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So why are they so eager to get back to the fringe?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/stage\/edinburgh-festival-2026\">Explore the rest of our Edinburgh festival 2026 coverage<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There has always been a lot of overlap in the lives of Charly Clive and Ellen Robertson. After bonding on a school trip 20 years ago, the pair have spent the past decade performing sketch comedy together and were flatmates for almost as long.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, though, the similarities have bordered on the spooky. In December 2024, Clive was told she had been cast as Steve Carell\u2019s professor daughter in the HBO campus comedy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tv-and-radio\/2026\/mar\/07\/rooster-steve-carell-is-back-to-his-best-in-this-stellar-delight-of-a-comedy\">Rooster<\/a>. 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