Esther Manito: ‘I still stand backstage thinking I should have worked in John Lewis’

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Esther Manito: ‘I still stand backstage thinking I should have worked in John Lewis’

The standup on her comedy heroes, preshow jitters and the parenting double standards for male and female comediansHow did you get into comedy?I was on maternity leave from teaching, at home with a newborn and a two-year-old, and felt like I was going a bit mad. A friend suggested we do a standup course at the Comedy School in Camden. I thought it would allow me a few hours a week to get my creative brain working. At the end of the course we were…