesture Jesters
WINNERS
Pája Neuhöferová and Liz Butler
Unemployed Aftermath
Tristram Domican and Megan Connolly
Minister for Everything
Neil Miller, Geoff Simmons, Sophie Simons
LNKF #35: Bitch Boy and the Crystals
Maximum Benefit
WINNERS
Ben Jardine and Max Porozny
Role for Initiative
Campbell Wright
Emz & Dubs
Wiremu Tuhiwai and Malcolm Morrison
LNKF #34: Rom Comrades
Singlings
Matt Hutton, Bethany Miller, Ben Zolno
Bitch Boy and the Crystals
WINNERS
Alex Barron, Tara McEntee
Cast of Thousands
Susan Williams
LNKF #33: The Museum of This Morning
Horse Power
Aaron Pyke
Exit?
Clare Kerrison and Lyndon Hood
Rom Comrades
WINNER
Pippa Drakeford, Nina Hogg, and Matt Powell
LNKF #32: Hall Monitors
The Museum of This Morning
WINNER
Jim Fishwick
Not Archetypical
Susan Williams and Sophie Simons
Emz & Dubz
Wiremu Tuhiwai and Malcolm Morrison
LNKF #31: Wonderland
Saturday 27 June 2020, 8pm at BATS Theatre in The Dome
Dads On The Town, Yo
Greg Ellis and Steven Youngblood
Hall Monitors
WINNERS
Liz Butler, Amelia Cartwright, Ben Jardine and Slaine McKenzie
Midful Dreadnight
Oliver Probert and David Bowers-Mason
LNKF #30: Dads On The Town, Yo
Countdown
Wiremu Tuhiwai, Liz Butler, Ben Zolno
Wonderland
WINNER
Jennifer O'Sullivan
The Ravening
Ali Little, Brenton Hodgson
LNKF #29: Two Snakes
Electroccentricity
Bethany Miller & Malcolm Morrison
System of a Clown
Lyndon Hood & Cordelia Black
Dads On The Town, Yo
WINNERS
Steven Youngblood & Greg Ellis
LNKF #28: Doom & Bloom & Liz
Two Snakes
WINNERS
Matt Powell & Tara McEntee
Sparkling Trio
Nicola Pauling, Kate Whitaker, Mary Little
Comicazzi
Lyndon Hood
LNKF #27: The History Boy (Random Stage Special!)
Doom & Bloom & Liz
WINNER
Liz Butler, Brendan "Monty" West & Ben Zolno
Gin & Tonic
Jennifer O'Sullivan & Christine Brooks
Glengarry Glen Ross is Joel's Favourite Film
Joel Luscombe & Tristram Domican
LNKF #26: Country Goat Big Band
The History Boy
WINNER
Matt Powell
Team Exit
Clare Kerrison, George Fenn
LNKF #25: Magnus Steele
The Adventures of Sam
Campbell Wright
Goat Country Big Band
WINNER
Ali Little, Lyndon Hood, Greg Ellis
Bertolt Betch
Nina Hogg, Rhaz Solomon and Finn O'Brien)
LNKF #24: Your Body: You're Choice!
Magnus Steele
WINNER
Austin Harrison
Cain & Ngarimu
Lyndon Hood & Wiremu Tuhiwai
Joseph Campbell's Soup
George Fenn
LNKF #23: Lesbian Lovers
Your Body: You're Choice!
WINNER
Tara Swadi and Matt Powell
Nibbles & Bones
Christine Brooks and Joshua O'Connor
It Almost Never Happens
Ali Little and Brenton Hodgson
LNKF #22: Greg Ellis's Sour Half-Hour
Saturday 15 December 2018, 9pm at Scruffy Bunny
Cynthia & Cynthia: A Stand Up Odyssey
Anna MacLean and Lesa MacLeod-Whiting
Objective Bystanders
Tristram Domican, Duncan Ballinger, and Olivia Wills
Lesbian Lovers
WINNER
Sarah Kirwin and Michelle Marlowe
LNKF #21: Mad Flatters
Saturday 10 November 2018, 9pm at BATS Theatre
Goat Coffee
Ali Little and Lyndon Hood
Greg Ellis's Sour Quarter-Hour
WINNER
Matt Powell and Greg Ellis
Two Guys Doing A Woosh
Joel Luscombe and Tristram Domican
LNKF #20: Snaggle Tooth
Saturday 13 October 2018, 9pm at BATS Theatre
Comicazzi
Lyndon Hood
Tūī and Kākā
Cordelia Black and Bethany Miller
Mad Flatters
WINNER
Austin Harrison, Campbell Wright, Maddie Osbourne
LNKF #19: Awkward Meet Cute
8 September 2018, 9pm at BATS Theatre
The Reminiscent Adolescents
Nina Hogg, Jasmine Bryham and Morgan Delaney
Head Rot Philly Checkers
Simon Henner and Finn O'Brien
Snaggle Tooth
WINNER
Cailin Neal and James Smith
LNKF #18: Natural Born Chillers
11 August 2018, 9pm at BATS Theatre
Fiery Females
WINNER
Anna MacLean and Lesa MacLeod-Whiting
Tūī and Kākā
Cordelia Ann Black and Bethany Miller
Double Bill
Jennifer O'Sullivan and Matt Powell
LNKF #17: Dads On The Town, Yo
