Last student semi-finalist named

Alex Kealy, a 21-year-old Oxford undergraduate, has won the final place in the Chortle Student Comedy Award semi-finals.

The second-year history student – whose set revolves around wordplay – received the most votes in our People’s Choice poll.

Almost 6,000 votes were received overall, following the 12 regional heats

Here is his set in Bristol:

Kealy now goes on to appear in the Manchester semi-final at the Frog & Bucket on May 11. He will appear alongside Patrick Kavanagh, Chris Quaile, Glenn Moore, Matthew Winning, Red Redmond, Ben Lowes-Smith, Rhys Jones, Pete Otway, John Rushton and Richard Hanrahan. Click here for tickets.

The London semi-final takes place on the Tattershall Castle – a moored paddle steamer on the Embankment – on May 15. Taking part in this show will be Richard Gadd, Jon Williams, Padraig Ryan, Rob Carter, Adam Hess, Stuart Hossack, Nathan Wilcock, Ali Lewis, David Elms, Richard Stainbank, Nicholas Cooke

Published: 1 Apr 2011