{{Short description|British comedian}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Esther Manito | birth_place = Essex | known_for = Stand-up comedy | notable_works = Notallmen, Crusade | awards = Leicester Comedy Festival, Best Show Award 2021 | website = {{URL|https://www.esthermanito.co.uk/}} }}
'''Esther Manito''' is a British comedian.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Dessau |first=Bruce |date=29 October 2021 |title=Esther Manito review: Woman on the verge of a breakthrough |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/comedy/esther-manito-soho-theatre-review-b963181.html |access-date=26 August 2022 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref>
== Early life == Esther Manito was born to an English mother and Lebanese father in Saffron Walden, Essex. She studied for a BSc in Politics at London Metropolitan University, followed by a Masters in Communications.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=30 September 2019 |title=Stand-up comedian Esther Manito: 'Arab culture is misrepresented' |url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/1561856/lifestyle |access-date=26 August 2022 |website=Arab News |language=en}}</ref>
== Career == Esther Manito began performing stand-up around 2016 following a six-week writing course at London's Camden Comedy School.<ref name=":1" /> She was the first female comedian to perform at Dubai Opera House, a regional finalist in 2017's Funny Women Awards, and was a finalist in the 2019 Arab British Center's Award for Culture.<ref name=":1" />
She debuted at the Edinburgh Fringe with her show Crusade in 2019. Her second full length show, #notallmen, won Best Show at Leicester Comedy Festival 2021.<ref name=":0" /> She also performed #notallmen at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 July 2022 |title=The best theatre to stream this month: Edinburgh fringe, Jane Eyre and more |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2022/aug/01/the-best-theatre-to-stream-this-month-edinburgh-fringe-jane-eyre-and-more |access-date=26 August 2022 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref> She debuted at Live at the Apollo in December 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC Two - Live at the Apollo, Series 16, Episode 6 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0012l0s |access-date=26 August 2022 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref> She has appeared on podcasts including Evil Genius with Russell Kane,<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC Sounds - Evil Genius with Russell Kane, Genghis Khan |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0bp6j3s |access-date=26 August 2022 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref> and Parenting Hell with Josh Widdicombe and Rob Beckett.<ref>{{Citation |title=S04 EP34: Esther Manito |date=27 May 2022 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20760750/ |type=Comedy |access-date=26 August 2022}}</ref>
== Personal life == Esther Manito lives in Essex with her English husband, her father and her two children.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
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