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'''Trevor Lock''' (born [[2 September]], [[1973]]) is an [[English people|English]] [[comedian]], [[actor]] and [[playwright]]. He is noted for the circuitous and [[Surrealism|surreal]] nature of his [[stand-up comedy]]. |
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==Early life== |
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The elder brother of [[James Geikie]], he was educated at the high school and [[University of Edinburgh]], and in 1855 was appointed an assistant on the [[British Geological Survey]]. Wielding the pen with no less facility than the hammer, he inaugurated his long list of works with ''The Story of a Boulder; or, Gleanings from the Note-Book of a Geologist'' (1858). His ability at once attracted the notice of his chief, [[Roderick Impey Murchison|Sir Roderick Murchison]], with whom he formed a lifelong friendship, and whose biographer he subsequently became. |
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Lock was born in [[Lincolnshire]] and played [[cricket]] for the county. He grew up in [[Bugbrooke]], [[Northamptonshire]] and |
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studied [[Philosophy]] at [[University College London]]. He was married to comedienne Sem Devillart, although the relationship ended and his wife moved to [[New York]]. |
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==Career== |
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With Murchison some of his earliest work was done on the complicated regions of the [[schist]]s of the [[Scottish Highlands]]; and the small geological map of [[Scotland]] published in 1862 was their joint work: a larger map was issued by Geikie in 1892. In 1863 he published an important essay "On the Phenomena of the Glacial Drift of Scotland", in ''Transactions of the Geological Society of Glasgow'', in which the effects of ice action in that country were for the first time clearly and connectedly delineated. |
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===Stand up=== |
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He has toured the UK supporting both Stewart Lee and Russell Brand and made appearances at the [[Edinburgh Fringe]]. In 1997 he appeared in ''Excavating Rita'' a play by, and starring, a naked [[Richard Herring]]. A founder member and co-host of the comedy cabaret ''Kool Eddy's'' in London, he 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 and also performed his play ''Friday Night At The End Of The World''. Lock returned to the Fringe in 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. He got 5-star reviews for his play 'What You Really Want' at the [[Pleasance]] in 2001. |
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In 2006 Trevor Lock performed a one-off (his first and to date only) hour of stand-up [[Edinburgh Fringe]] show, ''When I was a Little Girl - The Very Best of Trevor Lock'', at the Gilded Balloon Teviot Wine Bar, <ref>[http://www.gildedballoon.co.uk/2006/fringe_show_details.php?show_ID=179 When I was a Little Girl The Very Best of Trevor Lock - Gilded Balloon]</ref> [[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 'Underbelly', Cowgate. <ref>[http://www.underbelly.co.uk/edinburgh/2006/whatson/140 Cloud Cuckoo Land with Russell Brand and Trevor Lock - Work in Progress - Udderbelly 2006]</ref> Trevor also supported Russell Brand on a number of dates for his stand-up show ''Shame''. |
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In 1865 Geikie's ''Scenery of Scotland'' (3rd edition, 1901) was published, which was, he claimed, the first attempt to elucidate in some detail the history of the [[topography]] of a country. In the same year he was elected a [[Fellow#Professional_societies|Fellow]] of the [[Royal Society]]. At this time the Edinburgh school of geologists, prominent among them [[Andrew Crombie Ramsey|Sir Andrew Ramsay]], with his ''Physical Geology and Geography of Great Britain'' were maintaining the supreme importance of [[denudation]] in the configuration of land surfaces, and particularly the [[erosion]] of [[valley]]s by the action of running water. Geikie's book, based on extensive personal knowledge of the country, was an able contribution to the doctrines of the Edinburgh school, of which he himself soon began to rank as one of the leaders. |
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In November 2007 Trevor addressed the Oxford Union on The Meaning Of Life in the same week as the [[BNP]]. He disproved Descarte’s maxim ‘Cogito ergo sum’ by tipping a glass of water over his head. |
