Meet the second Chortle Student Comedy Award 2025 finalist | Fred Carver wins in Nottingham

Meet the second Chortle Student Comedy Award 2025 finalist

Fred Carver wins in Nottingham

Warwick university student Fred Carver has become the second Chortle Student Comedy Award finalist, after winning his semi at Nottingham Trent University last night,

The 22-year-old, from Halifax, is in the fourth year of a biomedical systems engineering degree.

Here is an extract from his set:

On Sunday, PhD student Robert Mac an Tuile won the first semi-final in Edinburgh’s Monkey Barrel comedy club. Here is an extract from his set.

We have two semi-finals at London’s Museum Of Comedy on Sunday at 5pm and 7.30pm. Tickets here.

Then we are at York next Thursday, tickets here, followed by Bristol on Sunday March 16. Tickets

Published: 5 Mar 2025

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