2023 Edinburgh Fringe

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Welsh comic Vix Leyton brings her first hour to Edinburgh The Stand 4 at 1.25pm every day but Mondays. The show examines the root cause of her people pleasing, and how to move away from it for the next phase of her life, as she rapidly approaches 40.

Tapping into her skills as a natural storyteller prone to farcical misadventure, the show, a follow up to last year's work-in-progress Pedestrian, mixes close to the bone true stories about family with high-laugh-count whimsical observations exploring whether people pleasers are born or raised.

She is also an award winning personal finance expert, and PR hustler, you might have heard of her but you're not sure why; It could be at your local comedy club but it's equally likely she could be commenting on the best Meal Deal Combo on the BBC, introducing the week's best deals on Channel 4's Steph's Packed Lunch, or telling you how to get all your money back on a rip off holiday down the pub.

Vix Leyton has been making a name for herself in comedy and podcasting since she was discovered on Twitter by Mark Watson in 2019 and challenged to get over a fear of public speaking by learning stand-up as part of his Comedy Marathon 26 hour show. Everyone has a friend who knows someone who changed their life in one tweet, and - if you don't - then Vix is now yours.
Four years and over 600 shows later, she has performed around the world, appeared at and MC'ed some of London's biggest club nights, as well as becoming resident host of Cracking Comedy at Leicester Square Theatre.

She was a Funny Women semi-finalist in 2021 and is a regular MC for pro nights including Red Imp Comedy, Poodle Club and Outside the Box. She is also the creator of the infamous church gig Have I Got Pews For You and resident legal prosecutor for This Is Your Trial.

She also created sell out smash The Comedy Arcade (also at this year's Fringe), which started as a lockdown Twitch game at Vix's kitchen table, became a podcast and then graduated to a live show. It picked up a nomination for Leicester Comedy's best podcast in 2021 and racked up sell out shows at Edinburgh Fringe last year with Underbelly. That is at Stand 3 for a full run this year at 4.40pm. She does acknowledge that the idea of taking on comedy as a hobby alongside her full time PR career has got 'a bit out of hand'.

What people say about Vix

Robin Ince: "Bursting with impish energy, exudes and infectious delight".

Mark Watson: "Vix has a talent for reading a room and playing with an audience. She is funny, charismatic, resourceful and likely to achieve great things".

Andrew O'Neill: "Charming, surprisingly dark and gonna be famous".

Funny Women: "You can't help but smile whenever she's on stage, her effervescent presence radiates throughout the show".

Fringe Biscuit: "Like hanging with your funniest BFF".

Kate Copstick, The Scotsman: "joyously full of funny".

Steve Bennett, Chortle "Affable and ebullient".