Chloe Petts: Work in Progress

Current star of Taskmaster Chloe Petts’ is 'one of the most compelling young comics' (Brian Logan, The Guardian) and 'clearly a rising star whose name will soon be in lights' (Bruce Dessau, The Evening Standard). This has established them as one of the most exciting acts on the circuit.

Chloe’s most recent show Big Naturals premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe in August 2025, and achieved a sell out run, with multiple sold out extra shows being added across the month. The show also received rave reviews, including from The Scotsman, which stated that Chloe has 'world-class stand-up skills… drenched in laughs and warmth. We must never take Chloe Petts for granted.' Chloe took the show on tour in 2026. Chloe’s previous show, How You See Me, How You Don’t, came to the Fringe in 2024. The show was lauded with multiple four- and five-star reviews, with the Evening Standard telling audiences 'Don’t mess with Petts and don’t miss [them] either'. Chloe also sold out their run at the Fringe in 2023 with her second show If You Can’t Say Anything Nice, leading to 6 extra shows being added to the run. In 2022, they performed their debut show Transience to sold-out audiences at the Fringe and for two 5-night runs at Soho Theatre, which led to a tour around the rest of the UK which ended with an extra date added at London’s Leicester Square Theatre. Receiving rave reviews from publications including The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Evening Standard. With ★★★★★ from Gwendolyn Smith (The i) describing the show as a “barnstormer of a Fringe debut.”

On television and radio, Chloe has appeared on Have I Got News For You (BBC 1) three times across 2024 and 2025, as well as Live at the Apollo (BBC) in 2025 and Bake Off: An Extra Slice (Channel 4), and hosted their own segment every Saturday morning on Sky Sports News. They have also been a regular on The Frank Skinner Show (Absolute Radio), World Cup Breakfast (Sky Sports) for the Men’s Football World Cup 2022 and previously for Good Morning Euros (Sky Sports) for the UEFA Women’s Euros. Further appearances include MOTDx (BBC), Jonathan Ross’s Comedy Club (ITV), The Stand-Up Sketch Show (ITV2), Richard Osman’s House of Games (BBC Two), Random Acts (Channel 4), Hypothetical (Dave), Fighting Talk (BBC Radio 5 Live), BBC Three Quickies (BBC Three), as well as winning Pointless Celebrities (BBC One). In terms of podcasts, Chloe has appeared on Off Menu, Films to Buried With and co-hosted The Guilty Feminist.

An alumnus of the prestigious Pleasance Comedy Reserve, shortlisted for the BBC Comedy Award, finalist of Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year Awards 2017 and runner-up in the Funny Women Awards 2017. As well as supporting Ed Gamble on his Hot Diggity Dog UK tour and previous tour Electric, Chloe has supported Frank Skinner during his West End run and performed at Melbourne International Comedy Festival for multiple years