![]() ![]() I had a YouTube channel when I was, like, 15. The bar is high – Time Out described her 2022 Fringe debut as ‘sharp, poised, and deadpan hilarious’– but for Ania, it’s all in the name of practice. The 25-year-old comic has supported Ed Gamble and Cat Cohen, written for Amelia Dimoldenberg's ‘Chicken Shop Date’, and sold out the entire run of her new show, adding three extra dates. Ania Magliano Photograph: Jess Hand / Time Out The best comedy shows at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023. ![]() ![]() What to see at Edinburgh Fringe and EIF 2023. Your ultimate guide to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023. How will they fare in the flesh of the largest performing arts festival in the world? We caught up with them before the madness began. It’s an opportunity to perfect their craft, shake up the status quo, meet other comedians and – for those comics who found fame by going viral – to get used to performing in front of an IRL audience. The Fringe is a costly and exhausting undertaking for any artist – but whenever we ask the fresh-faced comics about the (many) shortcomings of the festival, there’s a rare optimism in the air. Leila, Coco, Tatty and Ania will be joining hundreds of other comedians filling the nooks and crannies of the Scottish capital from August 4 until 28. The whole thing is like a dreamland Edinburgh Fringe houseshare – except not so chaotic, with significantly less flyers and nowhere near as expensive. Then, there’s Tatty Macleod: an image of a 1950s shampoo advert as she poses elegantly with a fag in the slightly mouldy bathtub. ![]() Down in the kitchen, Coco Sarel looks like she’s about to head to a particularly boujee brunch, wearing feathery leopard-print PJs accessorised with a bowl of alphabetti spaghetti. Outside, Ania Magliano is schmoozing about in her dressing gown, sipping a steaming brew from a supersize Sports Direct mug. Leila Navibi is in the bedroom wearing an ‘I Heart Boy’ vest (she’s ‘very gay’) and stompy Doc Martens, baring her teeth as she frolics around making tiger faces. For the comics heading up, it’s one month until their lives could, potentially, be changed forever. And it’s exactly one month until the start of the Edinburgh Fringe. We’re in a house share in Stoke Newington and ‘Padam Padam’ is blasting from a Bluetooth speaker. ![]()
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