Trevor Lock was born on 2 September 1973 and is an English comedian, actor and playwright.
21 Facts About Trevor Lock
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Trevor Lock is noted for the circuitous and surreal nature of his comedy.
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Trevor Lock grew up in the Northamptonshire villages of Flore and Bugbrooke and joined Flore cubs and later Bugbrooke Scouts.
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Trevor Lock has toured the UK supporting both Stewart Lee and Russell Brand and appeared at the Edinburgh Fringe.
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Trevor Lock is a founder member and co-host of the comedy cabaret Kool Eddy's in London, which he took to the Edinburgh Fringe festival.
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In 1999 Lock appeared in Number One Show with Daniel Kitson and Andrew Maxwell at The Gilded Balloon.
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Trevor Lock supported Russell Brand on a number of dates for his stand-up show Shame.
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In November 2007 Trevor Lock addressed the Oxford Union on the meaning of life, 'disproving' Descartes' maxim "Cogito ergo sum" by tipping a glass of water over his head.
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In 2009, Trevor Lock performed a warm up show for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival at a fundraiser for Boxmoor Cricket Club.
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Trevor Lock had two shows in the 2009 Edinburgh fringe; a stand-up show called Some Kind of Fool and a play titled The One and the Many.
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In early 2011 Trevor Lock revealed plans to tour with Chris Dangerfield in the UK with a series of gigs held exclusively in people's living rooms called Live in My Living Room.
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In 2017 The Scotsman awarded Trevor Lock's new show 'Community Circle' five stars, describing it as 'an absolute masterclass in comedy performance'.
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Trevor Lock continues to perform Community Circle at each year's Edinburgh Fringe, and in 2021 and 2022 he performed 'We Are Each Other' which The Guardian describes as satisfying 'our yearning for the community'.
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Trevor Lock has had two of his plays broadcast on Afternoon Play on BBC Radio 4: Something You Should Know and Travel Sick.
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Trevor 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.
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Trevor Lock was often referred to by the nickname 'Cocky Locky'.
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Trevor Lock was often teased by his co-hosts for supposedly being cruel to animals, as well as for telling several stories involving a boot coming through a ceiling and lying or inventing anecdotes.
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Between 1998 and 1999, Trevor Lock regularly appeared in the Lee and Herring BBC Sunday lunchtime show, This Morning With Richard Not Judy.
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Trevor Lock 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.
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Trevor Lock appeared in two episodes of Time Gentlemen Please, once in the first series in 2000, and once in the second series in 2002.
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Trevor Lock played a variety of roles in Channel 4's Star Stories including Michael Parkinson, Billy Bob Thornton, Glenn Hoddle, Emilio Estevez and Ant McPartlin.