Kayleigh Jones
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WINNER
Spirit of the Fringe Award
Mervyn Stutter's Pick of the Fringe 2025
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BEST NEWCOMER
nominee
Ish Edinburgh Comedy Award 2025
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BEST DEBUT SHOW
nominee
Leicester Comedy Festival
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WINNER
Best Show
Late Stage Comedy Award
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COMEDY WRITING AWARD
nominee
Funny Women 2023
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FINALIST​
Musical Comedy Awards 2022
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BBC NEW COMEDY AWARD
nominee 2022
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BIO
Kayleigh Jones is a working-class writer and performer whose debut show has quickly earned industry recognition. With a background in acting and musical theatre, she first broke into stand-up in 2022 as a finalist in the Musical Comedy Awards, quickly establishing herself on the circuit with appearances at The Comedy Store, The Glee Club, and The Bloomsbury Theatre.
In 2024, she completed an MA in Comedy Writing (Distinction), further cementing her passion for telling bold, authentic stories and championing underrepresented voices. Her debut hour, supported by the Keep It Fringe Fund, has toured to seven fringe festivals, earning her a Best Debut Show nomination at Leicester Comedy Festival, and premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe with Gilded Balloon, where it was nominated for Best Newcomer for the ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards and won the Spirit of the Fringe Award.
Beyond the stage, Kayleigh has written scripts for Legoland’s live children’s shows, with two further scripts shortlisted for the BBC Writersroom. Her comedy songs have been featured on BBC Radio Oxford, The Trawl Podcast, and Songs in the Key of Laugh.
With a talent for finding humour in darkness and transforming life’s absurdities into full-hearted storytelling, Kayleigh’s debut marks her out as an exciting new voice in British comedy.