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In 1867, when a separate branch of the Geological Survey was established for Scotland, he was appointed director. On the foundation of the Murchison professorship of [[geology]] and [[mineralogy]] at the [[University of Edinburgh]] in 1871, he became the first occupant of the [[chair (academic)|chair]]. He continued to hold these two appointments until 1881. In that year, he was awarded the [[Murchison Medal]] of the [[Geological Society of London]] and he succeeded Sir Andrew Ramsey in the joint offices of Director-General of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom and Director of the [[Geological Museum|Museum of Practical Geology]], [[London]], from which he retired in February 1901. A feature of his tenure of office was the impetus given to microscopic [[petrography]], a branch of geology to which he had devoted special study, by a splendid collection of [[thin section]]s of British [[Rock (geology)|rocks]]. Later he wrote two Survey Memoirs, ''The Geology of Central and Western Fife and Kinross'' (1900), and ''The Geology of Eastern Fife'' (1902). |
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His live comedy ‘Trevor Lock’s Philosophy Society’ is at the Ku Bar, Lisle St. Leicester Square, London, before sold out audiences every Thursday night. |
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From the outset of his career, when he started to investigate the geology of [[Isle of Skye|Skye]] and other of the [[Western Isles]], he took a keen interest in [[volcanic]] geology, and in 1871 he brought before the Geological Society of London an outline of the [[Paleogene]] (then termed [[Tertiary]]) volcanic history of Britain. Many difficult problems, however, remained to be solved. Here he was greatly aided by his extensive travels not only throughout Europe, but in western America. While the [[canyon]]s of the [[Colorado River]] confirmed his long-standing views on erosion, the volcanic regions of [[Wyoming]], [[Montana]] and [[Utah]] supplied him with valuable data in explanation of volcanic phenomena. The results of his further researches were given in an essay entitled "The History of Volcanic Action during the Tertiary Period in the British Isles," in ''Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh'' (1888). His views on volcanic geology were delivered in his presidential addresses to the Geological Society of London in 1891 and 1892 and afterward embodied in his book ''The Ancient Volcanoes of Great Britain'' (1897). Other results of his travels are collected in ''Geological Sketches at Home and Abroad'' (1882). |
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Geikie wrote a biography of [[Edward Forbes]] (with G Wilson), and biographies of his predecessors Sir Roderick Murchison (two volumes, 1875) and Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay (1895). His book ''Founders of Geology'' consists of the inaugural course of lectures (founded by Mrs GH Williams) at [[Johns Hopkins University]], Baltimore, delivered in 1897. |
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Lock has written and performed two afternoon plays for BBC Radio 4. |
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Travel Sick (2005) was written with Sem Devillart and is a romantic comedy about an Englishman's adventures in the Andes pursuing a mysterious Peruvian woman he fell for in London. |
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In 1897 he issued a ''Geological Map of England and Wales, with Descriptive Notes''. In 1898 he delivered the [[Romanes Lectures]], which was published under the title of ''Types of Scenery and their Influence on Literature''. The study of [[physical geography]] in [[Great Britain]] improved largely due to his efforts. Among his works on this subject is ''The Teaching of Geography'' (1887). |
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Something You Should Know (2004) was adapted by Lock and Devillart from their stage play of the same name that starred Russell Brand at The Edinburgh Fringe in 2000. It is a magical realist romantic comedy about a man who, whilst waiting for the fact of his untimely death to sink in and finally 'hit him', accidentally starts a relationship with his unrequited first love. |
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His other books include ''Scottish Reminiscences'' (1904) and ''Landscape in History and other Essays'' (1905). Geikie was Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society from 1890 to 1894, Joint Secretary from 1903 to 1908, President in 1909, President of the Geological Society of London in 1891 and 1892, and President of the [[British Association]], 1892. His ''Birds of Shakespeare'' was published in 1916. He received the [[Knight bachelor|honour]] of a [[Knight bachelor|knighthood]] in 1891. |
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Lock appeared with [[Russell Brand]] and [[Matt Morgan (comedian)|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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[[Dorsa Geikie]], a [[wrinkle ridge]] system on the [[Moon]], is named after him. |