7 July 2018, 9pm at BATS Theatre
Natural Born Chillers
WINNER
Mary Little, Wiremu Tuhiwai, Barry Miskimmin
Goat Coffee
Lyndon Hood & Ali Little
Kerrison & Kerwin
Clare Kerrison & Sarah Kerwin
LNKF #16: Three Great Broads
Organic Pro Deuce
Matt Powell and Dianne Pulham
Will Liam Eat Green Eggs and Ham
Will Harrison and Liam Kelly
Dads On The Town, Yo
WINNER
Steven Youngblood and Adam Williamson
LNKF #15: A November To Remember
11 November 2017, 9pm at BATS Theatre
Tiny Danger
Matt Powell, Alayne Dick
Dads On The Town, Yo
Greg Ellis, Steven Youngblood
Lesbian Lovers
WINNER
Michelle Marlowe, Sarah Kirwin
LNKF #14: NZIF Special
14 October 2017, 9pm at The Scruffy Bunny Improv Theatre, Part of the NZ Improv Festival
Michelle Flores (Christchurch)
WINNER
Rik Brown (Melbourne)
Abby Howells (Dunedin)
Steven Lyons (Auckland)
Jennifer O'Sullivan (Wellington)
Trubie-Dylan Smith (Dunedin)
Derek Flores (Christchurch)
WINNER
Gabby Anderson (Wellington)
Amanda Buckley (Melbourne)
LNKF #13: Shakin' Things Up
9 September 2017, 9pm at BATS Theatre
Kirwin & Brooks
Christine Brooks, Sarah Kirwin
50 First Dates But Without Adam Sandler
WINNER
Aaron Pyke
LNKF #12: You're The Star Productions
Scratch Night: Teams Made on the Night
12 August 2017, 9pm at BATS Theatre
WINNER
Dianne Pulham
Lyndon Hood
Sam Irwin
WINNER
Lesa MacLeod-Whiting
Mary Little
Isaac Thomas
LNKF #11: Poles Apart
15 July 2017, 9pm at BATS Theatre
Youth Ray
Matt Powell
Talk Talk
Anna MacLean, Christopher Ong, Christine Brooks
You're the Star Productions
WINNER
Wiremu Tuhiwai, Oliver Probert
LNKF #10: Infernal Recall
10 June 2017, 9pm at BATS Theatre
ThreeBeard
Matt Hutton, Dianne Pulham, James Smith
Hush Money
Janaye Henry, Christine Brooks
Poles Apart
WINNER
Kate Wilson, Geoff Simmons
LNKF #9: Two Dope Teens
8 April 2017, 9pm at BATS Theatre
Deep Space Sound System
Lyndon Hood, Darryn Woods, Keith Grant
Infernal Recall
WINNER
Clare Kerrison
Wright and Wrong
Campbell Wright, Austin Harrison
LNKF #8: Moll Olio
11 March 2017, 9pm at BATS Theatre
The Family Engineers
Joel Luscombe, Tim Croft, Dianne Pulham, Mary Little, Matt Hutton
The Shawn Show
Shawn Hoult
Two Dope Teens
WINNER
Aaron Pyke, Alayne Dick
LNKF #7: Gin & Tonic
10 December 2016, 9pm at BATS Theatre
Beyond Human
Cordelia Black, Brenton Hodgson and Ali Little
National Average
WINNER
Matt Powell, Jonny Potts
Comicazzi
Lyndon Hood
LNKF #6: Sparkling Trio
12 November 2016, 9pm at BATS Theatre
Gin & Tonic
WINNER
Christine Brooks, Jennifer O'Sullivan
Harriet Hughes, Improv Ingénue
Harriet Hughes, ?
The Civil Disruption Cypher
George Fenn, Sam Irwin, Janaye Henry
LNKF #5: National Average
15 October 2016, 9pm at BATS Theatre
Sparkling Trio
WINNER
Kate Wilson, Nicola Pauling, Mary Little
Tokyo Daioh
Sanjay Parbhu, Hayley Webster, Severin Gourley
Capture the Flag
Laura Berkemeyer, Harriet Hughes, Barney Olson
LNKF #4: Meet Cute
10 September 2016, 9pm at BATS Theatre
Maple & Marmite
Shawn Hoult, Jessica Brien
Two Girls, No Script
Stevie Hancox-Monk, Maddy Warren
National Average
WINNER
Matt Powell, Jonny Potts
LNKF #3: The Gauntlet
13 August 2016, 9pm at BATS Theatre
Sparkling Duet
Kate Wilson, Mary Little
Meet Cute
WINNER
Clare Kerrison, Andrew Strano
Hoot Crowd
Wiremu Tuhiwai, Steven Youngblood
LNKF #2: Improvites
16 July 2016, 9pm at BATS Theatre
The Gauntlet
WINNER
George Fenn, Liam Kelly, Austin Harrison, Jed Davies
Evil Conclusions
Ali Little, Hedy Manders, Brenton Hodgson, Sam Jarman
Women-At-Arms
Josephine Byrnes, Maria Williams, Alayne Dick
LNKF #1: It Starts
11 June 2016, 9pm at BATS Theatre
Siberian Tigers
Clare Kerrison, Dianne Pulham
Comicazzi
Lyndon Hood
Improvites
WINNER
Jonny Paul, Ryan Knighton, Pippa Drakeford, Sam Irwin
