Stefania Licari: Laughter, Medicine, and Conquering the Sahara

Stefania Licari trained as a doctor, became a comedian, and has been finding the overlap between those two worlds ever since — which turns out to be richer territory than either profession admits.Stefania Licari is an Italian comedian and NHS doctor based in the UK, known for her Edinburgh Fringe solo shows Medico and Trust Me, I'm a Comedian, which draw on her experiences as a doctor, first-generation migrant, and occasional endurance runner to explore medicine, immigration, and what it means to become British.The turning point that led her to step away from a traditional medical career — and what made it possibleThe pressures of performing autobiographical material — and what those early Fringe runs taught her about finding her voiceWhy the skills required to be a good doctor and a good comedian overlap in ways nobody warns you aboutConnect with Stefania here:InstagramFacebookOfficial WebsiteFind us on social media — links on the About page. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.