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He was mocked, and bullied, on the Russell Brand Radio Show, where he was referred to by the nickname Trevor 'Cocky Locky' Lock.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/russell_brand/ BBC - 6 Music - Shows - Russell Brand]</ref> 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|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. |
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===Television=== |
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Lock has recently been seen in a variety of roles in Channel 4’s British Comedy Award winning, Bafta nominated comedy series Star Stories including Michael Parkinson, Billy Bob Thornton, Glenn Hoddle, Emilio Estevez and Ant McPartlin. |
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In 2003 he appeared in BBC3's 'Brain Candy' |
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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 series in 2000, and once in the second series in 2002. |
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===DVD=== |
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2008 sees Lock's debut on his own DVD. Recording his experiences on the London and UK stand up comedy circuit. |
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==References== |
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*[http://www.myspace.com/trevorlock Trevor Lock's MySpace page] |
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* [http://birdsofbard.blogspot.com/ The Birds of Shakespeare] by Sir Archibald Geikie |
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*[http://www.trevsaidtosayhello.com/ Trev said to say hello] |
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*[http://www.google.co.uk/books?id=x1gJAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA1&dq=%22The+Story+of+a+Boulder%22&as_brr=1#PPR3,M1 The Story of a Boulder; or, Gleanings from the notebook of a field geologist] by Sir Archibald Geikie, 1858 |
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*[http://www.freewebs.com/trevorlockphotos/ Trevor Lock Photo Website] |
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*[http://idiotfootsteps.net/trevorlock-dvd.php Trevor Lock's forth-coming DVD] |
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Revision as of 13:14, 13 October 2008
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.
Early life
Lock was born in Lincolnshire and played cricket for the county. He grew up in Bugbrooke, Northamptonshire and studied Philosophy at University College London. He was married to comedienne Sem Devillart, although the relationship ended and his wife moved to New York.
Career
Stand up
He has toured the UK supporting both Stewart Lee and Russell Brand and made appearances at the Edinburgh Fringe. In 1997 he appeared in Excavating Rita a play by, and starring, a naked Richard Herring. A founder member and co-host of the comedy cabaret Kool Eddy's in London, he 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 and also performed his play Friday Night At The End Of The World. Lock returned to the Fringe in 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. He got 5-star reviews for his play 'What You Really Want' at the Pleasance in 2001.
In 2006 Trevor Lock performed a one-off (his first and to date only) hour of 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 'Underbelly', Cowgate. [2] Trevor also supported Russell Brand on a number of dates for his stand-up show Shame.
In November 2007 Trevor addressed the Oxford Union on The Meaning Of Life in the same week as the BNP. He disproved Descarte’s maxim ‘Cogito ergo sum’ by tipping a glass of water over his head.
His live comedy ‘Trevor Lock’s Philosophy Society’ is at the Ku Bar, Lisle St. Leicester Square, London, before sold out audiences every Thursday night.
Radio
Lock has written and performed two afternoon plays for BBC Radio 4.
Travel Sick (2005) was written with Sem Devillart and is a romantic comedy about an Englishman's adventures in the Andes pursuing a mysterious Peruvian woman he fell for in London.
Something You Should Know (2004) was adapted by Lock and Devillart from their stage play of the same name that starred Russell Brand at The Edinburgh Fringe in 2000. It is a magical realist romantic comedy about a man who, whilst waiting for the fact of his untimely death to sink in and finally 'hit him', accidentally starts a relationship with his unrequited first love.
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.
Television
Lock has recently been seen in a variety of roles in Channel 4’s British Comedy Award winning, Bafta nominated comedy series Star Stories including Michael Parkinson, Billy Bob Thornton, Glenn Hoddle, Emilio Estevez and Ant McPartlin.
In 2003 he appeared in BBC3's 'Brain Candy'
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 series in 2000, and once in the second series in 2002.
DVD
2008 sees Lock's debut on his own DVD. Recording his experiences on the London and UK stand up comedy circuit.