Come and watch the stars of the future!

The semi-finalists have been announced for the 2025 Chortle Student Comedy Award.

Aspiring stand-ups will appear in five showcases next month in the hope of following the likes of Joe Lycett, Phil Wang, Jamali Maddix, Ed Gamble, Chris Ramsey, Richard Gadd, Laura Lexx, Iain Stirling, Simon Bird and Tom Rosenthal as finalists. 

And the champion - to be crowned at the Edinburgh Fringe – will receive £1,000, with £250 for the runner-up.

The heats are as follows:

Sunday March 2: Edinburgh

Monkey Barrel Comedy
9-12 Blair Street
Edinburgh EH1 1QR
Tickets

With: Maggie Johnson, Robert Mac an Tuile, Eva Rieckewald, Lydia Allan, Eva Peroni, Roddy Gordon, Robin Fodor, George Rook, Junaid Afzal

Tuesday March 4: Nottingham

The Level
Nottingham Trent Students' Union
Shakespeare Street, NG1 4GH
Tickets

With: Alex Lee, Fred Carver, Bella Cagnoli, Will Lyall, Jessica Minton, Jonny Pugh, Nathaniel Ray, Andy Lloyd

Sunday March 9: London

Museum Of Comedy
The Undercroft,
St Georges Church,
Bloomsbury Way,
London, WC1A 2SR
Tickets

At 5pm with Paddy Price, Jan Maciejewski, Emmanuel Omoniyi, Anoushay Okhai, Leo Bevan, Tasmin Sarkany, Reese Patel, Elizabeth Leff, Gabriella Rolls

And at 7.30pm with Becky Mathieson, Kwesi Sekyi, Jon Gibbons, Adam Ernest Pickard, Tom Sweeney, Nayonica Ghosh, Harry Keith, Anna Rajanayagam, Eliza Copland

Thursday March 13: York

Micklegate Social
148-150 Micklegate
York YO1 6JX
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With: Harry Roberts, Adeline Coupe, Jamie Smyth, Queenie Cowen, Connie Duggan, James Perham, William Kirk, Reuben Hunter, Kathy Rivett , Ned Richards, Ned Richards

Sunday March 16: Bristol

The Gaffe Comedy Club
20 Wine Street,
Bristol, BS1 2BD
Tickets

With: Hero Bain, Anna George , Sofia Lambis, Rosie Brown, Liz Johnson, Luc Fawcett, Aruntheny Kularaj, Maria Pollard, Lucia Moussalli

Published: 21 Feb 2025