Trevor Lock
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Trevor Lock (born 2 September 1973) is an English comedian, actor and playwright. He is noted for the circuitous and surreal nature of his stand-up comedy.
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[edit] Early life
Lock was born in Lincolnshire and played cricket for the county. Most of his younger years were spent living in Bugbrooke, Northamptonshire. He studied Philosophy at University College London. As mentioned on the Russell Brand 6 Music radio shows he was once married to comedienne Sem Devillart, although for unknown reasons this relationship ended and his wife moved to New York.
[edit] Career
[edit] Edinburgh Fringe and stand-up comedy
Trevor 'Cocky' Lock has had many appearances at the Edinburgh Fringe. In 1997 he appeared in Excavating Rita a play written by, and starring a naked Richard Herring. A founder member and co-host of the comedy cabaret Kool Eddy's in London, Trevor took the show to the Edinburgh Fringe in 1998. In 1999 Trevor Lock appeared in Number One Show with Daniel Kitson and Andrew Maxwell at the Gilded Balloon, Cowgate. The same year he performed his play Friday Night At The End Of The World.
Lock returned to the Fringe the following year (2000) with two plays, There's Something You Should Know starring a young Russell Brand and All By Myself which also featured Brand as the voice of a New-Yorker TV set. Trevor received 5-star reviews for his play 'What You Really Want' at the Pleasance in 2001.
In 2006 Trevor Lock performed his first solo stand-up Edinburgh Fringe show, When I was a Little Girl - The Very Best of Trevor Lock, at the Gilded Balloon Teviot Wine Bar, [1] Edinburgh and appeared in Cloud Cuckooland, a work-in-progress for a forthcoming BBC Radio show with Russell Brand and Matt Morgan, at the Smirnoff 'Udderbelly'. [2] Trevor also supported Russell Brand on a number of dates for his stand-up show Shame.
Trevor Lock and top hat promoter Paul Foot also host a weekly talent show in London called Star Search.
[edit] Radio
Lock appeared with Russell Brand and Matt Morgan on Brand's Saturday night BBC Radio 2 show, and appeared alongside the pair on Brand's Sunday morning show on BBC 6 Music.
He was mocked, and bullied, on the Russell Brand Radio Show, where he was referred to by the nickname Trevor 'Cocky Locky' Lock.[3] Themes that these mocking's took includes Trevor being cruel to animals and lying. This was not usually taken in jest by Trevor Lock, listeners at one point expressed concern that his mocking gave a bad example to younger listeners. Trevor was often told by Brand to "EAT YOUR FUDGE!". This stemmed from a particular broadcast when Brand presented him with large quantities of the foodstuff (in a short-lived attempt to 'be nice' to him). This resulted in Trevor feeling rather ill, and the catchphrase was continued for their duration on 6 Music and people went as far to shout out the phrase at his stand-up shows. On March 10, 2007, it was announced that he had left the show in order to pursue his own projects, reportedly his own pilot for BBC 6 Music.
[edit] Television
Lock regularly appeared in the Lee and Herring BBC Sunday lunchtime show, This Morning With Richard Not Judy. He was mocked weekly by Stewart Lee for having a small face, but was not allowed to speak as this would mean him having to be paid more. He also appeared in two episodes of Time Gentlemen Please, once in the first season in 2000, and once in the second season in 2002. Lock has acted in several roles in the comedy programme Star Stories.
[edit] DVD
2008 sees Lock's debut on his own DVD. Recording is set to take place in Southampton on March 5 and Islington on May 4.[citation needed]
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Official site
- Trevor Lock's MySpace page
- Trev said to say hello
- Trevor Lock Photo Website
- Trevor Lock's forth-coming DVD
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