Chief Petty Officer

Following a sell out Edinburgh Fringe run, Vix Leyton brings Chief Petty Officer back to Sheffield for its first full performance since the festival. ★★★★ For The Plot Magazine “Completely unnecessary levels of analysis” “At the show's core, she's created a winning graph to pass judgement on each subject matter. It all works really nicely.” - British Comedy Guide Part stand-up, part comedy lecture, Chief Petty Officer is an over-researched investigation into pettiness: why we do it, when it works, and how far is too far when somebody has mildly annoyed you. From Wagatha Christie and Count Binface to Fleetwood Mac, 50 Cent and some of history’s finest acts of unnecessary escalation, Vix puts famous feuds, public grudges and spectacularly petty behaviour through her own framework to work out who really deserves the title of Chief Petty Officer. Sheffield audiences helped shape the show through a series of work-in-progress performances at Square Hole and Fat Cats before it headed to Edinburgh. Now, with new material and experience learned from a packed Fringe rooms, the finished version is back. If you like smart, idea-led stand-up, Radio 4 comedy, strange true stories, niche cultural rabbit holes and comedians who have clearly spent far too long researching something nobody asked them to, you should feel very at home here. Expect famous grudges, historical pettiness, unexpected connections, audience judgement and an unreasonable number of graphs. Plus fantastic support.