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Esther Manito
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Bring sharp, relatable comedy to your event with Esther Manito, award-winning stand-up comedian and corporate entertainer. Esther performs stand-up, hosting, and after-dinner sets on identity, family, and modern life, winning Best Headliner at the 2026 Chortle Awards.
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Esther Manito is a British-Lebanese stand-up comedian from Essex whose comedy cuts through identity, race, and motherhood with precision and wit.
She won Best Show at the Leicester Comedy Festival 2021 for her solo show #NotAllMen and Best Headliner at the 2026 Chortle Awards, cementing her place at the top of the UK circuit. Her television credits include BBC Two's Live at the Apollo and ITV's The Stand Up Sketch Show, and she has been heard across BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds.
Esther builds her sets around her experience as an Arab Essex woman, dismantling stereotypes from the inside out. Her material is rooted in real life, moving between sharp political observation and personal storytelling with ease. She was the first female comedian to perform at Dubai Opera House and has been nominated for Arab Woman of the Year and Asian Woman of the Year, reflecting the breadth of her reach and relevance.
Audiences leave her shows having laughed hard and thought harder. Esther creates a room where people feel seen, challenged, and genuinely entertained, often all at once.
Book Esther Manito for a set that will stay with your audience long after the laughter fades.
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Email esther.manito@getapeptalk.com or call PepTalk on +44 20 3835 2929 (UK) or +1 737 888 5112 (US), and one of our speaker agents will contact you within hours to confirm Esther's availability and fees. If you can, please include your budget upfront – it helps us fast-track your request. It’s also helpful to know the date, format (virtual or in-person), location, and a bit about your audience.
No. PepTalk adds no booking fee, so you pay the speaker's fee and nothing beyond it. The service, from shortlist through to contracts and event-day logistics, is included. For repeat or multi-event bookings, PepTalk can agree preferential rates with your procurement team.
Share your event date, audience, format, objectives and budget, and PepTalk sends a hand-picked shortlist within 24 hours. Each suggestion comes with a profile, a fee and a recommendation on the strongest fit. Once you choose, PepTalk handles contracts, travel and logistics through to event day.
The typical fee range is the speaker's standard in-person fee in their home market, shown in their local currency. It moves with format, location, date and session length: virtual sessions and shorter slots usually cost less, while international travel and peak dates cost more. Send your brief to PepTalk and the team will confirm the exact fee in your currency.
Not all of them, and it makes no difference to your booking. PepTalk's network of 15,000+ speakers covers talent the team works with directly alongside speakers represented by agents and agencies worldwide. PepTalk approaches the speaker, negotiates the fee and handles contracting either way.
Three to six months ahead is comfortable for most events, and 12 months is better for large conferences, peak-season dates or one specific in-demand speaker. Shorter timelines are workable, and PepTalk regularly fills last-minute and replacement bookings within days. Availability is the constraint, so get in touch as soon as you have a date.
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